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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: tinkeralot on May 26, 2010, 06:47:20 AM

Title: Bad Character
Post by: tinkeralot on May 26, 2010, 06:47:20 AM

Hi all. I am a newbie and am just settting up my cnc with the mach 3 demo. I keep getting a bad character usedline 0 message. Can anyone help please. ???

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: manmeran on May 26, 2010, 07:06:01 AM

please send your G-code

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: tinkeralot on May 26, 2010, 07:16:31 AM

999
dxflib 2.0.4 8
0
SECTION
2
HEADER
9
$ACADVER
1

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: tinkeralot on May 26, 2010, 07:18:38 AM

These are the g-codes that came with the demo program. All three are the same

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: manmeran on May 26, 2010, 07:23:01 AM

this isnt g-code
please search in net For basic concepts

a sample is Scorpion.tap in mach3 folder

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: Hood on May 26, 2010, 01:58:32 PM

The G Code file you are using has an illegal character in it, as manmardam says you will need to attach the file to the forum so that we can let you know what it is.
If what you have pasted above is what you are trying to load as code then it will not work as it is not recognised G Code.
Hood

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: stirling on May 27, 2010, 09:24:03 AM

That would be a DXF file - and a very short one too... in fact that's just the first few lines of a DXF file.

Cheers

Ian

Title: Re: Bad Character
Post by: tinkeralot on May 27, 2010, 06:57:04 PM

Thanks evryone. Much appreciated.

Tinker