mesa 7i76 configuring a spindle encoder

Ok Andy commented out ###loadrt lowpass names=lowpass.spindle.gain

Clive s wrote: Ok Andy commented out ###loadrt lowpass names=lowpass.spindle.gain

That wasn't the line I was suggesting you comment out. The "Offending line" is given in the error report, line 190 of the file "Myford_Lathe.hal"

Some HAL background.

When you loadrt lowpass you get the pins and parameters listed here:
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/man/man9/lowpass.9.html
So, typically lowpass.0.gain, lowpass.0.in etc.

If you use names= then the pins get new names. If you use "names = lowpass.spindle.gain" then the pins/parameters are lowpass.spindle.gain.gain and lowpass.spindle.gain.in and so on.

What you need is "loadrt lowpass names=lowpass.spindle"

Andy I am getting mixed up. Would you mind checking my HAL file and being explicate where I have to change things

I have added this to the hal file loadrt lowpass names=lowpass.spindle

You have tried to loadrt the lowpass component twice, with two different names

Ok I have commented this out #loadrt lowpass names=lowpass.spindle.gain

What is the background here? how did you end up with this file which has all the net commands but none of the loadrt commands?

loadrt abs names=abs.spindle