Operator and Network Node

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Michael D6 asked Dec 28, '21 Jason Lightfoot edited Dec 29, '21

Operator and Network Node

Attached is an operator on a network that performs a travel, load and unload task. I want the operator to get to the network node and then perform the load/unload operation at the node. When I use the travel offsets for load/unload tasks the operator leaves the node and then does the operation. When I select use navigator or do not use offsets the operator stays on the node but there is no physical pickup of the boxes.

Essentially what I want to see is how an operator standing at a fixed point can transfer objects from one conveyor to a second. Without a network node the operator just enters into the conveyor and the visualization looks bad. Any help is appreciated on how to do this with the model.

Network Node Question.fsm

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FlexSim 21.2.2

operator network nodes

network-node-question.fsm (58.1 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2021-12-28T20:04:01Z

Jason Lightfoot answered Dec 28, '21 Jason Lightfoot edited Dec 29, '21

You could add two more nodes at the positions you want:

Model attached.

network-node-question_jl.fsm

operatornetworkloadnooffsets.gif (3.3 MiB)

network-node-question-jl.fsm (59.8 KiB)

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Michael D6 commented · Dec 28, 2021 at 08:22 PM

@Jason Lightfoot Thanks for this. Is there a general rule for how close a network node needs to be to an object being loaded to make the load and unload work properly? It appears as though there is a proximity between the operator and the load and unload task that the network node needs to be placed in order for this to work.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ Michael D6 commented · Dec 29, 2021 at 11:09 AM

It was working before, it's just that we now have a delay with the operator loaded while it travels between the conveyors. There's no proximity switch as you'll see if you move the conveyors away from the network nodes.

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