Object location on material is in wrong place., repeated Alarms

Recently started up my Omtech K40 after almost a year due to health reasons. I installed a Lightburn update (1.6.03) engraved a couple little engraving (40cm x 40cm) they worked well aside from a focus issue I’ll fix later. Then it started the funny business. I attemped to use LB’s camera calibration image it looked fine on the monitor and it Framed where you see the blue box but the actual engraving was a mess as you can see. Now Im getting almost continuous Alarms. Error: Alarm Lock, ALARM: Hard Limit -X, ALARM: Hard Limit -Y. I checked limit switches when it alarmed, the carriage wasnt making contact with any of them. I have been using “$X” to keep going but dont ever get far before it alarms again. Home is(was) set up in upper left where the red X is. Now It will return home 50% of the time other times it seems to just pick a random spot to go to. On Occasion it will print objects grossly out of position like it thinks the build area is 150mm to the left. At times (10% of the time)the carriage will travel too far and hit the stops making a hellacious racket. I currently have Absolute Coordinates engaged. I must have fat fingered something but have no clue what. Im having a hard time even after a couple videos understanding the differences between Home and Origins and what impact finish position has on anything. Sorry if this is rambling… I am Windows 10 on a Lenovo ThinkCentre, i5 processor, 16G of Ram, SmoothieBoard controller (installed 1-1.5 years ago, not sure about firmware

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Apparently the picture isnt loading all it really showed was correct framing but engraving pieces were scattered across work area.

I hope this helps with some of your confusion regarding Home and Origin:

You must first home your machine before you can send a job using absolute coords.

The corner it homes to should match the origin in your Device Settings.

I suspect that a lot of your alarms are because you didn’t home your machine first.

Are some of your settings missing after the update? I recommend importing your preferences to confirm that you are using your old settings. Go to File>Load Prefs Backup>Select an option that worked for you previously to get your settings back.

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