Hi Al,

The JMI data file can have any name, by altering what is added to
the 'SCOPE_DATA_FILE=' line. For example,

SCOPE_DATA_FILE=c:\scope\enc_data.txt

would tell Guide to look for encoder positions in the first 14 bytes
of 'c:\scope\enc_data.txt'.

Positive and negative values will work. The example you gave of
' 123456-234567' will work, because they can be read as two separate
numbers, but ' 1234569234567' would _not_ work. So the x value can
range from -999 999 to 99 999 999 (spaces added for clarity), but the
y value can only range from -999 999 to 999 999.

-- Bill