A system, comprising: a plurality of movers , wherein each of the plurality of movers includes: a load mounted to the mover, and at least one drive magnet mounted to the mover; a track including a plurality of track segments defining a closed path along which each of the plurality of movers travels, wherein each of the plurality of track segments includes a plurality of drive coils spaced along the track segment and a memory device ; a processor configured to: execute a control module which generates an output current for each of the plurality of drive coils to obtain a desired motion of each of the plurality of movers along the track segment , characterized in that the processor is further configured to: generate an injection sequence having a plurality of harmonic components, add the injection sequence into the control module while commanding each of the plurality of movers to remain at a present location along the track segment , store a plurality of samples of at least one position feedback signal in the memory device , wherein each position feedback signal corresponds to motion of one of the plurality of movers positioned along the track segment while the injection sequence is added into the control module ; and generate a frequency response of each mover positioned along the track segment as a function of the injection sequence and of the sampled position feedback signal; and the system further comprises a visual display unit, wherein the frequency response is graphically represented on the visual display unit. a plurality of movers , wherein each of the plurality of movers includes: a load mounted to the mover, and at least one drive magnet mounted to the mover; a load mounted to the mover, and at least one drive magnet mounted to the mover; a track including a plurality of track segments defining a closed path along which each of the plurality of movers travels, wherein each of the plurality of track segments includes a plurality of drive coils spaced along the track segment and a memory device ; a processor configured to: execute a control module which generates an output current for each of the plurality of drive coils to obtain a desired motion of each of the plurality of movers along the track segment , characterized in that the processor is further configured to: generate an injection sequence having a plurality of harmonic components, add the injection sequence into the control module while commanding each of the plurality of movers to remain at a present location along the track segment , store a plurality of samples of at least one position feedback signal in the memory device , wherein each position feedback signal corresponds to motion of one of the plurality of movers positioned along the track segment while the injection sequence is added into the control module ; and generate a frequency response of each mover positioned along the track segment as a function of the injection sequence and of the sampled position feedback signal; and generate an injection sequence having a plurality of harmonic components, add the injection sequence into the control module while commanding each of the plurality of movers to remain at a present location along the track segment , store a plurality of samples of at least one position feedback signal in the memory device , wherein each position feedback signal corresponds to motion of one of the plurality of movers positioned along the track segment while the injection sequence is added into the control module ; and generate a frequency response of each mover positioned along the track segment as a function of the injection sequence and of the sampled position feedback signal; and the system further comprises a visual display unit, wherein the frequency response is graphically represented on the visual display unit. <EOS>