Laser Head not moving to where I click

I have a X-Carve with a Jtech 7W laser on my setup. The work area displays in inches. I’ve homed correctly and verify the coordinates are 0,0 in the lower left corner. If I then try to move the laser by clicking in the workspace in the center, the position indicator shows correctly, but the laser only moves a fraction of the way there. When I watch the console output, it looks like Lightburn is sending the movement distances in inches, but the controller is moving the head in MM. Is there a way to configure lightburn to send these movement commands properly?

Note: When I send normal movement commands with the arrows, the head moves the correct distance. Also, jobs run correctly when starting from current position. I discovered this issue while trying to troubleshoot why i couldn’t calibrate the camera. Anytime I try to frame the job, the head immediately crashes to the lower left instead of drawing the rectangle in the work area.

What you’re describing is almost certainly an issue with negative workspace coordinates. This is well described in the common GRBL configuration page:
Common Grbl Setups - LightBurn Software Documentation

Please review. Circle back if something not making sense.

I was able to figure it out. It was a combination of the G54 setting and the $10. All settled now and the camera alignment completed successfully.

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