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I do not think so, nor do i aim to do that.
This post was explicitly because of you as i vividly recall back when you did a post with only "10000" in it and i asked you what was that, and all this was triggered by a friend a few days back when he was browsing through the forum and told me i have nearly 20000 posts.
Maybe if i did not delete so many of my replies to keep topics clean ...
Thank you for the patience with me, i am sure i messed up on more than one occasion.

Thanks! will do.

Looks like you are likely to catch me up some time soon, then.

irwinger wrote:

Not that I would ever 'bite the hand that feeds me', I have to ask if you were coaxing me in to discovery? I mean - how much more effort would it have been to state something like "the line in you HAL 'net spindle-on      => parport.0.pin-09-out' does not initiate the spindle. It defines or assigns a pin to use (pin 9), but it doesn't actually make the pin 'do anything'. What you need is a line that connect the assigned pin to a function like this: 'net spindle-on spindle.0.on => parport.0.pin-09-out'"

Yes that would have been more helpful for sure, in the long run.
I insisted on making a new config as i have seen way to many wander of in the depths oh hal and getting utterly lost and dazed and confused, subsequently giving up on LinuxCNC altogether, so my main aim for new users is to make the machine work first and foremost, then we can chat about options and bells and whistles.
I am glad you are one of the more analytical types and jump head first into problems, will try to keep in mind that next time i reply.
And, no, i am not deleting this, nor do i want you to delete it, it is a valid and respectful response.

tommylight wrote:

Rod, drives should be mounted vertically, as noted in their manuals.

Yeh, that is due to a bigger stuff up. The enclosure is 400 x 400. I removed the backing plate and I carefully marked out all mounting bolts and inserted nutserts everywhere to mount everything. Then mounted everything only to find the backing plate was not square like the enclosure! So the plate is rotated 90 degrees from where I planned.
400 x 400 is really too small but it was what I could get at the time due to COVID. Made for a really messy install because of no room for slotted conduit