How can use a dispatcher in a process flow to dispatch a task sequence to created task executers that are part of a AGV path?

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Ruben Mariduena asked Oct 17, '16 Ruben Mariduena commented Oct 17, '16

How can use a dispatcher in a process flow to dispatch a task sequence to created task executers that are part of a AGV path?

Please see the file attached for an example of the case I'm trying to find a solution to. I'm using transports to deliver boxes from one queue to another through an AGV. Since I have more than one TE, I'm using a dispatcher to send the task sequence to first available. The task sequence is a subflow I created and that is referenced in the queue to use that task sequence to deliver the packages. The task executers are created and connected on simulation start using a process flow (I need it to be like this for my case). How can I assign the task sequence in the subflow to the TE that are connected to the dispatcher? When I put "current" in the subflow, instead of dispatching it to the TE it dispatches it to the dispatcher itself

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FlexSim 16.2.0

agv dispatcher subflow create object

pfdispagv.fsm (31.5 KiB)

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Sam Stubbs ♦ commented · Oct 17, 2016 at 09:32 PM

After reading through your question and looking at your model. I feel that you could accomplish what you're trying to do by using the the AGV Process Flow template. Have you already gone through the template and tried implementing it?

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Ruben Mariduena Sam Stubbs ♦ commented · Oct 17, 2016 at 10:15 PM

I haven't, but looking at it right now since you mentioned it looks like it could work. My problem is that my actual model (and not the example that I posted earlier) is very complex and it contains very large process subflows that are being used by different queues throughout the model to give task sequences to transports. Implementing this change will take me a long time and I have a few deadlines I have to meet in the coming week. Is there a way to implement my current model idea and distribute subflow task sequences to TE in a AGV using a dispatcher? I will look into implementing the AGV process flow as a long term solution to my issue

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-17T22:49:00Z

Matt Long answered Oct 17, '16 Ruben Mariduena commented Oct 17, '16

First off, it appears there is some kind of bug that isn't placing the AGV on the control point when you create him there. We'll have to stick that on the dev list.

As for why the Dispatcher isn't dispatching the task sequence to the AGV, this has to do with how you're dynamically connecting them to the dispatcher, rather than connecting it up and then hitting reset. All you need to do is tell the AGV that he is available to receive task sequences by calling:

openallip(TE);

after you call the contextdragconnection().

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Ruben Mariduena commented · Oct 17, 2016 at 10:55 PM

Thank you Matt it worked.

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