Crossing Process Conveyor

[KustiH]

Hello. For using process routines with a crossing conveyor, a new component named Crossing Process Conveyor has been added in the 4.10 eCatalog under category Flow Components.

This component supports simultaneous incoming flow from both conveyors and transport links in simple cases. For more complex use cases, please see the metadata description and consider using WaitSignal and SendSignal statements from the process routine to synchronize the control logic and process executor.

Crossing Conveyor with Process.vcmx (908.5 KB)

You may use the attached layout as a reference for implementing different process/transportation sequences.

-Kusti

[ProLean]

Hi @KustiH, great addition. However, I can’t find it in my eCat. (I’m using VC 4.10)
Seems to be the same for recently added statistics components.
They aren’t present in Web eCatalog either.

Can you check if they are really uploaded? Do I have to trigger the refresh manually?

[KustiH]

Hi, the component is available in the eCat server. However it seems that the website’s eCatalog indeed doesn’t show the latest eCat additions.

Please check that your desktop/taskbar shortcut for starting VC refers to a file called “VisualComponents.Engine.Launcher.exe”. VC can also be started from a file called “VisualComponents.Engine.exe”, but in that case a program for downloading updated eCatalog models (“VisualComponents.eCatalogue.UpdateWebCat.exe”) is not executed. This often happens when a running instance of VC is pinned in the taskbar and started from that shortcut.

[ProLean]

Setting the shortcut to “VisualComponents.Engine.Launcher.exe” did the trick.
Thanks for the quick support!

[idkfa]

Side note, you could also execute VisualComponents.eCatalogue.UpdateWebCat.exe to update the eCat manually

[luhan]

Is there a similar update plan for the Lift Conveyor component?

[KustiH]

For Lift Conveyor, there is already a processor interface for attaching a Process Node in the two-way path, which can be used for basic processes such as palletization on top of the conveyor.

[luhan]

Sorry, I don’t know which processing interface you’re referring to? I have also been searching for such a processing interface

[KustiH]

Processor interface = one-to-many interface with field of type ‘Processor’ = the behaviour which enables attaching Process Node component and others in a conveyor path using Plug-and-Play tool