I'm using a PCI 7344 to control a 3 axis test stand. Today when I initialized it with out modifiying any settings it didn't work, just kept moving servos randomly even when controlled by MAX and a movement script. Even the kill command didn't work. I checked for disconnected wires but nothing was out of place from the last time I used the system.
The servos of all axes acted strangely. The current position, target position and following error remained at zero even though the motors were spinning. On one axis the MAX software would show the current position increasing and random velocity values while the target position and following error remained at zero.
Something went wrong and I don't know how to fix it this time. Does anybody have any idea what to do? Ever since I was put on this project I have never enjoyed working with NI-MAX or the PCI-7344. It seems that I spend more time fixing it than using it for experiments.