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send message on state conditions

I want to send message to pause processor output if there is no free transporter ,then resume it when there have available transporter that ready to send box at Combiner2 .In this process ,the box has been sent from Processor to Combiner, then Transporter take it every 5 boxs to send to Seperator as shown in picture.This is my file model-asking.fsm.Please share me the suggestion or concept.

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FlexSim 17.1.6
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Jeff Nordgren avatar image Jeff Nordgren commented ·
@Horn H

In the model that you sent, you basically have two transporters connected to Combiner2 via Dispatcher2. So the condition in your question will never occur. There will always be a "free" transporter when combiner2 is ready to send a pallet. Did I understand your question correctly?

Thanks.

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Yes Thanks Sir.

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You should try to use Process Flow!!!

If you let travel a transporter to an object, neither the object nor the transporter knows that the transporter has arrived. You can check if the location of the transporter is near the coordinates of the object, if the transporter gets available. Or you can send a message from the tasksequence the transporter does, to an object to notify that travel task to an object is done. I have given this answer already in the answer to question send message! If you need a transporter at an object that does nothing then you can misuse him by using him as operator for processing. Please look for the keyword "tagged resource" to use the same transporter later to transport the item of the processor.

But as I have written above please consider to use Process Flow. There are some activities that you can combine that let pass a token to the next activity if some conditions become true. Process Flow let you build a logic similar as you would describe the conditions in your own words. And please do the tutorials in the manual of the program. And perhaps you are allowed to use the latest version of Flexsim then please use this version. There are more and better tutorials and there are some features that makes the modelling easier.

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Horn H avatar image Horn H commented ·

Thank you,Sir

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