G4: Dwell - Pause

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G4 P- (P - time in seconds)

The number P is the time in seconds during which all axes remain stationary. It can be a floating point number if you need to specify fractions of a second.

G4 does not affect spindle, coolant and any I/O operations.

G4 example line:

G4 P5.5 (5.5 seconds pause between G-Code lines)

Error
It is an error if:
  • the P is negative or not omitted.