Open/Close output of a separator by condition

[Telmo_Silva]

[ FlexSim 22.2.0 ]

Cenário 3.fsmHi there,

I am trying to block a separator using close and open the output of it. The condition is that the queue which is receiving the output of this separator has a length less then 60. I.e., when the number of elements in the queue is 60 the separator should have a closed output and when the queue has less then 30 elements it should open the output again.

However, what I am seeing is that, the output is not opening even though there is less then 30 elements in the queue. What am I doing wrong?

[Jeanette_Fullmer]

Hi @Telmo_Silva,

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[Telmo_Silva]

Sorry about that. Completely forgot. Thank you

[julie_weller · Accepted solution]

Hi @Telmo_Silva!

It's a lot easier to do that logic directly from queue PJ2 using triggers like you did. For example I added an on entry and on exit trigger to close and open ports and my logic for them looks like this:

I'm attaching the model here for reference:

cenario-3_1.fsm

Let us know if that helps!

[carter-walch]

You can also perform the same logic in process flow, but it is easier to do in the 3D model like @Julie Weller did. The following process flow closes the input port when arriving at content 60 in the queue, and reopens it when content arrives at 30

cenario-3.fsm

[Telmo_Silva]

Perfect. It works as I asked for. Thank you so much for your help.