How can I use flex motion control VI without hardware?

[Saaoclifford]

I would like to try and simulate the motion control of my system before i hook up the motion control card. But when I use the VI in flex motion contro took kit it asks for address or something and gives me an error. Can't I just simulate without hardware?

[Andy_Bell]

Hello,

The only way you can use FlexMotion without any hardware is to set it up as Open Loop Stepper Control. Otherwise, you will get errors when no encoder signal is fed back to the controller.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards,
Andy Bell
Application Engineer
National Instruments