Add an Absolute Arm to SA using the Add button on the Instrument tab. Select the correct Absolute Arm model and click Add Instrument .
Its important to select the correct arm model when you add the graphic model to SA. This determines the joints that are used and updated by the arm connection. If you select an arm that is the wrong size or has the wrong joint configuration then the arm motions may cause the instrument model to disconnect and move in strange ways. This will not have any impact on the quality of the data but it will make a graphics look funny.
Run the instrument interface using the Connect button.
Most basic arm measurement operations are available through the instrument toolbar including point naming, single point and point scanning. It even includes right-click configuration (Figure 4-59).
Beginning with RDS 6.4 there is now the ability to connect to multiple arms on the same computer through RDS. This is accomplished by selecting the Configure Instrument option in the SA CMM Log On dialog.
Note that if two or more arms are to be used for scanning they need to be on separate networks.