How to obtain Load Time and Unload Time of the operator by using flexscript?
if I entered 10 for operator's Load Time, how to obtain the value 10 by using flexscript?
ver.16.0.9
How to obtain Load Time and Unload Time of the operator by using flexscript?
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@kim Jh
The way I would do it would be to add a label(s) to the task executer. Go in and modify the Load/Unload code to save the time to the label(s). And then you could reference the label(s). Because those times are "calculated" fields, even if you just put in a single number, they are not accessible to "read" during the model run.
How about this?
double loadtime = nodefunction(getvarnode(the_operator,"loadtime"));
@kim Jh
Only problem is, is if it's a distribution, it's going to give a different answer than the actual Load/Unload time. And I'm not convinced with all the formatting code in the trigger that it would work anyway. Did you happen to try it?
@Jeff Nordgren , not exactly this variable node but with the node placeinbay of the rack I get a good result. Then I didn't use a statistical distribution neither.
in my case, number of loading parts are various for the same load time (time is constant).
and I must use task sequence. so instead of using TASKTYPE_LOAD, I have used TASKTYPE_DELAY, STATE_LOADING. as a result I got the right result.
Unlike the subject of this article, I have experienced that different result between the following approaches.
One thing is that changing load time during simulation run in Quick Properties is not applied.
But, the other thing that changing load time in operator's Properties is applied.
(my flexsim version : 16.0.9)
@kim Jh
If all your load/unload times are constant based on type of flowitem being loaded/unloaded, why go to the trouble to create a manual task sequence using the Delay task? You could use the standard drop down menu option " By Global Table Lookup" and put your times in a Global Table. Then you could easily reference them from anywhere, if desired, without having to write manual task sequence code to do the same thing.
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