# Probing shortcut generates alarm 2

**URL:** <https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379>\
**Category:** 🐛 Bug\
**Created:** [January 8, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379 "2026-01-08T21:45:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chucky\_ott](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/chucky_ott/32/8692_2.png) [@Chucky\_ott](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chucky_ott)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379/1 "2026-01-08T21:45:20Z")

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The shortcuts for probing are a little confusing so I had to try them out to see what actions they did.

Looks like these are the actions for the three main shortcuts

Begin probing: Confirms the circuit check and starts to probe  
Confirm Probe popup: Doesn’t appear to do anything  
Display Probe popup: Starts the probing cycle and displays the circuit check popup

But when using the shortcuts and doing “Shift P” to confirm the circuit check, i get an “Invalid Line” error:

The following line caused an error 2: ‘N/A’  
Press Start to resume the job.

Bug, or something else?

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**Author:** ![Chucky\_ott](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/chucky_ott/32/8692_2.png) [@Chucky\_ott](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chucky_ott)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379/2 "2026-01-09T00:37:52Z")

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Here is the console output from the two scenarios

[error\_with\_probe\_shortcut.txt](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/short-url/cd2P3e6MLKtCFokbidJA1SdRwWE.txt) (554 Bytes)

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**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379/3 "2026-01-09T00:42:17Z")

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@Chucky_ott I only use two shortcuts. One for display probe popup, which opens the probe window and allows me to confirm the connection between the bit and the touchplate. Then, I use begin probing, which, as the name implies actually performs the probe function and sets the axes.

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**Author:** ![KGN](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KGN](https://forum.sienci.com/u/KGN)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379/4 "2026-01-09T14:36:29Z")

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Thanks for the report and especially the detailed output, it’s fixed and will be part of 1.5.7.

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**Author:** ![chrismakesstuff](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/chrismakesstuff/32/10759_2.png) [@chrismakesstuff](https://forum.sienci.com/u/chrismakesstuff)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/probing-shortcut-generates-alarm-2/25379/5 "2026-01-16T17:05:31Z")

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