Mach3 XML and Stepconfig issues.

Oops, typo. The little "o" in that line should be a zero "0".

It is 0 in halfile

Can this error be port pin 13 not setup for Ch A ? Anyhow at the moment I do not have other than Index.

Make sure that the line that has the encoder.0.phase-z is placed after the addf lines in the hal file.

Will try that later today, have visitors coming.

Now I get into LCNC but still no spindel action.
Found a typo in the line in question.

If Linuxcnc now opens. Then you can use its diagnostic tools to see what is (or isn't) happening.
Look at the pins for stepgen.2 that you are trying to connect to run the spindle. Does it have a pin called stepgen.2.velocity-cmd?
if you select the watch tab and select that pin. does it's value change when you try to turn on the spindle?