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Your commons should all be tied together.

Section 8.2 in the lathe manual

Clearance Amount: Set the distance away from the part you want to position when changing from a rapid to a feedrate move. This amount applies to both the X and Z-axes. Adjust this value to adjust the retract amount in a threading cycle (G76).

In this case since there are only four bits, they are more correctly "parts of a nibble".

Since I don't have a WMPG, I can't help much more but it appears that Windows has somehow forgotten what driver to use perhaps from a Windows update. You can try clicking update driver on the unknown device, and choosing browse my computer, and then let me pick from a list. Best would be if you had ...

Yes, delete the unknown device. Unplug the receiver and then plug it back in. Windows should then reload the drivers..

No

An axis is an axis. Lathes require Z to be the first axis and X the second. Other than that, pick a schematic that fits your drives and inverter choices.

So Windows is scaling the 1024 wide window up to 1080 and is screwing up the fonts. If you can scale your window to 1024 wide the font will probably look better.

You can also try going into device manager and deleting the WMPG under USB devices and then right click on the top of the device tree and select "scan for hardware changes". This lets Windoze re-install the device.

There's a great skit on the Internet - "If Microsoft Built Cars".

And a pain in the arse having to switch machine wiring back and forth!