Hi all,
I've been unable to figure out how to use a conveyor as transport for a flowitem going from a queue (Pushed to List) to the processor (Puller). I want the flowitem to move toward the processor that pulled it via the conveyors. Is there any way to do this? Find a quick example attached.
Thanks in advance!
@Mason W You can do this by using decision points on the conveyor. In the model I uploaded I connected decision points on the individual conveyors to the decision point on the main conveyor which sends the flow items to a processor based on its item type.using-decision-points.fsm
Hope this helps.
Appreciate the response @Joshua S! What I'm looking for is slightly different I think. In my example a processor can accept any "type" of order. The processor is simply pulling an order from a list no matter it's characteristics. So doing a decision point by a label or type doesn't seem to work unless I'm not thinking of a way that could work. I know there are ways to assign an operator to transport a flowitem to a processor that has pulled it from a list, but was unsure if a conveyor could do the same thing. Perhaps it's not possible, and there is a simpler way to solve this problem.
Conveyors are a little different in how their logic is structured, the decision of which lane will be taken is decided by the first decision point. The processors at the end of the conveyor lines don't really pull the flow of items, rather the decision limit decides where to push the items, if that makes sense. You can set up a round robin system through code or something similar, but there must be some system set up to identify why it needs to be pushed down a specific conveyor lane. I changed up the model to do a round robin system.using-decision-points.fsm
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