Neo, thanks for your reply;
yes - pokeys device setup through the plugin > config restarted
yes - external motion controller popup came up and ive selected pokeys
In the pulse engine manual it than states motor config > as normal,
... so i assumed you have to select Ports/pins > and enable x,y, and selects port (10) and pins (38,46) in the Mach 3 menu...
i tried to do a clean new installation and start al over, but it seems hard to get rid of all settings files.