# Framing is not working **URL:** \ **Category:** GRBL\ **Tags:** grbl, homing, foxalien\ **Created:** [October 12, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690 "2025-10-12T20:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/WillowAnnRose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/1 "2025-10-12T20:38:36Z")
Hi all, I’m having trouble framing my work. I’ve never had this problem before, it always worked now its not. Homing works great (left corner), my work space is 380x380. When i go to frame my work, it moves 1mm and stops. I get this message: \ ok \ ok Starting stream ALARM:3 Reset while in motion. Grbl cannot guarantee position. Lost steps are likely. Re-homing is highly recommended. On or near line 1: Grbl 1.1h [‘$’ for help] On or near line 1: [MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock] On or near line 1: Stream completed in 0:00 Please help me in the most simplest words possible and with pictures or videos, I am a visual learner and brand new at this stuff. I had no idea what I was buying when I bought it. I gotta learn this thing. FoxAlien Masuter Pro with a 20 W laser. I typed $$ to get my settings and it was only giving me a few/these below: $$ $0=10 $1=255 $2=0 $3=0 $4=0 \ ok \ ok \ ok Starting stream ALARM:3 Reset while in motion. Grbl cannot guarantee position. Lost steps are likely. Re-homing is highly recommended. On or near line 1: Stream completed in 0:00 Grbl 1.1h [‘$’ for help] [MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock] [MSG:Caution: Unlocked] ok I kept entering $$ and finally it gave me all of them: $$ $0=10 $1=255 $2=0 $3=0 $4=0 $5=0 $6=0 $10=3 $11=0.010 $12=0.002 $13=0 $20=1 $21=1 $22=1 $23=3 $24=25.000 $25=1000.000 $26=250 $27=3.000 $30=10000 $31=0 $32=1 $100=80.000 $101=80.000 $102=1600.000 $110=2000.000 $111=2000.000 $112=500.000 $120=300.000 $121=300.000 $122=30.000 $130=380.000 $131=380.000 $132=50.000 ![laser settings](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/9/9903e2b07ad062bbed5bc99d18d2d195d57b9d20.jpeg) ok ---
**Author:** ![misken](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/misken/32/47593_2.png) [@misken](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/misken)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/2 "2025-10-12T21:10:58Z")
It’s a cnc mechanic s as it seems. Make sure to enable cnc mode in device settings or use current position as start mode. ---
**Author:** ![WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/WillowAnnRose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/3 "2025-10-12T21:21:25Z")
Hi, Thank you, I restarted light burn after changing device settings to cnc but still not working. This is what I’m getting: \ ok Starting stream ALARM:2 G-code motion target exceeds machine travel. Machine position safely retained. Alarm may be unlocked. (Right-click the ‘Devices’ button to reset the connection) On or near line 1: Stream completed in 0:00 [MSG:Reset to continue] ok Grbl 1.1h [‘$’ for help] [MSG:‘$H’|‘$X’ to unlock] [MSG:Caution: Unlocked] ok I’m going to try to use user origin and current position. ---
**Author:** ![WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/WillowAnnRose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/4 "2025-10-12T21:32:40Z")
So I tried to use current position but I got this message. ![current position](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/d/2db9f55b43d88194e6c20167ab165a1060405b0b.jpeg) I changed my work area in -$$ to 377x377 -device settings to 377x377 -Laser \> devices \> grbl \> edit \> grbl \> next \> serial/usb \> dimension of work area (made sure to be 377 x 377) ![work area](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/b/2b2dd32dcff6594955926d19b932cf26828d20a6.jpeg) ![work area in devices](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/b/7b49fc1e71d130dd99b3908bc1262c3c92489870.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/WillowAnnRose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/5 "2025-10-12T21:39:43Z")
Ok I got it working under current position after removing cnc machine setting ---
**Author:** ![WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/WillowAnnRose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/6 "2025-10-12T21:56:45Z")
although it worked from homed position 0,0, I tried moving laser to different spot to retest laser burn settings and it moved all the way to the right corner ---
**Author:** ![MikeyH](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MikeyH](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/MikeyH)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/7 "2025-10-12T23:25:54Z")
Enter **$#** in the Console window and paste it in a reply. ---
**Author:** ![WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6de8d8/32.png) [@WillowAnnRose](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/WillowAnnRose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/8 "2025-10-13T00:19:58Z")
$# [G54:-336.363,-300.800,-45.917] [G55:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G56:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G57:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G58:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G59:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G28:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G30:0.000,0.000,0.000] [G92:0.000,0.000,0.000] [TLO:0.000] [PRB:0.000,0.000,0.000:0] ok ---
**Author:** ![MikeyH](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MikeyH](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/MikeyH)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/9 "2025-10-13T03:09:42Z")
> [@WillowAnnRose](#): > > [G54:-336.363,-300.800,-45.917] Enter **G54 x0 y0 z0** in the Console window. then **Home** the machine and use **Absolute Coords**. ---
**Author:** ![ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/ednisley/32/40455_2.png) [@ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/ednisley)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/10 "2025-10-13T13:03:49Z")
> [@MikeyH](#): > > Enter **G54 x0 y0 z0** in the Console window The `G54` command selects that coordinate system, offsets and all, without change. You want one of: - `G10 L2 P0 X0 Y0 Z0` - `G10 L20 P0 X0 Y0 Z0` I _think_ the `L2` version forcibly resets the `Home` position to zero (or the given coordinate), while the `L20` version requires the laser head to be in the `Home` position first, but I’m not crisp on those details. ---
**Author:** ![MikeyH](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MikeyH](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/MikeyH)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/11 "2025-10-13T15:53:55Z")
I thought you could set any of the G54-G59 work offsets by including values, and without values it was a selector. I always wondered about the L2-L20 difference. Google says you are right… > The main difference is that **G10 L2 directly sets the work coordinate offset to specific values** , while **G10 L20 sets the work coordinate offset so that the current machine position becomes the new origin** for the specified coordinate system ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/system/32/64335_2.png) [@system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/framing-is-not-working/181690/12 "2025-11-12T15:54:37Z")
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