# Changing how homing works

**URL:** <https://forum.sienci.com/t/changing-how-homing-works/27060>\
**Category:** ❓ Question\
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/changing-how-homing-works/27060 "2026-09-06T12:23:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ganfan](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ganfan](https://forum.sienci.com/u/ganfan)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/changing-how-homing-works/27060/1 "2026-09-06T12:23:30Z")

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Is it possible to have X and Y home one after the other instead of at the same time using GSender and a shapeoko 5?

Alternatively is a exclusion zone possible to put in so it avoids an area?

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**Author:** ![Chucky\_ott](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/chucky_ott/32/8692_2.png) [@Chucky\_ott](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chucky_ott)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/changing-how-homing-works/27060/2 "2026-09-06T17:44:32Z")

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@ganfan You can configure gSender to home one axis at a time. Just enable the toggle below the coordinates. That will change X0, Y0, and Z0 to HX, HY, and HZ. I assume it will work on Shapeoko.

Exclusion zones can be configured in vCarve. I don’t believe you can do it in gSender. I don’t know about other CAM software.

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**Author:** ![KGN](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@KGN](https://forum.sienci.com/u/KGN)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/changing-how-homing-works/27060/3 "2026-09-10T14:00:31Z")

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To be even more specific - for grblHAL machines you can configure the homing cycle within EEPROM:

 ![Screenshot 2026-09-10 at 9.59.30 AM](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f9eb3a81dd0983b6d6634be63b56d9d1a3e254e8.png)

For grbl machines, this is a compile time option in the firmware and is not configurable past that. If your Shapeoko is a grbl controller (which I suspect) you will not be able to configure this within gSender.