Trying to cut air as a test but can not

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Hey Todd,

@todd1234

The problem is that I am trying to cut the test file that is loaded on the controller from the factory. Without cutting anything. Cutting air. I can not seem to manually set the zero, it seems to look for the probe and then faults out with a z axis e stop. Always saying 4 plus mm out of range. How do I get around this?

@OnefinityCNC

the ‘1f’ test file isn’t for use for the end user. It has a probe command in the beginning. Never run gcode you did not create.

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