Before Step Delay Trigger - This trigger fires after all of the material for a step has been collected, but before the step's delay time begins. This gives the modeler a chance to do things like call an operator for the delay.
After Step Delay Trigger - This trigger fires after the delay for a step is complete. It gives the modeler a chance release an operator or send messages to other objects.
Mixer Steps
Number of Steps - This is the number of steps that the Mixer will go through for every batch of material that it makes.
Update - Pressing this button updates the Step Table so that it has the number of rows specified by the modeler.
The Step Table shows all of the steps that the Mixer must go through for each batch. Each step has two columns that the modeler must fill out:
Description - This is a text description of the step. It is displayed by the Mixer's name in the model view window when the Mixer is on the step.
Delay - This is the amount of time that the Mixer must wait after collected all of the ingredients for the step before it can go on to the next step.
Mixer Recipe
Number of Ingredients - This is the number of ingredients that the Mixer will pull as it goes through its Step Table.
Update - Pressing this button updates the Ingredients Table so that it has the number of rows specified by the modeler.
The Ingredients Table show all of the ingredients that the Mixer pulls as it goes through its Step Table. If a single ingredient needs to be pulled in more than one step, it should appear in more than one row in the table. The table has four columns that the modeler must fill out:
Ingredient - This is a text description of the ingredient that the row represents. It is only to help the modeler document their model. It does not affect the Mixer's behavior.
Port - This is the input port that the ingredient will be pulled from.
Amount - This is the amount of the ingredient that will be pulled.
Step - This is the step number that the Mixer must be in for this ingredient to be pulled.
