scheduled stop and resume

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Prateekq4 asked Nov 21, '23 Jason Lightfoot commented Nov 29, '23

scheduled stop and resume

I am trying to build a model. PE9 stops item when PE10 is blocked. But once PE9 stops item, it must resume the flow at fixed intervals. That is something like resume for 3 seconds, stop for 1 second, then again resume for 3 seconds, stop for 1 second. This must continue until a certain condition is satisfied. While i have not decided this final condition, i want a method to setup the stop-resume cycle. Attaching my model to make it easier to designtrial for stopper.fsm

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FlexSim 22.1.4

stop and resume

trial-for-stopper.fsm (43.9 KiB)

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Nov 21, 2023 at 10:27 AM

Is this an assignment?

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Prateekq4 Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Nov 21, 2023 at 09:59 PM

Hi Jason, i am developing a larger model, but was stuck trying to develop this concept in my model, hence just created a small model to understand how to tackle this.

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Jason Lightfoot ♦ commented · Nov 29, 2023 at 06:46 PM

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Answer 1 · 2023-11-21T08:52:31Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Nov 21, '23 Felix Möhlmann commented Nov 22, '23

Something like this?

trial-for-stopper-fm.fsm

A token in Process Flow stops/resumes the flow at the first photo eye. The token is allowed to enter the loop or pulled out of it via messages.

trial-for-stopper-fm.fsm (51.7 KiB)

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Prateekq4 commented · Nov 21, 2023 at 09:58 PM

Hi Felix, i had a doubt. The token that is initially present at message 1, needs a "on message" trigger at PE10, but such a trigger is not present at PE10. In this case how is the token moving onto the next step. I see that it does go down, but am confused as to what triggers it to move.

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Felix Möhlmann Prateekq4 commented · Nov 22, 2023 at 07:26 AM

"On Message" is the name of the event the activity is listening for. The triggers on 3d objects are also named after the corresponding events but they do not have to added for the event to happen.

Instead of using triggers on 3d objects, you could always use an Event Triggered Source in Process Flow that listens to that event and then run the code you would have put into the trigger function in a Custom Code activity.

In the this, the token is released when PE10 receives a message with the first message parameter being 1. And the "Abort Token" waits for a message with that parameter set to 2.

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