sendtoqueueexample.fsmI would like to send items into a downstream queue when a photo eye becomes blocked. I tried to do this in the attached example by grabbing the state of the photo eye at a decision point and if the state = 4, then the items are sent to the exit transfer for the queue. However, the items are not properly sending to the queue. Would you mind taking a look to see what the issue may be?
It looks like your logic is working correctly when I run the model. However, since the Queue is connected back to the second section of your Conveyor, the flowitems are getting back onto the Conveyor pretty much instantly. If you disconnect the connection from the Queue to the Conveyor, you should see the flowitems start to queue up in the Queue. You can also look at the Queue's statistics and see its throughput increases when the Photoeye is blocked.
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