Flowbotics & AL5D

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Hi!

I require your help regarding a problem I’m encountering.

I bought AL5D arm and downloaded flowbotics GUI software.

I could not find the external component related AL5D in the software, so how can I find and control the arm using this software instead of SSC32 sequence ?

THank you!

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

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Hello @gener !

Great to see you in the forum. I haven’t worked with those arms before but, if you check the official web page you could notice they suggest which are the methods to control it. AL5D arm

They each have their own unique operating methodology and feature sets.

  • FlowBotics Studio is an easy to use graphical program which allows you to easily get your AL5 robot up and running without the need to create code. Use the software to manipulate the real arm using the virtual arm, and create, record and play back your own sequences. Software allows for wrist rotation and additional servos.
  • FlowArm PLTW provides a graphical interface for controlling the AL5A, AL5 and AL5D arms. You can also create and save sequences. It is a stand-alone .exe program which was created using FlowBotics Studio.
  • SSC-32 Servo Sequencer Utility: a free interface which gives you control over each servo and allows you to create sequences.
  • Alternately the servo motors can be controlled directly from a microcontroller. We sell the arm without electronics for this purpose.

If you want to know more about SSC-32 servo sequence, you could refer to this post: Different sequences with different senors using SSC32 .

SSC-32 servo controller : lynxmotion controller

I hope this could help you.

Good luck! :grin:

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FlowBotics includes robots, one of which is the AL5D arm. When you open the software, you will see the option for Lynxmotion robots (Demo apps).
https://www.robotshop.com/flowbotics/learn-more.html
FlowArm PLTW also includes the .exe and .fbs file:


There is no specific “AL5D” component within FlowBotics.

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Thank you for your kind help~~

Now I know how to use flowbotics to get AL5D components…

Unfortunately, I cannot understand the codes…

Do you have suggestions about how to learn it quickly?

Thank you
Best wishes!

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Hi sir

I know about this part now. Thank you for your time..

Now I need to learn how to understand the code and control the arm through the codes…

Thank you
Best wishes

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Since you also have a second topic also receiving answers, I’ll close this one and we’ll continue with the other topic to prevent doubling efforts over two topics.

Please continue here: https://community.robotshop.com/forum/t/how-to-control-the-al5d-arm-with-flowbotics-studio/46370

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