trying simple NC files

I'm trying to finish setting up an NC16 / PowerPMAC UMAC for a friend. They have been using the IDE with some success so I think the motor/dencode/axis parameters are close.

My NC program is not behaving the way I think it should.

INC

LINEAR

Z0.05

DWELL(2*1000)

X0.05

DWELL(2*1000)

X-0.05

Z-0.05

M30

The parser does not like either of the first two lines. Weird, heh? We are executing motion programs from the IDE with those lines.

If I remove them the program executes but stops just before the X-0.05 move completes. The position reports as -0.047886. No matter the commanded position it never quite gets there. The program hangs up and I have to abort to get control again. It will stop that same distance from any negative commanded position on both axis (this is a diamond turning machine so only two axis).

I'm sure I've messed something up. Its hard when multiple hands have there fingers in something.

[EDIT] I'm thinking this is exactly the same problem I had getting NC16 to load and run an initialization script. It would not parse it correctly. I got past that by putting the plc script in pp_startup.txt. But I can't do that with NC files forever. I really need those to run after being loaded remotely. I can run .pmc files so I KNOW it is something to do with files downloaded remotely rather than present in the image created by the IDE.

Any clues?

TIA

To be clear, you are entering this program into NC 16 and not the IDE, correct?

What if you replace LINEAR with G01 and INC with G91?

Thanks Eric! It seems only RS-274 syntax is allowed in the .nc files. After using .pmc files in the IDE environment for a while I missed that!

And the initialization file option in NC16 is really only meant to be used by folks who have the full source code.

I wish the manual were a little better organized. I thought I read it cover to cover.