Error 2 bad number format

gSender ❓ Question
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I receive my Altmill in August and did some alteration to my shop to be able to move around the machine. Last week I started the assembling of the Altmill. I am now checking the axis movement but I get the ‘‘error 2 bad number format’’.

I downloaded for a second time the latest version of Gsender today but I still get the same error message. I triple checked all my connections and everything is plugged as in the instructions. I rebooted a few times with no success.
Do anyone have an idea of what may be the cause and a solution.

Michel

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Hi Michel,

Have you looked at the troubleshpot page - issues at setup?

Maybe you can solve the problem with a simple reset. That would be sumblime.

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I don’t have the SuperLongBoard but make sure you are connecting with grblHAL and not just grbl in the connect section of gSender. I’m not even sure if the SLB will connect when gSender is using grbl instead of grblHAL but if it does I would expect some things to not work.

That’s all I got, hopefully it’s something that simple.

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Did connect with grblHAL so this is not the source lof the problem and thanks for your input…appreciated

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@michou12 I’ve moved your issue to the gsender category.

I know this sounds trite, but try disconnecting gSender, powering off the controller, powering it back on and re-starting gSender. Nothing to lose, right?

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Yes I have done that with no success but I will do it again because you are right…nothing to loose

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Finally got it and it was a detail that I overlooked. When at the stage where I was trying to jog the machine in the 3 planes of space, it did not respond. I was following the instructions blindly and the instructions do not mention that you have to set a certain distance that you want the machine to jog. OK it seems obvious that you have to tell it the distance and the speed of movement but the instructions do not mention it…OK again it would be obvious for many but I was blind on that point. I would suggest to Sienci labs to add this small details to their manual.
I am to the point where I calibrated the spindle but is it normal that the VFD screen flashes R125 when nothing is in movement.
I hope my mistake can help someone else in the same situation.

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