how can i set a specific time for an agv to stay at a parking spot?

[charmaine_r]

[ FlexSim 18.0.4 ]

beispieldatei.fsm

I would like to set 5 minutes to charge after 4 hours of traveling and 2 hours after 8 hours. any help would be very helpful!

[joshua_s]

So you would like the recharging to be time based rather than waiting till the battery fills up?

[charmaine_r]

right! i don't know anything about the battery capacity. So I simulate the battery recharging time based

[joshua_s · Accepted solution]

One way of doing this is pushing and pulling the AGV to another list. Item lists calculate how long an item has been in the list, calling it "age". You can set up a query that pulls the AGV from the list once the age is above a certain amount, and releasing it from the parking lot. You will need to set a max wait timer on your pull activity, because it only checks the age when it is first queried.

[charmaine_r]

Would you add those items to the process flow template of FlexSim?

[joshua_s]

Yes, anywhere where it checks for the battery life, especially in the parking section. It's just a matter of cutting out the battery activities and replacing it with list pulling.