Mach3 XML and Stepconfig issues.

Oops, typo. The little "o" in that line should be a zero "0".

It is 0 in halfile

Can this error be port pin 13 not setup for Ch A ? Anyhow at the moment I do not have other than Index.

Make sure that the line that has the encoder.0.phase-z is placed after the addf lines in the hal file.

Will try that later today, have visitors coming.

Now I get into LCNC but still no spindel action.
Found a typo in the line in question.

If Linuxcnc now opens. Then you can use its diagnostic tools to see what is (or isn't) happening.
Look at the pins for stepgen.2 that you are trying to connect to run the spindle. Does it have a pin called stepgen.2.velocity-cmd?
if you select the watch tab and select that pin. does it's value change when you try to turn on the spindle?

Will give answers tomorrow. Thanks for your help Todd.

Yes the watch shows 0 and -1 and 1, adjusting rpm values changes accordingly

That is good to hear, That means that part of the connection is working.
When you set say 1000rmp what is the result?
also look at the values for the pin stepgen.2.up and stepgen.2.down.
They are the step pulse signal that is to be sent to the parallel port pins.
(You might only be able to notice them blinking at low frequencies.)
It is probable that you need to change the step pulse length for your chip to to be able to detect them.
Change the 1 in this line to what ever it should be or try a reasonably large number, something like 250000and add a line for stepspace and set it to the same number as step length.by adding this line.

At the moment I can not see the popup window with Spindle at speed as it is far out to the right and only partially visible.

12" Elotouch screen 800x600 and no better resolution is possible, small size and touch was what I wanted years ago.
Touch is not working properly, next in line to get fixed to work in LCNC. I have no drivers and setup tool for Linux, yet.

Will now go down and try out your prescription, will go online down in the shop.

Cheers
Bengt