Separate Path for Operators

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mohammadmajd asked Sep 12, '23 mohammadmajd commented Sep 12, '23

Separate Path for Operators

I want to assign a specific operator to a processor and after some search I realized I could use path networks to differentiate between the operators. However, although the operator is not assigned to the node network they still go there. Is there a way to fix this without using the process flow?

Network Path.fsm

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FlexSim 23.0.7

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Kavika F ♦ commented · Sep 12, 2023 at 04:15 PM

Hey @MohammadMajd, I'm not sure what you mean by "the operator is not assigned to the node network" when both operators are assigned to Network Nodes (red lines in the first screenshot denote connection to a Network Node) and use the DefaultNetworkNavigator as their Navigator (found by clicking on the Operator and going to the "Travel" section in the Properties panel).

Could you please describe the desired behavior for this model? How would you like the Operators to behave? Thank you!

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mohammadmajd Kavika F ♦ commented · Sep 12, 2023 at 04:38 PM

I want Operator 1 to only grabs type 1 boxes and goes to processor 1 and queue 2 and operator 2 only grabs type 2 boxes and goes to processor 2 and queue 3. I tried to connect processor 1 network node to processor 1 and processor 2 network 2 to processor 2 but the operators still go to both processors.

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Answer 1 · 2023-09-12T18:03:13Z

Kavika F answered Sep 12, '23 mohammadmajd commented Sep 12, '23

Hey @Kavika F, thank you for explaining your process in your comment above. You're currently using a dispatcher connected to the Queues and Processors. This dispatcher will pull any available Operators connected to it. If you'd only like Operator 1 to go to Processor 1 and Operator 2 to Processor 2, then you don't need the dispatcher.

You can center-port connect the Operators directly to objects you want them to focus on. You can then center-port connect them to the Queue1 and change the "Use Transport" option to use Center Port By Case so you can switch which Operator grabs which type of box.

Once it's configured, it should work with Operator1 staying on the top side and Operator2 staying on the bottom. If you'd like to scale this to include more Operators on each side, then I would add Dispatchers back in, but make sure they only center-port connect with objects on one side to maintain your desired outcome.

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mohammadmajd commented · Sep 12, 2023 at 06:20 PM

Thank you so much!

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