Setting AGV state while unloading?

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Ankur A3 asked Jul 27, '23 Natalie White commented Aug 1, '23

Setting AGV state while unloading?

Hi Team,

I am trying to set the AGV state to "Blocked" while it is at drop point but its state is not changing to "Blocked". By default, it's "idle". I have used here breathe activity just before changing the state but still it is not working.

Can you help to understand where is the problem?

Thank you!

27.07.2023_Setting_AGV_State_While_Unloading.fsm

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FlexSim 23.1.2

change agv state

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Natalie White commented · Aug 01, 2023 at 01:22 PM

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Answer 1 · 2023-07-27T13:33:37Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Jul 27, '23 Ankur A3 commented Jul 27, '23

You are setting the state only after the token is released from the Wait For Event activity. So the state is immediately overridden when the AGV unloads the item.

You are also using state names that differ from the default states (capitalization matters!). Due to this the states are not appearing in the state chart, because they are not part of the State Table the chart is linked to. To prevent this, when you want to use default states, use the STATE_... defines.

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Ankur A3 commented · Jul 27, 2023 at 01:55 PM

Hi @Felix Möhlmann,

Thank you for your answer!

But I have one question here:

We are setting the state to "Blocked" when wait is over. That is not correct.

As per per the flow, state will be changed when token comes out from "wait for Queue Content 0" not when wait is happening.

Can you help me to understand?

Thank you!

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Felix Möhlmann Ankur A3 commented · Jul 27, 2023 at 02:20 PM

You want the state to be 'blocked' while the AGV is waiting for the queue to empty, correct? For that, the state has to be changed before the token enters the Wait for Event activity.

Maybe you are confused by the connector arrows? A block of activities is always executed from the top.

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Ankur A3 Felix Möhlmann commented · Jul 27, 2023 at 02:23 PM

Yes, I was confused with connectors.

Thank you so much! @Felix Möhlmann

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