How to know the output port number

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Ankith T asked Jul 5, '23 Natalie White answered Jul 5, '23

How to know the output port number

In my project i would like to send the flow item to random ports. but i would like to know the port number where the flow item is going to.

Here i have a source as shown in picture below, with centerport connection to dispatcher which is connected to two forklifts. these forklift are used to transport material from source to queues.

here i would just like to know, which queue is getting the material now using custom code. the out can be as a integer or a object name.

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.1.5

queue send to port random

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Natalie White commented · Jul 05, 2023 at 09:12 PM

Hi @Ankith T,

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Do you want the port number to be printed to the console?

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Ankith T Natalie White commented · Jul 05, 2023 at 09:15 PM

Thanks for the information. i would like to store the port number in global table.

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Answer 1 · 2023-07-05T21:32:23Z

Natalie White answered Jul 5, '23

You can do this by setting a trigger on your source that will set a label upon exit. The value of this label will be the port. Then, you can use a custom code activity to write the value of the label to your global table. An example is attached.

OutputPort.fsm

outputport.fsm (35.2 KiB)

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