Connecting external power-on button to Linux CNC

I tried to net a pin to halui.machine.on
It just created the entity halui. Machine. On.

Hmm, it works here, using a 7i96 I connected the pins as below and input 1 will turn the machine on and off.

im going to try a different hal config tomorrow, pretty sure my old one was missing something that set up the halui pins

pretty sure this was left out of my .ini file.

HALUI = halui

Hmm, it works here, using a 7i96 I connected the pins as below and input 1 will turn the machine on and off.
net power-on hm2_7i96.0.gpio.001.in halui.machine.on
net power-off hm2_7i96.0.gpio.001.in_not halui.machine.off

is it connected to P1 or TB input?

TB3-2