Access a device in multiple threads

Hello,

I'm using the parallel computing toolbox and am trying to run a script that moves my robot, while having another script run at the same time (reading the robot speed every few ms and plotting its position on a graph). I have it set up so that I create a job/task that moves the robot and while that task runs, I read the speed frequently.

The problem I have is that I cannot move the robot in the job/task because I made the connection in the main MATLAB thread, not the separate task. To confirm this, I attempt to connect to the device in the task, and it was able to move around fine. However, I am not able to read the speed from the device in the main thread since its not connected to the device.

Any advice?