Unknown type Slot in declaration of variable

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Tomi Kosunen asked Nov 30, '20 Mischa Spelt commented Nov 30, '20

Unknown type Slot in declaration of variable

I'd like to write a code to get a storage slot for a Item. I can't get the syntax right. Why the following gives me an error:

Slot MySlot; // This gives an error: "Unknown type Slot in declaration of variable MySlot"

Slot = getSlot("1--01-1-1");

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.2.3

flexsim 20.2.3 slot

Answer 1 · 2020-11-30T10:02:13Z

Mischa Spelt answered Nov 30, '20 Mischa Spelt commented Nov 30, '20

Hi Tomi,

The class name is actually Storage.Slot. Unfortunately FlexSim highlights Slot so it seems like valid code but it should actually be

Storage.Slot MySlot = getSlot("1--01-1-1");

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Tomi Kosunen commented · Nov 30, 2020 at 10:21 AM

Hi @Mischa Spelt

Thanks for the answer. I was able to get the syntax right but still i can't get the model right. I'd like to route all Items to certain slot thru ProcessFlow. How do I do that? I don't know what there should be in the Unload-Station field.

Pls see the attached model

asrs_test.fsm

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Mischa Spelt Tomi Kosunen commented · Nov 30, 2020 at 10:29 AM

For the unload station, you should use the rack that the slot belongs to. Since the slot is a reference to a variable in the Rack's attribute tree, you can simply use

ownerobject( token.Slot )

as the station:

However, just calling getSlot doesn't assign the item to the slot. It's better if you use the Find Slot activity from the Warehousing section of the library, as that will make a reservation:

As in this updated model: asrs-test-MS.fsm

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asrs-test-ms.fsm (48.1 KiB)

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