hi all. new to laser and lightburn. fairly new to cnc. not new to 3D [in lightburn] i keep getting: error:5 when i click HOME button. i want laser to move to bottom left. i’ve set origin correctly in “devices” menu ie. bottom left if i jog to bottom left then x = -10.00 and y = -150 unable to sav…

Error:5 means your controller does not have homing enabled, so the home button will not work for you. If you don’t have limit switches, enabling homing still won’t work. The controller uses wherever you power up as the zero point, so if you move the laser head to the front-left position then power…

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Rick (Technical Evangelist) July 7, 2020, 5:25pm 2

Start with this to ensure you have considered these factors. Then report back and we can go from there.

You may also want to review the “negative workspace systems” section of this document as well: Common GRBL/GCode Setups - LightBurn Software Documentation