xml and hal - I am lost

I know - it is very unusual as a linuxcnc noob to start with an ethercat setup especially when you are en ethercat noob as well...
but I was so fascinated that I just wanted to give it a try.
Now I am at the point where Linuxcnc is installed, my ethercat is running and I get this terminal output:
0  0:0  OP      +  EK1100 EtherCAT-Koppler (2A E-Bus)
1  0:1  OP      +  EL1088 8Ch. Dig. Input 24V, 3ms, negative
2  0:2  OP      +  EL1008 8K. Dig. Eingang 24V, 3ms
3  0:3  OP      +  EL2008 8K. Dig. Ausgang 24V, 0.5A
4  0:4  OP      +  EL1008 8K. Dig. Eingang 24V, 3ms
5  0:5  OP      +  EL2008 8K. Dig. Ausgang 24V, 0.5A
6  0:6  SAFEOP  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10
7  0:7  SAFEOP  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10
8  0:8  SAFEOP  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10

As servos I use 3x Stepperonline OMC a6 400W

Now I tried to figure out how to build a working xml and a corresponding hal file.
After several hours of reading try`ll and error my last hope is that somebody of you would be so kind to share its xml and hal (best with running a6 servos) file so that I have a starting point for my setup.

Any help or hint is highly appreciated!

best

Kai

Im in the same boat. I have stepperonline A6 servos showing up as slave devices. now have no clue what to do next. 

Then let's keep each other up to date.

Thx a lot!!
I will take a close look at both. Finally a first point of reference from which I can work my way forward.

Am I understanding correctly...   Linuxcnc "talks" to Hal, Hal used XML to translate to the ethercats. so xml is like an " hardware even more abstract layer". So I should assign "X Y Z A B" names in the XML and then Hal can control the servos from then on by those names? Im assuming the ethercat slaves show up in the order they are physically plugged into the chain? or is how they are plugged together not matter much? I guess I have to dive into the "debug software" for the servos too and set up the electronic gear ratios and whatnot. 

Hello Kieran,
A hardware driver such as mesa or ethercat when run will expose hal pins. You can use halshow to see the driver pins. These driver pins can now connect to hal components pins.

linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/tools.html
 

It would be so nice if anybody could share a 2.94 compatible setup for the i-o modules and servos drives. I always stuck in error I can`t resolve by myself for now.
A reliable starting point would be genious.

I would realla appreciate any help or hints. 

One major issue of understanding/misunderstanding for me ist that when I try out example files for hal and xml i always get the error that lcec can`t be loaded. Perhaps this is lost/replaced/ereased in the version 2.94? How could I adress hal pins without lcec loaded?