# Ability to PAUSE G Code

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/ability-to-pause-g-code/1229>\
**Category:** Controller (Buildbotics) Discussion\
**Created:** [October 12, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/ability-to-pause-g-code/1229 "2020-10-12T15:37:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dirt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Dirt](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Dirt)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/ability-to-pause-g-code/1229/1 "2020-10-12T15:37:36Z")

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Would like to see button added to controller display to Pause the g code script running and resume from that spot. Currently if the G code is stopped, it defaults to restart from the beginning.

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**Author:** ![MindOfMcClure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/mindofmcclure/32/38_2.png) [@MindOfMcClure](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/MindOfMcClure)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/ability-to-pause-g-code/1229/2 "2020-10-12T15:54:41Z")

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You can pause the GCode then hit play again already. If you hit STOP it will start from the beginning but if you pause/play it will continue like nothing happened.

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**Author:** ![EdwoodCrafting](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/edwoodcrafting/32/5114_2.png) [@EdwoodCrafting](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/EdwoodCrafting)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/ability-to-pause-g-code/1229/3 "2021-03-04T19:04:18Z")

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After pausing my code I turned off my VFD spindle from the VFD panel. Unfortunately, the MDI interface is locked out during the pause so there is no way for me to restart the spindle other than probably changing the vfd to manual mode. It would have been very easy to enter an M3 command from the MDI.