diff --git a/css/serialMonitor.css b/css/serialMonitor.css
index e5b0d44edbdbfa07132c6cf7bd62207e83d4a55b..f8c385d2a60f0ffa47b56526b6d69459e61517ce 100644
--- a/css/serialMonitor.css
+++ b/css/serialMonitor.css
@@ -91,3 +91,9 @@ span.outgoing {
     text-align: center;
     padding-top: 20px;
 }
+
+.positionVal {
+    color: #7777FF;
+    font-size: 30px;
+    padding-left: 5px;
+}
diff --git a/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.html b/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.html
index 2d2e2df18b6a6a7e2047e7d91b8b4d5b62ce8684..40e0024bbf85ec2866b43774bd434f20ccea7a00 100644
--- a/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.html
+++ b/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div id="positionData">
 </div><br/>
-<a href="#" id="askForPosition" class="btn btn-block btn-lg btn-default">Refresh</a>
+<a href="#" id="askForPosition" class="btn btn-block btn-lg btn-default">Refresh Position</a><br/>
 <a href="#" id="pauseOutput" class="btn btn-block btn-lg btn-warning">Pause</a>
 <a href="#" id="stopMachine" class="btn pull-right btn-block btn-lg btn-danger">Stop</a>
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diff --git a/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.js b/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.js
index 60775b9040ddf94272dea77a165f1e8a71d88978..6b7016bb70ca2eaf0034b4a14c19c6f23bc5cc2a 100644
--- a/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.js
+++ b/js/SerialMonitor/PositionControlPanelView.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Created by aghassaei on 9/11/15.
  */
 
+//this.model == serialComm
 
 define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'text!PositionControlPanelView.html', 'text!PositionDataView.html'],
     function($, _, Backbone, template, positionTemplate){
@@ -18,18 +19,28 @@ define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'text!PositionControlPanelView.html'
 
 
         initialize: function(){
+
+            this.listenTo(this.model.getMachineState(), "change", this._renderPositionData);
             this.render();
+            this._askForPosition();
         },
 
         _renderPositionData: function(){
             var machineState = this.model.getMachineState();
-            if (machineState === null) {
-                $("#positionData").html("<div id='positionDataError'>no position data available</div>");
-                return;
-            }
+            console.log(machineState.toJSON());
             $("#positionData").html(_.template(positionTemplate)(machineState.toJSON()));
         },
 
+        _askForPosition: function(e){
+            if (e) e.preventDefault();
+            this.model.send('{"sr":n}');
+        },
+
+        _stopMachine: function(e){
+            e.preventDefault();
+            this.model.send("!");
+        },
+
         _makeTemplateJSON: function(){
             return {};
         },
diff --git a/js/SerialMonitor/PositionDataView.html b/js/SerialMonitor/PositionDataView.html
index 3a26afc04d56479127e0b09460a822ecc26932e8..33e871bb89047120be950b422d0ffdd8a69ab9f5 100644
--- a/js/SerialMonitor/PositionDataView.html
+++ b/js/SerialMonitor/PositionDataView.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-X: <%= xAxis %><br/>
-Y: <%= yAxis %><br/>
-Z: <%= zAxis %><br/><br/>
-A: <%= aAxis %><br/>
-B: <%= bAxis %><br/>
-C: <%= cAxis %><br/>
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+X: &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="positionVal"><%= x %></span><br/>
+Y: &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="positionVal"><%= y %></span><br/>
+Z: &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="positionVal"><%= z %></span><br/><br/>
+A: &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="positionVal"><%= a %></span><br/>
+B: &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="positionVal"><%= b %></span><br/>
+C: &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="positionVal"><%= c %></span><br/>
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diff --git a/js/SerialMonitor/SerialMonitorView.js b/js/SerialMonitor/SerialMonitorView.js
index 20992a10540580b0162349f4c2dd40f6150c6ca7..688066a4f2461d33e26beec0838f07f1801f2aa1 100644
--- a/js/SerialMonitor/SerialMonitorView.js
+++ b/js/SerialMonitor/SerialMonitorView.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone', 'serialComm', 'text!SerialMonitorVie
         _addOutputData: function(html){
             var $output = $("#serialMonitorOutput");
             $output.append(html);
-            if (this.model.get("autoscroll")) $output.animate({scrollTop:$output.scrollTop()+$output.innerHeight()}, "fast");
+            if (this.model.get("autoscroll")) $output.scrollTop($output.scrollTop()+$output.innerHeight());
         },
 
         _clear: function(e){
diff --git a/js/lattice/Lattice.js b/js/lattice/Lattice.js
index d2f2c28a719668814c1271186e9561963ab74f85..3982b4a4a30e8dcb7ef5a9cc500875625fcdaa8c 100644
--- a/js/lattice/Lattice.js
+++ b/js/lattice/Lattice.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'appState', 'globals', 'plist', 'three', 'thre
 
             cellType: "cube",
             connectionType: "gik",
-            latticeType: "dnaBricks",
+            latticeType: "willGik",
             partType: null,
 
             aspectRatio: null,
diff --git a/js/models/AppState.js b/js/models/AppState.js
index 1d4112ce2733d14d7de8b37db24c0285782dd601..4faa639d6e6b626eb027ac718e4f44c7bd5a45e6 100644
--- a/js/models/AppState.js
+++ b/js/models/AppState.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'threeModel', 'three', 'plist', 'globals'], fu
             cellsVisible: true,
 
             superCellIndex: new THREE.Vector3(0,0,0),//offset of superCell adds
-            gikLength: 2,//this updates super cell range when using non-composite materials
+            gikLength: 4,//this updates super cell range when using non-composite materials
             superCellRange: new THREE.Vector3(1,1,1),
 
             realisticColorScheme: false,
diff --git a/js/models/MachineState.js b/js/models/MachineState.js
index 87abf7cba4f3048e90c6fec60a8115f10b8bd69f..b90b7458f24f07ab9f1e52428637d3190b85a0f7 100644
--- a/js/models/MachineState.js
+++ b/js/models/MachineState.js
@@ -3,31 +3,34 @@
  */
 
 
-define(['backbone'], function(Backbone){
+define(['underscore', 'backbone'], function(_, Backbone){
 
     var MachineState = Backbone.Model.extend({
 
         defaults:{
-            xAxis: null,
-            yAxis: null,
-            zAxis: null,
-            aAxis: null,
-            bAxis: null,
-            cAxis: null
+            x: null,
+            y: null,
+            z: null,
+            a: null,
+            b: null,
+            c: null
         },
 
-        destroy: function(){
-            this.set("xAxis", null, {silent:true});
-            this.set("yAxis", null, {silent:true});
-            this.set("zAxis", null, {silent:true});
-            this.set("aAxis", null, {silent:true});
-            this.set("bAxis", null, {silent:true});
-            this.set("cAxis", null, {silent:true});
+        setPosition: function(data){
+            var self = this;
+            _.each(this.attributes, function(attribute, key){
+                var val = data["pos" + key];
+                if (val !== null && val !== undefined) self.set(key, val);
+            });
+        },
+
+        refresh: function(){
+            this.set(this.defaults);
         }
 
 
     });
 
-    return MachineState;
+    return new MachineState();
 
 });
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diff --git a/js/models/SerialComm.js b/js/models/SerialComm.js
index f341e3c7fcbd9bf0d4af4b2e6f8523fee4f4cf5d..bbd1af23af0db6b805676c0b6680f51769bc8a29 100644
--- a/js/models/SerialComm.js
+++ b/js/models/SerialComm.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Created by aghassaei on 6/17/15.
  */
 
-define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'socketio', 'machineState'], function(_, Backbone, io, MachineState){
+define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'socketio', 'machineState'], function(_, Backbone, io, machineState){
 
     var SerialComm = Backbone.Model.extend({
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'socketio', 'machineState'], function(_, Backb
         },
 
         initialize: function(){
-            this.machineState = null;
+            this.machineState = machineState;
             this.attemptToConnectToNode();
         },
 
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'socketio', 'machineState'], function(_, Backb
         },
 
         refreshMachineState: function(){//when updating connection, create a new instance of machine state
-            if (this.machineState) this.machineState.destroy();
-            this.machineState = new MachineState();
+            this.machineState.refresh();
         },
 
         getMachineState: function(){
@@ -101,6 +100,14 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'socketio', 'machineState'], function(_, Backb
             if (data == "" || data == '\n' || data == "\r") return;
             serialComm.set("lastMessageReceived", data, {silent:true});
             serialComm.trigger("change:lastMessageReceived");
+            try {
+                var json = JSON.parse(data);
+                if (json.r && json.r.sr){
+                    serialComm.getMachineState().setPosition(json.r.sr);
+                } else if (json.sr){
+                    serialComm.getMachineState().setPosition(json.sr);
+                }
+            } catch(err) {}
         });
 
         socket.on('dataSent', function(data){