I have set up Lightburn using the Onefinity provided post processor for X50 Journeyman. When I save the code to USB and load in the machine, I keep getting the same message: {“code”:400,“message”:“Unable to read file - doesn’t appear to be GCode.”} The simulation works however I am not able to see…

your very outdate and alpha firmware would be the first thing to check. We issued a ‘recall’ a while ago for anyone running 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.2, to completely reflash their OS. Also, alpha firmware should never be run on production machines, especially very outdated alpha. 1.3 is stable and can reflas…

Thanks for the information on updating the Firmware! I have flashed and now on the recommended 1.3.0 Unfortunately, I am still seeing the same error message. I created another file in LightBurn to see if I still have the same error and each time as soon as the simulation starts I can already see th…

Try naming the file to something simple (without the weird characters + _ ), like ‘file.nc’ or ‘file.gcode’ and see if it runs.

I looked at the ngc file you attached and noticed right away it uses “;” to denote a comment line. The LinuxCNC Page seems to show that this usage should be ok - but I have never seen it done before. Normally comments - even if it is the whole line - are put between “(” and “)”. This may not be th…

I use “;” to delimit comments all the time Thanks Aiph5u The fact that I have never seen it just means I don’t get out much.

Hey Ross, [image] Tsprings1017: {“code”:400,“message”:“Unable to read file - doesn’t appear to be GCode.”} The simulation works however I am not able to see any code, just the message. Wedding Laser Song_line+Fill.ngc (5.0 MB) although when input sanitization is properly done during progra…

I just had this issue, and it turns out it was because there was a “+” in the file name.

Issue reading GCode from Lightburn

CommunityUser5 November 7, 2023, 10:13pm 6

Hey Chris,

I use “;” to delimit comments all the time.

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Issue reading GCode from Lightburn

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