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chao.g asked Sam Stubbs edited

AGV shuttle offload from a seperator

shuttle-unload.fsmIn the attached model, I am using AGV as a shuttle to offload individual items from a pallet to downstream process. At the beginning of the model, I put 420 tubes into one pallet, then use elevator to move pallet up into a separator which calls AGV to unload items to downstream processor.

I have two questions regarding this small model.

First one, once the AGV has finished offload all the items from pallet, it will want to offload the pallet to the empty queue, reality is AGV is only offload items from the pallet, once that is done, pallet will automatically move to the empty queue, not using AGV. How would I be able to realize this?

Another question is when the loaded AGV travels downstream and arrives at control point 2, there should be a delay of 10 seconds, I added a way point there delay for certain amount of time, it doesn't seem working though. Since it's only a one AGV shuttle system, I didn't use process flow to control this.

Thanks!

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For the second part of your question, you can refer to this answer here on the forums. It discusses how to create a delay time on way points on an AGV network, exactly as you've described.

https://answers.flexsim.com/questions/24580/i-need-to-stop-my-agv-every-time-it-approaches-a-c.html

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Joerg Vogel answered chao.g commented

Part 1: You can use the picklist item "Multiple Transport Options" at use transport.

The Value is set to the pointer "port", which is defined in the source code template.

Add with the green cross another case wherein you set the transport to the dispatcher or taskexecuter at the right centerport. The case should be "2" because the pallet goes to port "1" and if you define nothing more then this is the default case.

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seperator-transport-notransport.fsm

Standard Example without AGV-Module

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Thanks! I didn't know this multiple transport options before, this solve first part of my problem!

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