You might  reference the g code manual for LinuxCNC rather than guess or 
assume LinuxCNC G code is the same as some other control.

John

On 5/23/2012 12:35 AM, Claude Zervas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just wondering if someone might know why LinuxCNC interprets the G04
> dwell command parameter as seconds instead of milliseconds?
> I'm fairly certain most other machines (ie Fanuc and others) interpret
> the P value as milliseconds.
> For example, the command:
>
> G04 P3000
>
> is interpreted by most machines as stop the tool for 3000 milliseconds
> (3 seconds). But LinuxCNC interprets this as 3000 seconds.
>
> Also, I think the G04 command should take X or P (or possibly U),
> where the X value is normally in seconds and the P value is normally
> milliseconds. LinuxCNC does not allow X values and will throw an error
> if it encounters one.
>
> If anyone can clear this up I would be grateful. I'm writing an
> extension for Inkscape that generates G code and I'd like to make sure
> that its output is nominally correct.
>
> thanks,
> - Claude
>
>
> P.S. I'm using LinuxCNC to control an old Fletcher F6100 CNC mat
> cutter that has a tangential knife (a fourth axis that rotates about
> the Z axis that is always tangent to the direction of travel along the
> X and Y axes)
>
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