Hood:
Tick "Persistant DROs" under General config. That way (Unless you manually move the machine while the control is off), its last position will be the position it comes up in. I dont move my machine other than Mach, so it is a non-issue.
Overloaded:
You are in simulation mode, thus the jump to instant Zero, on a hooked up machine it does like it says, at least on my machine it does.......
ALSO if your A Home pin is NOT enabled will also cause it to jump to instant 0 home.
Further: If you dont like the code or the idea the code represents for a users question then don't use it. Not complaining here, I just offered a solution to a users question, and noted other options that are available, so he could appreciate the many ways in which Mach can be customized to suite a perticular users situation. The Solution my not be something you would do on your machine, or something you would even recommend. But, His machine and current question, appeared to me to warrent the solution I posted. I am sure there are other ways to do it, and by all means, please feel free to post yours. I think anyone with any other ways to answer his quesiton should post thier ideas as well. Then we can look at how others would do it, and ALL learn something in the process.
scott