Unknown type Slot in declaration of variable

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Tomi Kosunen asked Nov 30 2020 at 9:28 AM Mischa Spelt commented Nov 30 2020 at 10:29 AM

Unknown type Slot in declaration of variable

I'd like to write a code to get a storage slot for a Item. I can't get the syntax right. Why the following gives me an error:

Slot MySlot; // This gives an error: "Unknown type Slot in declaration of variable MySlot"

Slot = getSlot("1--01-1-1");

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.2.3

flexsim 20.2.3 slot

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Answer 1 · 2020-11-30T10:02:13Z

Mischa Spelt answered Nov 30 2020 at 10:02 AM Mischa Spelt commented Nov 30 2020 at 10:29 AM

Hi Tomi,

The class name is actually Storage.Slot. Unfortunately FlexSim highlights Slot so it seems like valid code but it should actually be

Storage.Slot MySlot = getSlot("1--01-1-1");

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Tomi Kosunen commented · Nov 30 2020 at 10:21 AM

Hi @Mischa Spelt

Thanks for the answer. I was able to get the syntax right but still i can't get the model right. I'd like to route all Items to certain slot thru ProcessFlow. How do I do that? I don't know what there should be in the Unload-Station field.

Pls see the attached model

asrs_test.fsm

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asrs-test.fsm (43.7 KiB)

Mischa Spelt Tomi Kosunen commented · Nov 30 2020 at 10:29 AM

For the unload station, you should use the rack that the slot belongs to. Since the slot is a reference to a variable in the Rack's attribute tree, you can simply use

ownerobject( token.Slot )

as the station:

However, just calling getSlot doesn't assign the item to the slot. It's better if you use the Find Slot activity from the Warehousing section of the library, as that will make a reservation:

As in this updated model: asrs-test-MS.fsm

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asrs-test-ms.fsm (48.1 KiB)

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