Touch Plate Explanation please

Ok, first thing, lets just get rid of this in your Router.hal:

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I just noticed that you somehow lost a bunch of lines in your Router.hal. Copy these back in between whats in line 20 and line 21

Absolutely no idea how these lines were deleted. I am getting an error as follows
Cant attach(how) but
Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime
HAL: ERROR: function 'pwmgen.update' not found
./Router.hal:21: addf failed
13602

Edit I managed to clear that error with
loadrt pwmgen output_type=0
Still in process of finding out how to start spindle

I have lost the plot. Still cant run spindle and probe stopped.

I tidied up your config.
Unzip this and replace your config with the contents.
Try and report any errors you get.

Thanks again.
Done as requested but not fully operational. I can watch the touch/go signal but no movement although I can activate manually
Attach file

Hm, you still have all those unnecessary files in there that I deleted. So please DELETE the folder "Router" in your config folder and put the extracted folder "Router" from the zip I posted in there. Then report .

Hang on I found an error in the config I posted I will post another shortly...


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Ok, so again:
1- DELETE your folder "Router" in the folder "config".
2- check that the folder "config" does NOT contain a folder "Router" anymore
2- Unzip the attached "Router.zip" into your folder "config"
3- Check if the folder "config" contains a folder "Router" again.
4- start Router.ini from the terminal.
5- report any errors

Here is the "Router.zip" to unzip into your "config" folder after you have completed steps 1 and 2:

Thanks again and progress. I had spent some time, again, cleaning out and then created a new config. Followed your instructions although I do not know how to start from terminal. and just used the desktop icon. Linuxcnc booted up and touchoff now working so nearly all ok.
I am trying to find a way to start my spindle. I have used the Hal Watch and this changes when I activated on/off. Sould I have changed a pin in the Stepconfig?

What breakout board are you using on your parallel port?

It is a Chineeze BoB with "MACH3 Interface board"
It has connections for 0>10vSpeed spindle and PWM