Wait for Event using central ports

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Aaupadhye asked Feb 25 2025 at 9:50 PM Jeanette F commented Mar 03 2025 at 4:17 PM

Wait for Event using central ports

Hey all,

I am working on a simulation in which the operators to the left of the straight conveyor (the inductors) are meant to take the items off the conveyor and induct them on to the racetrack-like conveyor. I want both to have the same process flow, with the only thing to note being that if one operator is occupied, the other should get the next set of items.

My thought process behind this is using a Decision point and using central port connections from each of the inductors to connect them to this point. After the items are placed on the straight conveyor, 'token.DP' is assigned to the event object which is then used to tell both operators to perform the process flow. I am a bit confused on why the token is not going past the wait for event item.

Thanks in advance!

Software Version:

FlexSim 24.2.3

processflow

699flatsorter-current-process-2.fsm (75.0 KiB)

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Answer 1 · 2025-02-26T11:46:19Z

Felix Möhlmann answered Feb 26 2025 at 11:46 AM

You are moving the items into the DP object. They never "arrive" there (nor can you wait for the arrivel of an array of items), for that they would have to be travelling on the conveyor.

I don't see a reason to even have that second Wait for Event activity. The same token had the items moved over. You know for certain that the items are at the DP if the token has arrived at that point.

To split up the tasks between the two operators you can use a dispatcher.

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