How to simulate, using two models on a local server, using points to send signals to each other
For example, process 1, A connection:
Model A: Queue1→Processor1→Queue2→Processor2
Process 2, receiving signal without A connection
Model B: Queue1→Processor1→Queue2→Processor2
When model A:Queue1 has objects generated, model B:Queue1 will also have objects generated
Same as other items
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You would add a modbus connection to both Flexsim instances, configuring one to act as the server and the other as the client.
Then you set up variables to write/read data to/from the server. Sensor Variables react to something in the model and write data to the server. Control Variables react to changes on the server and would be used to influence the model.
Choose a fitting register type to store the number data you want to transfer between models (information on what Coil, Holding Register, etc. mean can be found in many places online - in short: a Coil is only a single bit/binary value, a register can hold more data, input registers can only function one way).
Attached are simple example models. If you run them on the same machine, items will be created in the queue in the server model whenever an item is processed in the client model.
What if one source transfers to multiple processors?
A model. to B model.
You find a way to transfer the information which processor the item is send to to the other model. For example, you add an additional variable that sets a label in the server model depending on the exit port of the item. That label can then be used to determine where to create the item.
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