Help with adding PlasmaC to base config + 7i76e

The following are from another users working config.

machine hal file:
connections hal file:
Notice that the io pins begin with hm2_7i76e.0.7i76.0.0. but the encoder pins begin with hm2_7i76e.0.encoder.00.

You need to follow the same format.

Am I supposed to add this into my base file before I go run and fill out the configurator? Or am I supposed to add this into some other file after I run the configurator?

Is it supposed to go anywhere special in the hal file?

I tried adding this format in my base file and now after I run configurator I get a crash report stating that error in file .plaz/connections.hal: 'Pin 'hm2_7i76e.0.0.spinena pin was already linked to signal 'spindle-enable'.

Try these two:

Now after I replace the contents of my files with the files you posted I get another error.

Paraphrasing; Pin encoder velocity does not exist.

net plasmac:arc-voltage-in h2m_7i76e.0.encoder.00.velocity => plasmac.arc-voltage-in
net plasmac:float-switch h2m_7i76e.0.7i76.0.0.input-07 => debounce.0.0.in
# net plasmac:breakaway {YOUR BREAKAWAY PIN} => debounce.0.1.in
# net plasmac:ohmic-probe {YOUR OHMIC PROBE PIN} => debounce.0.2.in
# net plasmac:ohmic-enable plasmac.ohmic-enable => {YOUR OHMIC ENABLE PIN}
net plasmac:torch-on => h2m_7i76e.0.7i76.0.0.spinena

It looks like you had the hm2 as h2m so i corrected those and now get this error:

That is the same error you had before and the solution mentioned by PCW, namely the filter does not accept the value of -1, it does accept 0 or 1. Encoder scale be be -1 or whatever you need it to be.
You really, really have to stop editing stuff at random, you are wasting a lot of time and nerves doing constantly the same errors while editing.

I literally just added the files I was told to add, exactly as given to me by phill. Once those files failed, I only edited what was obviously erroneous which is the hm2's. I left the -1's as phill sent to me. Am I supposed to follow these instructions or not? There is numerous contradictory instructions in this thread. 4 days after asking for help I still have no working plasmac.

Did you not also see there are other errors than the -1? There is also an error "input-07 was already linked to probe-in"...again another error on using a file directly as it was given to me.

Accusing me of "not bothered to read" "randomly changing things" etc is not true and is rather counterproductive IMO. I have only changed what I was told to change, perhaps I implemented the changes incorrectly based on my understanding but I am certainly not randomly changing things around. You also gave misinformation earlier in this thread about the encoder and were corrected by PCW...well I try to follow what he says and also that is wrong apparently..

Well now I correct the file from the -1's I was given by phill and I've changed them into 1's as advised by tommylight and earlier PCW and now I'm just getting the error that :

h2m_7i76e.0.7i76.0.0.input-07 was already linked to signal probe in. Now what am I doing wrong this time?

You can find them in phill's most recent post ...he provided the files which I copied and pasted into my machine.