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Hi @Cayo E,

I believe this is possible using timetables and some custom code within the Flow tab underneath the Use Transport field. You can use the timetables to change the state of the operators at different times.

The custom code could look something like this:

Object current = ownerobject(c);
Object item = param(1);
int port = param(2);
Object destination = param(3);
double priority = param(4);
int preempt = param(5);


if (Model.find("Operator1").find(">stats/state_current").value == 1) //1 means idle
{
	return current.centerObjects[1];
}	
else if (Model.find("Operator2").find(">stats/state_current").value == 1)
{
	return current.centerObjects[2];
}

This code will check to see if an operator is idle, then send then return the center-port connection where that operator is connected.

Here is a list of states and their corresponding numbers:

23 entries, [state, time, active]
0 ["other", 0.000000, 0]
1 ["idle", 0.000000, 1]
2 ["processing", 0.000000, 0]
3 ["busy", 0.000000, 0]
4 ["blocked", 0.000000, 1]
5 ["generating", 0.000000, 0]
6 ["empty", 0.000000, 0]
7 ["collecting", 0.000000, 0]
8 ["releasing", 0.000000, 0]
9 ["waiting for operator", 0.000000, 0]
10 ["waiting for transport", 0.000000, 0]
11 ["breakdown", 0.000000, 0]
12 ["scheduled down", 0.000000, 0]
13 ["conveying", 0.000000, 0]
14 ["travel empty", 0.000000, 1]
15 ["travel loaded", 0.000000, 1]
16 ["offset travel empty", 0.000000, 1]
17 ["offset travel loaded", 0.000000, 1]
18 ["loading", 0.000000, 1]
19 ["unloading", 0.000000, 1]
20 ["down", 0.000000, 0]
21 ["setup", 0.000000, 0]
22 ["utilize", 0.000000, 1]

Here is the documentation on time tables:

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/19.1/Reference/Tools/TimeTables/