Step By Step Help Needed . EL8 Leadshine to PI 5

Hi all,For context: I'm currently building the control system for a Samurai 120 CNC machine (please see the attached photo).Machine electronic hardware configuration:

• 3 × Leadshine EL8 EtherCAT servo drives
• 2 × 400W Leadshine motors with optical encoders and battery backup
• 1 × 400W Leadshine motor with motor brake, also with optical encoder and battery backup
• 1 × Beckhoff EK1100 EtherCAT coupler
• 1 × Raspberry Pi 5 for control

Current progress:

1. Successfully installed LinuxCNC on the Raspberry Pi 5
2. Updated to the latest version
3. Installed CIA402 using Rodw’s guide
4. Configured the Pi as an EtherCAT master

Where I need help: I'm struggling to understand how to configure LinuxCNC to communicate with the servo drives in a basic setup.From what I understand, LinuxCNC relies on three main configuration files:

1. .ini

   – Loads the user interface and references the

   .hal

   file

2. .hal

   – The Hardware Abstraction Layer, which defines machine characteristics and connects components

3. .xml

   – Extracts and defines information from the servo drives

I found Marco Reps’ GitHub repository, which uses a similar configuration. I downloaded all the files and attempted to launch LinuxCNC using the "el8" configuration, but it failed to load.
 Could someone please provide a step-by-step  on how to configure Linux CNC for my current setup? Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

I intend on eventually using the probe basic user interface as I an touchscreen this would work well with. https://samuraimachinetools.com/cdn/shop/files/IMG_9964.jpg?v=1722652171&width=1445