"absolute resume" for an Object on Conveyor

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Eamon O asked Sep 28, '22 Jason Lightfoot commented Oct 6, '22

"absolute resume" for an Object on Conveyor

Conveyor Absolute Resume Example.fsmIs there a clean way to do an absolute resume on an object on a conveyor?

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The Stop on Conveyor default option in the Process Flow uses a deprecated method. See the attached screenshot and model. Unfortunately the two solution you gave me don't quite fit, sorry, i've given more information now.

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As far as I understand: running Object.stop() adds +1 to the Object.stopCount property, and puts it into a stop state. Running Object.resume() puts the object into its previous state and -1 from the stopCount. Usually this is fine, but I want to use stop() generously in a part of my Process Flow to catch some edge cases. However, these stops can be "layered," and so when I use resume() it only returns the Object to its previous state, which is also stopped.

I've tried getting around this by using Object.setProperty to set the stopCount to zero, then resuming, but it seems to corrupt the state history. I've tried looping until stopCount == 1 then resume() but this is messy. Is there an easier way to do this that I'm missing?

Thanks in advance.

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.2

stop and resume

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Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Oct 04, 2022 at 05:27 PM

Hi @Eamon O, was Jeanette F's answer helpful? If so, please click the "Accept" button at the bottom of their answer. Or if you still have questions, add a comment and we'll continue the conversation.

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Eamon O Jacob W2 ♦ commented · Oct 05, 2022 at 10:14 PM

Unfortunately none of these solutions worked for me, even Jason's last solution. See errors below. However, this is not a serious issue and I don't think it needs an answer. For this model, I brute forced it by using multiple conveyorresume(item) commands. Going forwards I'll work to avoid using the default stop on conveyor option, and write custom code that uses the Conveyor.resume() command.

exception: FlexScript exception: Label property itemData retrieved on /StraightConveyor1. Label does not exist. at MODEL:/Tools/ProcessFlow/ProcessFlow/AbsoluteResume>variables/codeNode

Conveyor.Item convItem=token.conveyor.itemData[token.item];
convItem.resume(1);

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Eamon O commented · Oct 06, 2022 at 09:59 AM

Please take a look at the working model: https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/128701/absolute-resume-for-an-object.html#comment-129079

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Answer 1 · 2022-09-28T21:00:44Z

Jeanette F answered Sep 28, '22 Jason Lightfoot commented Oct 6, '22

Hello @Eamon O,

What if you had a decide activity that checked to see if the object was still stopped if it was then it sends it an activity to resume and then it loops back to the decide activity?

Here is a sample model demonstrating what I mean.

Stop and Resume Object.fsm

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 09:32 PM

In a single custom code you can put:

Object proc=token.proc;  //or  Model.find("Processor1")  if the label is not set
while(proc.stopCount) 
    proc.resume(1);

not sure why this seems messy...

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Eamon O Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 10:15 PM

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the quick reply. Turns out its messy because the stop method I'm using seems like a deprecated function that got left in the process flow tools. Please see the model example I attached, apologies for not attaching one earlier.
How should I stop an item on a conveyor in the future until you can fix this in the next update?I wasn't able to find documentation online about conveyorstopitem(obj item), it just says "Deprecated, use Conveyor class. "
https://docs.flexsim.com/en/21.2/Reference/CodingInFlexSim/CommandReference/Commands.html#conveyorstopitem

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Eamon O commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 10:35 PM

Use the Conveyor item syntax described Here

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Eamon O commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 09:34 PM

Thank you Jeanette,

I'd tried a loop myself but your version is definitely a bit better :) The state check works way better than checking the stopCount. Much appreciated!

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Eamon O commented · Sep 28, 2022 at 10:16 PM

After trying both yours and Jason's solutions, I realized I didn't define my problem well enough, apologies. Please see the attached model, but unfortunately the solution you gave doesn't fit my problem.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦♦ Eamon O commented · Oct 06, 2022 at 09:58 AM

It looks like I attached the wrong model - here's the working version (also updated in the above post)

conveyor-absolute-resume-example_jl.fsm

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