Can Interpolating Transport Work Asynchronously?

[yujie]

Hi experts,

I have a question:

Is it possible to make an Interpolating Transport Implementor work like resources, so that materials are transported asynchronously across different processes and groups?

For example, suppose there are four transport links in two lines.
Is it possible to activate them one by one instead of all at the same time?

I’m wondering about this because I haven’t determined which robot or resource to use yet, but I still need to verify that the process flow works with the assumed transport times.

[TSy]

I think you mean sequentially.

No, the interpolating transport is the most basic form of transport with unlimited parallel capacity. You would need to implement a custom transport controller with some limited capacity logic for the transports to be done sequentially.

[Este]

You will need to implement some logic/signaling that waits to activate the Transport In / Out statements one by one.

[idkfa]

Good idea, ‘Simple Transport Controller’ is on 4.10 eCat now, try it out.

Simple Transport Controller

This component allows you to control the number of concurrent transports Transport time can be based on fixed time or distance/velocity This transport controller serves as a template, allowing you to implement your own custom logic It’s on 4.10 eCat now Total resources: 1 [TC 1] Total resources: 100 [TC 100]

[yujie]

Wow, this seems interesting. I really appreciate it.