Homing using index

Greetings, I have a Deckel maho with linear encoder scales. I want to home the machine using Index in my linear encoder scale. the wires of index are connected along with their respective encoder wires on TB3. I don't know which pins I should assign for homing in PNCCONF. If I don't assign the homing pins then I am unable to edit the homing settings in PNCCONF as seen in the attached picture hence I am unable home the machine later on.

Hello Andy, i am not a programmer so i can't really get through it. Can you explain it a bit more? An example would be very helpful.

You need to take the time to read and understand these docs. linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/config/ini-homing.html
PArticularly the diagrams,
No programing required...

  i read the document, but still it's not quite clear to me as what specific line i have to add. i understood the ini file lines that andy pointed out and i am able to run the homing cycle also after adding those lines. but it doesn't detect the index mark of the linear encoder scale . i am unable to understand the hal lines that andy is pointing out. a similar line is already written in the hal file, i am attaching the picture , can you point out where and what line i have to add?

If index is not detected, that may be a hardware issue.

To test,

1. Disable the drives
2. Monitor the encoder position and x-index-enable in halshow/watch
3. Set index enable true (halcmd sets x-index-enable true)
4. Hand move the axis past an index
The encoder position should be zero'ed and x-index-enable
should be set false on index detection

Greetings PCW, i tried what you asked and seems like there is no hardware issue, the linux detects the index perfectly well and responded as you suggested. I guess the real problem lies in the hal file. what line should i add in the hal file so that when the machine hits the index while homing, it gets zeroed.

EDIT:
i solved the problem, thanks to you guys. you guys are the best. i copied some lines from my last time and it works now. the problem was with the HAL only. thanks a lot guys.

it wasn't adding those lines because i wasn't choosing any home switch inputs in PNCCONF but then i used some random inputs so that it generates basic lines for inputs in both hal and INI files. then i switched the HAL input lines with the encoder inputs and voila , it works now. thanks a lot guys, a big help. although i busted a radial bearing while doing all this , i need to fix that first,. thanks a lot guys.