Hi people! I would want to know if there is any way to make RIOS controll 2 arms AL5D so they could work at the same time. If it’s not possible with RIOS, is there any other way to get it, maybe C or C#?
Thank you for your help
RIOS will not control two arms. You could use two computers. I know people have successfully interfaced two arms to work together using two pc’s.
Yes but I don’t want to use 2 PCs, jut want to controll the whole process with one machine. I have tried to open two sessions of RIOS and I can connect each session to a different robot, and I can operate with them, but how can I manage alltogether? This would be the question…
I didn’t know you could run two instances of RIOS on the same PC. 
I know of one school where they use an output from one SSC-32 to trigger an input on the other SSC-32. In this way RIOS for one arm can interact with RIOS on another arm. I assumed they were using two pc’s but maybe not.
If you can run two sessions of RIOS and operate two arms, then are you asking about “synchronizing” between the two arms?
As long as RIOS can read and write bit (pin) on the SSC-32, then the SSC-32 boards can “handshake” back an forth.
One process would take the lead, and start a move, and also set a bit on it’s SSC-32, turning a pin on. This pin is connected to the other SSC-32, which reads it’s pin, and the 2nd process knows to start it’s move. When done, the 2nd process signals that it’s done to the 1st SSC-32 via it’s pin (takes a pair of pins on each SSC-32). Then the 1st process knows both arms have moved, and can do the next operation.
This assumes that RIOS has the ability to read/write pins on the SCC-32, and can wait for a specific level to continue an operation (a “done”) line.
Some coordination might be possible over the RS-232, as the SSC-32 can be queried for a “move complete”, but I don’t know if RIOS does anything with this data at present. (I don’ have RIOS, I should order one).
HTH
Alan KM6VV
ok thank you all for your help, I will try to do something with RIOS…if I get something I will tell you about it. Anyway, if anybody else have another idea I will thank him/her for it.