I am trying to record average MTBF or Uptime for each processor. I tried Dashboard and State Stat Analysis and couldn't get such data. Is there a built-in Flexsim function for this or should I create some codes for collecting such data?
Thanks
Manocher
In order to get the average, you can create a simple Process Flow and get the statistics using that. So essentially you're just going to create a Process Flow that generates a single token at time 0. Then you're going to have that token hit a Wait For Event activity (waiting for the break down trigger on your MTBF table) Then it will wait on another Wait For Event activity waiting for the table to go back up again.
On that waiting for break down activity, you can get the average staytime that a token is waiting in that activity. (This will measure the average of how long any objects attached to that table are "Up")
Here is a simple example to illustrate:
My model is constructed using objects connection approach, not with process flow approach. What do you suggest for recording the average MTBF for individual processors in an objects networked model?
Manocher
Even if the rest of your model is connected via ports, this little process flow logic could be added. It is just looking at the MTBF table's down function whenever one of its members goes down and up again. The example I attached should be able to be added to your model relatively easily.
You can add a state pie chart to your dashboard. In the Utilization Analysis Tab you mark all states to yellow except the state breakdown, which you mark as green. Then the State Pie shows you the state breakdown relative to all marked states.
Sam
I added your process flow chart without any problem. But I see two new problems. Based on your example, the time between " whenever one of its members goes down and up again", is simply the repair time, not the time between failures. Time between failures is measured from the end of a repair to start of the next repair. Which parameters from MTBF table should be selected to make such measurement? The second problem is I need to generate this data for processors individually, not as grand average of all processors.
Manocher
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