Quote Originally Posted by Clive S View Post
To me its strange that there seems to be no individual setting for X and Y inverts etc.

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$3=5 (Step direction invert) ... Is 5 the correct number ? I would have thought 0 or 1 !!
$4=0 (Invert step enable pin)
$5=0 (Invert limit pins)

$20=0 (Soft limits enable) ... Is this enabled or disabled ?
$21=0 (Hard limits enable)

Sorry I don't know much about GRBL
You need to view the table that comes with GRBL to work out that question about $3=5 It is actually settings for reversing the XYZ motor directions without having to physically doing it with the wiring.
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anything equal to =0 means disabled, =1 is enabled , other numbers are from the table above and are used in several of the settings.