Difference between revisions of "Dual/Multiple Arm Configuration and Use"

Revision as of 19:45, 15 December 2017

Introduction

The Dual/Multiple arm functionality allow two or more instruments to be connected between them and share the data like the were a single one.
A typical application is the dual arm CMM (measure of body in white) or portable arms connection for airspace applications.

Computer Network Configuration

All ARCO seats shall be in the same Network

In order to enable the Dual/Multiple arm functionality in ARCO, it is necessary to setup the appropriate configuration in the PC network all the Pc involved in the configuration.
The computes where ARCO is installed must be on the same network and it is important for, at least one, the SERVER seat, to have a static Ip Address.
Whitout a static IP address in the server computer, the Dual/Multiple arm functionality cannot be activated.
There aren't special rules to decide which seat is to be the server, normally, in dual arm configuration, the server is called Arm 1.

Arco Control Panel Configuration

in the Arco Control Panel, it is necessary to specify, in the Machine-Correlate CMMs dialog, which seats will be set as Server and which will be set as Client.
The configuration foresee, of course, one server only and multiple clients.
Under the server configuration it is necessary to set the system as Server, while under the clients configuration, it is necessary to specify the Static IP Address of the server.
In order to get the static IP address, we recommend to check the network configuration of the operating system.

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Inspection TCP Server

Inspection TCP Server

Use of the Dual/Multiple arm functionality

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