Connecting conveyor connections in flexscript

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Mustafa L asked Jul 11, '18 Mustafa L commented Jul 12, '18

Connecting conveyor connections in flexscript

I am trying to connect processors to the my conveyors using flexscript. However, I cannot set the location of the connection correctly.

I use the function

contextdragconnection(processor1, conveyor, "A"); which creates an entry transfer object on the conveyor

Then I use

contextdragconnection(conveyor, processor1, "A"); which creates an exit transfer object.

However these entry transfer and exit transfer objects are not placed correctly on the conveyor. I see that there is a property of the entry transfer object that allows me to set the position of the object wrt the conveyor, but I can't set it using code.

thanks

Software Version:

FlexSim 18.1.2

conveyor flexscript transfer

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-12T06:57:15Z

José Antonio MD answered Jul 12, '18 Mustafa L commented Jul 12, '18

Hello @Mustafa L,

The problem is that the default connection of the conveyor works strangely. The input / output connection is made with the nearest port, even if it is the output port.

The "trick" I have used is to move the processor first and then make the connections. Then I put the processor back in its position.

I attached a model with the solution as an example (it works as a loop: source> conveyor> processor).

I have created a function called "function" that performs that union.

I hope I've been helpful.

conveyor-processor-a.fsm

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Mustafa L commented · Jul 12, 2018 at 03:25 PM

Thanks,

I have been using the same trick for now. In my earlier model I only needed to connect the processors to the conveyor at the input and output (a lot more easy to predict the connection. However, I needed a little more precision which is why I wanted to know the exact way to move the exit transfer and the entry transfer.

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