How to set the location of PhotoEye/Decision point on Curved Conveyor using code

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anon-user asked Jul 20, '23 Arun Kr commented Jul 20, '23

How to set the location of PhotoEye/Decision point on Curved Conveyor using code

Hi Team,.

I have added a label on the conveyor which indicates at what % of length of the conveyor the photo eye should move.

How do I set the location of photo eye on the curved conveyor.

Attached is the model.

Thank you

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.1.3

conveyor photo eye curved conveyor object

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Answer 1 · 2023-07-20T07:00:25Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jul 20, '23 Arun Kr commented Jul 20, '23

Starting from a reference to the Photo Eye, the following code will set its location depending on the label value.

Object PE = Model.find("PE2");
Object conveyor = ownerobject(PE.find(">variables/conveyorPoint/1+"));

double length = Math.fabs(conveyor.getProperty("SweepAngle")*conveyor.getProperty("Radius")*Math.pi/180);
function_s(PE, "setDistAlongConveyor", length*conveyor.Sensor1/100);

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Arun Kr commented · Jul 20, 2023 at 07:21 AM

If curved length was a property it would have been helpful.

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