What the differences between receiveitem() and openip()

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Yue Y asked Jul 2, '19 Jacob Gillespie answered Jul 2, '19

Both functions can open the port and accept one flow item. How are they different from each other?

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FlexSim 19.1.1

Answer 1 · 2019-07-02T19:44:19Z

Jacob Gillespie answered Jul 2, '19 Jacob Gillespie edited Jul 2, '19

The answer to this question is the same as this other one you asked:

openip(object, 1);

This allows you to open a specific port on an object.

object.input.open();

This will open all ports on the object.

Also the receiveitem() documentation says:

This function should only be used from within a BasicFR's or BasicConveyor's code fields, as other objects implement receiveitem() on their own.