How to set Photo Eye's Distance Along Conveyor

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Matthew Gillespie asked Jun 14 2017 at 5:19 PM Matthew Gillespie answered Jun 14 2017 at 5:22 PM

How to set Photo Eye's Distance Along Conveyor

photo-eye-location.fsm , In the model attached there is one photo eye on the conveyor, I want to change the 'distance along the conveyor' value of this photo eye on reset by calling the value form a global table. how can I do this?

Software Version:

FlexSim 17.1.2

conveyors photo eye reset trigger distance along conveyor

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-14T17:22:39Z

Matthew Gillespie answered Jun 14 2017 at 5:22 PM

You need to use this function_s:

function_s(current, "setDistAlongConveyor", Table("dist")[1][1]);

I updated the attached model to use this code in the Photo Eye's On Reset trigger.

setdistalong.fsm

setdistalong.fsm (40.3 KiB)

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