# A couple Questions on the Elite usage **URL:** \ **Category:** Elite Series (Masso & Redline) (Gen 1)\ **Created:** [October 12, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948 "2024-10-12T21:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tKC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tKC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/tKC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/1 "2024-10-12T21:14:40Z")
I have a couple questions since upgrading to the Elite 1st (i figured this one out) Second Question, On my buildbotics machine I could edit the gcode and put M0 command to halt the machine and spit a message and decide if I wanted to take another pass, tried that with the Masso and its a no go, It displays the message but just keeps on going until the end. What is the command I need to put into Masso GCode so it will pause in its position? As I use this method to surface in very thin increments. Lastly for now, in the middle of a cut there is no pause button on the screen? What button = pause? ---
**Author:** ![John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/2 "2024-10-12T23:37:39Z")
Make sure you’re using M(zero) instead of letter O. In the middle of a cut… you can press feed hold, spindle stop, jog the spindle out of the way if needed, then spindle start, cycle start, the machine will rapid to last XY location and pause, hit cycle start again and the machine will move to the last Z height and pause, hit cycle start once more and it resumes the cut. ---
**Author:** ![tKC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tKC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/tKC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/3 "2024-10-12T23:59:45Z")
I am in fact using M0 here is an excerpt from surfacing the spoil board ```auto G1Y31.3600 G1X4.0053 G1Y0.6400 G1X3.3053 G1Y31.3600 G1X2.6053 G1Y0.6400 G1X1.9053 G1Y31.3600 G1X1.2053 G1Y0.6400 G0Z0.2000 M0(MSG, Click 'Continue' when the spindle is up to speed) G0X0.5000Y0.5000 G1Z-0.0400F7.0 G1X47.5000F150.0 G1Y31.5000 G1X0.5000 G1Y0.5000 G0Z0.2000 G0X46.7053Y0.6400 ``` That was copied directly from the .ngc file, it will display that message there in the parentheses but it just keeps cutting away and doesn’t stop and wait, is there another gcode command that works with masso? ---
**Author:** ![John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/4 "2024-10-13T00:30:54Z")
stand by, I’ll run that on my machine and see what I get ---
**Author:** ![John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/5 "2024-10-13T00:51:18Z")
ok check it out… I tried a few things and found that if I delete the “msg,” from the parentheses, the machine will stop, but I don’t get a message displayed on screen. When I add the “msg” my machine does the same as yours. Interesting. I never noticed this because I always just use a M0 without a comment in parentheses since I already know why the machine is stopping. Hope this helps. edit… If you put MSG before the M0 the message will be displayed and the machine will stop the way you wanted it to. example… G1 X10. F100. MSG move clamps M0 and so on There must be a space after MSG and don’t use parentheses. ---
**Author:** ![tKC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tKC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/tKC)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/6 "2024-10-13T02:56:21Z")
Thank you Sir! Much appreciated. I only have one other question for the time being that is I read somewhere you could save up to 4 different positions with the Masso, I have holes drilled in my spoilboard basically 4 L’s and i use dowels to center my pieces in those 4 places, was wondering if there was a way to save those exact positions so I could quickly set to position 1 or 4 and just touch probe the height. ? ---
**Author:** ![John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/7 "2024-10-13T04:44:49Z")
If I understand your question, you’re talking about using multiple work offsets? You can use G54 thru G59 for 6 different parts. ---
**Author:** ![tKC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@tKC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/tKC)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/a-couple-questions-on-the-elite-usage/28948/8 "2024-10-14T19:47:35Z")
Thanks again, i think thats exactly what i was referring too, have found some videos to watch to get a better understanding now knowing the proper terms to look for 🙂