Changing Source Interval

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Kadircan T asked Feb 16, '23 Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 16, '23

Changing Source Interval

Hi,

In the model I built, there are 4 sources and I put them in a group and they all create packets with the same interval. In the process flow, I want to change the creation interval of all of these sources at certain times. For example, until 10.00 pm, all of them create 1 packet in 3 seconds, while after 10.00 pm I want them to create 1 packet in 4 seconds. Can I do this through code, can you help?

Software Version:

FlexSim 22.2.2

source code time interval

change-source-interval.fsm (93.9 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2023-02-16T08:10:51Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 16, '23

If the values you want to switch between are numerical and not different distributions, you can use the "setProperty" method.

Model.find("Source1").as(Object).setProperty("InterArrivalTime", newValue);

To trigger this at certain times, you could use a Date Time Source in the Process Flow to create tokens at the respective times with the new interval value as a label.

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