Release items in queue when max content is reached

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Amit Kulkarni asked Dec 10, '20 Amit Kulkarni commented Dec 10, '20

Release items in queue when max content is reached

How do I release all the items from a queue to sink when its max content is reached? This answer explains how to write a user event function to release items at a certain time. I want to learn how to use the triggers on the queue to control this functionality. Any suggestions?

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FlexSim 20.2.3

flexsim 20.2.3 max content queue release

Answer 1 · 2020-12-10T15:59:36Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Dec 10, '20 Amit Kulkarni commented Dec 10, '20

Set the queue's sendtoport to output to 1 only, but connect the sink on output 2 and then put this in the queue's entry trigger:

if (current.subnodes.length==current.getVariable("maxcontent")) {
    while (content(current))
        releaseitem(current.first,2);
}

The realease command bypasses the sendtoport trigger when you pass in a port number as we do here.

Example attached.

ReleaseWhenFull.fsm

releasewhenfull.fsm (26.8 KiB)

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Amit Kulkarni commented · Dec 10, 2020 at 05:05 PM

Thank you like always! :)

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