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I just put a newer PC on my router and have decided to try Mach 2 instead of TurboCNC. I want to use the Windows interface.

I have read the manual - 2 and 3 times in some cases, but there are a few simple things that are driving me nuts! I am used to TurboCNC and so I relate everything to that.

1. I don't have home switches on my machine. I normally jog it around to the edge of my part, zero the axes and start cutting. In MACH 2, I have been unable to reliably zero the axes. I thought that I could type in the DRO and press enter. The readout just resets to what it was before.

2. I also want to be able to zero out an individual axis. I haven't been able to find out how to do this either.

3. I found out how to jog X and Y by using the arrow keys, just like TurboCNC, but the Z axis eludes me.

4. My machine has multiple router heads. In TurboCNC, the tool table has X,Y,Z offsets which allowed me to save each tool position to the table and call them up with a simple T2, T3 code. In Mach 2, it seems like I need to use fixture offsets for the X and Y, and tool offsets for the Z. Am I understanding this alright?

Thanks for any help.
Trent