ethercat config for a stepper motor

Hello.
I am working on a project that involves controlling a stepper motor in linuxcnc. I wanted an ethercat configuration so I bought a TMCM-1310 from trinamic and a sanyo denki SF2424 motor. I managed to install ethercat using the instructions provided by rodw. But I am new to linuxcnc and I have no idea of how to create the .ini, .hal and ethercat-conf. My current configuration is giving me this error and I do not know how to proceed:

Print file information:
RUN_IN_PLACE=no
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules
LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HALCMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.6
LINUXCNC - 2.9.3
Machine configuration directory is '/home/joao/linuxcnc/configs/Stepper'
Machine configuration file is 'my_machine.ini'
INIFILE=/home/joao/linuxcnc/configs/Stepper/my_machine.ini
VERSION=2.9.3

check_config:
  Unspecified [JOINT_0]MAX_VELOCITY,     default used: 1.0
  Unspecified [JOINT_0]MAX_ACCELERATION, default used: 1.0

PARAMETER_FILE=
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=
TASK=
HALUI=
DISPLAY=
COORDINATES=
KINEMATICS=trivkins
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
[EMCIO] CYCLE_TIME not found in /home/joao/linuxcnc/configs/Stepper/my_machine.ini; using default 0.100000
libnml/buffer/shmem.cc 320: Shared memory buffers toolCmd and toolCmd may conflict. (key=1004(0x3EC))
libnml/buffer/shmem.cc 320: Shared memory buffers toolSts and toolSts may conflict. (key=1005(0x3ED))
libnml/buffer/shmem.cc 320: Shared memory buffers emcError and emcError may conflict. (key=1003(0x3EB))
emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 786: can't load tool table.
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=homemod EMCMOT=motmod
Found file(REL): ./my_machine.hal
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Can not find -sec RS274NGC -var PARAMETER_FILE -num 1
Can not find -sec TASK -var TASK -num 1
Can not find -sec DISPLAY -var DISPLAY -num 1
Can not find -sec TRAJ -var COORDINATES -num 1
Can not find -sec DISPLAY -var INTRO_GRAPHIC -num 1
Can not find -sec DISPLAY -var INTRO_TIME -num 1
Note: Using POSIX realtime
LCEC: lcec_conf is not loaded
LCEC: exiting
LCEC: returning -EINVAL
lcec: rtapi_app_main: Invalid argument (-22)
./my_machine.hal:3: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app lcec
./my_machine.hal:3: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
./my_machine.hal:3: insmod for lcec failed, returned -1
11122
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime

I do have the master and slaves configuration:
Master0
  Phase: Idle
  Active: no
  Slaves: 1
  Ethernet devices:
    Main: fc:45:96:84:19:28 (attached)
      Link: UP
      Tx frames:   1145777
      Tx bytes:    68746748
      Rx frames:   1145776
      Rx bytes:    68746688
      Tx errors:   0
      Tx frame rate [1/s]:    122    119    119
      Tx rate [KByte/s]:      7.1    6.9    7.0
      Rx frame rate [1/s]:    122    119    119
      Rx rate [KByte/s]:      7.1    6.9    7.0
    Common:
      Tx frames:   4236392
      Tx bytes:    254184032
      Rx frames:   4236369
      Rx bytes:    254182652
      Lost frames: 23
      Tx frame rate [1/s]:    122    119    119
      Tx rate [KByte/s]:      7.1    6.9    7.0
      Rx frame rate [1/s]:    122    119    119
      Rx rate [KByte/s]:      7.1    6.9    7.0
      Loss rate [1/s]:          0     -0      0
      Frame loss [%]:         0.0   -0.0    0.0
  Distributed clocks:
    Reference clock:   None
    DC reference time: 0
    Application time:  0
                       2000-01-01 00:00:00.000000000

=== Master 0, Slave 0 ===
Device: Main
State: PREOP
Flag: +
Identity:
  Vendor Id:       0x00000286
  Product code:    0x00001001
  Revision number: 0x00000000
  Serial number:   0x00000000
DL information:
  FMMU bit operation: no
  Distributed clocks: yes, delay measurement only
  DC system time transmission delay: 0 ns
Port  Type  Link  Loop    Signal  NextSlave  RxTime [ns]  Diff [ns]   NextDc [ns]
   0  MII   up    open    yes             -   1655340570           0           0
   1  MII   down  closed  no              -            -           -           -
   2  N/A   down  closed  no              -            -           -           -
   3  N/A   down  closed  no              -            -           -           -
Mailboxes:
  Bootstrap RX: 0x1000/268, TX: 0x110c/32
  Standard  RX: 0x1200/8, TX: 0x1210/8
  Supported protocols: FoE
General:
  Group: T
  Image name:
  Order number: T
  Device name: T
  Flags:
    Enable SafeOp: no
    Enable notLRW: no
  Current consumption: 0 mA

Any insights would be helpful
thanks in advance

you can get some inspiration here:
github.com/zmrdko/3dworks_ethercat_lcec/

Thank you all for the responses! I managed to get in the axis gui. I got a warning telling me about the appTimePeriod, which I corrected. But I am still unable to move the stepper. Do you have any idea of what I could be missing? Once again, I assume this is some trivial stuff, but I am still a noob on this subject

Edit: I ended up just adding an HALFILE line to axis.ini directly on the sim.axis/
Then I added a ethercat.hal and the following ethercat-conf:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<masters>
    <master idx="0" appTimePeriod="1000000" refClockSyncCycles="5">
        <slave idx="0" type="generic" vid="0x00000286">
            <syncManager idx="0" dir="out">
                <pdo idx="0x1600">
                    <pdoEntry idx="0x1000" subIdx="0x00" bitLen="32" halType="u32"/> <!-- Controller Mode -->
                    <pdoEntry idx="0x1004" subIdx="0x00" bitLen="32" halType="s32"/> <!-- Value (Position/Velocity/Current) -->
                </pdo>
            </syncManager>
            <syncManager idx="1" dir="in">
                <pdo idx="0x1A00">
                    <pdoEntry idx="0x1078" subIdx="0x00" bitLen="32" halType="s32"/> <!-- Target Position -->
                    <pdoEntry idx="0x107C" subIdx="0x00" bitLen="32" halType="s32"/> <!-- Actual Position -->
                    <pdoEntry idx="0x1080" subIdx="0x00" bitLen="32" halType="s32"/> <!-- Virtual Actual Position -->
                </pdo>
            </syncManager>
        </slave>
    </master>
</masters>

This was based on a video from MetalMusings

Edit 2: I noticed that when I run linuxcnc my driver state goes to PREOP