Why is NI MAX Opening Slowly, Losing Connection to Ethernet Devices or Freezing the OS?

Updated Jan 7, 2020

Reported In

Software

  • Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX)

Driver

  • NI-DAQmx

Issue Details

  • Opening NI Measurement & Automation Explorer (NI MAX) takes up to 15 minutes and does not let me communicate with my Ethernet cDAQ devices, losing connection intermittently.
  • Sometimes it also freezes the OS or parts of the GUI freeze or load for extended periods of time.

 

Solution

This problem could be related to a corruption of the NI MAX database or due to an incorrect installation of the DAQmx driver.

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