Offset Travel not working for Transporter loading a Rack

[clairekruppGhafari]

[ FlexSim 19.1.1 ]

transporter-offsets-load-unload.fsm

I have a transporter loading parts into a rack. I'm using an AGV network so that I can control traffic using control areas. I want to show offset travel for load/unload but when I pick that option and then save and reset, the offset travel is not happening.

I tried "use navigator for offset travel" but that gives me an exception error.

Later I was trying various options and the offset movement started happening!

Turns out if you save after applying the "travel offsets for load/unload tasks" it does not work, but if you re-apply the same setting and DON"T save, then it works fine!

[clairekruppGhafari]

For a temporary fix - is there a FlexScript command to turn on the offset travel for the transporters On Reset?

[clairekruppGhafari]

Found it:

setvarnum(Model.find("Transporter_AGV"), "useoffsets", 1.0);

But it doesn't work if you put it On Reset. Has to be On Start or later.

[joerg_vogel_HsH · Accepted solution]

Why don't you build the path system with Network Node objects. You can insert extended connections to let the Taskexecuter resume his travel at a different network node. network-node-useoffsets.fsm

[clairekruppGhafari]

Thanks @Jörg Vogel. I did think about using network nodes, but I did not know how to insert extended connections.

[clairekruppGhafari]

@Joshua S is this a bug with the AGV network?

[clairekruppGhafari]

@Jörg Vogel do you know if a similar thing can be done with AGV Control Points?

[joerg_vogel_HsH]

AGV Module uses travel to objects.There was no intent for an offset travel.

Update: since FlexSim 20.1 offset travel is a feature of AGV Module.