diff --git a/motorApp/NewportSrc/devMM3000.cc b/motorApp/NewportSrc/devMM3000.cc
index abc20ea9..aaa43e30 100644
--- a/motorApp/NewportSrc/devMM3000.cc
+++ b/motorApp/NewportSrc/devMM3000.cc
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ USAGE...	Motor record device level support for Newport MM3000.
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errlog.h>
+#include <math.h>
 #include "motorRecord.h"
 #include "motor.h"
 #include "motordevCom.h"
@@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ STATIC RTN_STATUS MM3000_build_trans(motor_cmnd command, double *parms, struct m
 	     */
 	    break;
 	case SET_ENC_RATIO:
+            /* The motor record no longer passes unsigned values */
+            parms[0] = fabs(parms[0]);
+            parms[1] = fabs(parms[1]);
+
 	    /* MM3000 valid encoder ratio values < 10,000. */
 	    while (parms[0] > 10000.0 || parms[1] > 10000.0)
 	    {
diff --git a/motorApp/OmsSrc/devOmsCom.cc b/motorApp/OmsSrc/devOmsCom.cc
index 9641669a..524d56da 100644
--- a/motorApp/OmsSrc/devOmsCom.cc
+++ b/motorApp/OmsSrc/devOmsCom.cc
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ errorexit:                  errMessage(-1, "Invalid device directive");
                 if (MAXv == true && parms[0] == parms[1])
                     sprintf(buffer, " UF");
                 else
-                    sprintf(buffer, " UU%f;", parms[0]/parms[1]);
+                    sprintf(buffer, " UU%f;", fabs(parms[0]/parms[1]));
                 strcat(motor_call->message, buffer);
                 break;