Error Message -" Unknown word where unary operation could be"

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09 Feb 2017 21:55 #87710 by Mike29
Hi,
I've been having some difficulty with the cnc machine losing its x and why coordinate locations while milling. I narrowed one problem down to a display driver that was causing a severe latency issue and re-ran StepConf for and updated configuration but now I've received this error message "Unknown word where unary operation could be". I searched the forum with no luck, any thoughts??
LinuxCNC 2.7.8 on Debian 8
Dell Optiplex 760
DIY CNC with TB 6560 T3 Controller

I was running HalScope at the time.

Thanks

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09 Feb 2017 22:43 #87721 by andypugh
That's an error in your G-code.

The interpreter has found an unexpected letter or character in the code.
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09 Feb 2017 23:04 #87726 by BigJohnT
You could have also opened and saved the file with Windows notebook and you get extra strange characters.

JT
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10 Feb 2017 00:10 #87732 by Mike29
Thanks for the suggestion although I did not edit the G code and just used it directly out of Vectric V- Carve, I reran the part with the same G code a second time and it ran fine without any error messages. Is it possible that electrical "noise" can initiate this behavior and error message? If so are their tools within LinuxCNC to help isolate this problem?
Thanks again!

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10 Feb 2017 00:33 #87734 by andypugh
No. The message is emitted here:
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/af15a4...interp_read.cc#L1424

That is part of the code that reads a G-code file. Completely "inside" the computer and unrelated to anything mechanical or electrical.

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