Joint limit switch errors

Thanks again for all your help.
And I do have another question which may lead to more questions.
I mentioned that there were still problems and I looked at them and did some research and found that 2.8 apparently has problems with Stepconfig and two joints on one axis and found one forum entry about how to edit .hal and .ini to correct it but admitted that there were more problems. And there were responses to that with more corrections and and unresolved problems. I tried it and had problems not mentioned.
And that entry that I found was rather old. I wonder if you can tell me if there is a solution or a posting that is complete in getting the system working.
Thank you.

I think the issues with stepconf have long been fixed. Initially the change to the independent joints in 2.8 meant that stepconf, pmcconf and some of the GUI's needed to catch up. At that time it was suggested to configure a 4 axis XYZA config and subsequently hand edit the A axis to become say Y2 to make a XYZY config for a gantry. But I have never used stepconf. I know PNCCONF was fixed as I tested it for the author when he made the changes (and it worked).

Thank you very much for you comments and interest in my problem.

I am running 2.8 but do not know what version. I know the system updated this morning so I should have the latest.

And the following comments are from my beliefs and understanding of how things work and they obviously must be incorrect and that is why I am having trouble and thus may need correction in the way I am thinking.
I have had my machine for some years and everything worked fine until 2.8 came along.
I just ran stepconfig and the configuration choices for configuration do not include one for XYYZ which is what I need. So the end result for me is an A axis. And that axis is independent from the Y axis. The joints are not tied together. I have tried to edit it per a 2017 posting on the forum of 27 July 2017 by Joel0407. I could find nothing more recent. I have not been successful with the edits. I looked through the documentation for hours trying to find more information but have come up with nothing that is helpful. Jeff from Xylotex suggested I revert to a previous version and if I knew how to do that I would. Obviously others are making 2.8 work, but I cannot do that. I just know that I cannot get stepconfig to make anything that will run and PNCCONF is not for my machine.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Have your hal and ini files changed since the last time you posted them? If so please post them again. What I saw on your last files is that you only had 3 joints but I'm assuming for a gantry you would have 4. At this point, I wold be cutting and pasting joints in your ini and hal files which does not take long.

You have joints=3, and you have no two joints for Y axis.
You also have this.... coordinates=XYZ

The hal and ini files you have posted are not for a gantry with 2 motors on one axis configuration.

Have your hal and ini files changed? If so post them here and someone can help.

bevins wrote: You have joints=3, and you have no two joints for Y axis.
You also have this.... coordinates=XYZ

The hal and ini files you have posted are not for a gantry with 2 motors on one axis configuration.

Have your hal and ini files changed? If so post them here and someone can help.

Post your backup hal and ini files from previous before 2.8 also. That would help