how to make airplane switch to next task when there is no cargo to carry

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jacks asked Jul 10, '23 Felix Möhlmann answered Jul 10, '23

how to make airplane switch to next task when there is no cargo to carry

1234_autosave.fsm

Dear guys, I would like to fix 2 problems for my program

1, the output of the airplane is just 1 unit, which can not be controlled by "capacity" button

2, how to build the program, when there is no cargo to carry for airplane, and let the plane switch to next task

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.2.4

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1234-autosave.fsm (5.0 MiB)

Answer 1 · 2023-07-10T07:11:12Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jul 10, '23

1. The plane is controlled entirely by Process Flow. For it to load multiple items, you have to tell it to do so. This could be done by...

2. ...using a list. The queues push items to a global list (in the Send to Port trigger, use a partition to separate the items of the two queues). This global list is connected to a list activity in the Process Flow. The tokens can then pull multiple values at a time from this list. With the Use Max Wait Timer option, the token can be released to a different connections if it can't pull the required number of items within the given time.

When pulling multiple values, they will be assigned as an array to the specified label. To load them, you would iterate through the array in a subflow.

You can check out the Task Logic Tutorial 1.3 to see an example.

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