Define Route Group on a Decision Zone

You can route group definition to a decision zone.

  1. From the Programming section of the action bar, click Route Group Definition, then select a decision zone.

    Note: You can also route group definition to a pathway. In this case, the route groups already defined on the pathway are on the list.

  2. In the Create or Edit AGV Route Group dialog box that appears, click Add Group.
  3. In the Select Decision Zone(s) dialog box that appears, click Add Decision Zone to add decision zones to the group or Remove Decision Zone to remove them from the group.
  4. Click OK to validate.
    The Select Decision Zone(s) dialog box closes and the Create or Edit AGV Route Group dialog box appears.
  5. Specify the Starting Zone for the route group.
  6. Specify the Route type from the listed options.
    Once you update the route type for any group, the same is updated for Route type on the start decision zone only and not on the target decision zones.
  7. Specify the Group Name of the route group.
  8. Choose the Priority of the group, which is used to manage multiple route groups that you defined on a given decision zone.
    If a decision zone has multiple groups, then the zone considers the route group with priority one first. If it is full, then the zone uses another route group with the next priority for routing. If all the decision zones in the first group are busy, AGV routes to the second route group.
  9. Specify the route group’s Product Status type to specify if the group can be used for Light Rework or Good parts.

    Note: This does not support Heavy Rework.

    During simulation, AGV travels to the relevant destination based on the route group's product type. If the part is rework, the AGV is routes based on the route group defined for rework part. If the parts are good, then the part routes using the route group with the product type good.
  10. Specify the Executing Pool for the route group.
  11. Specify the Target Zones for the route group.
    If there are multiple target zones, the target zone selection is based on what you defined as the Closest Free AGV in Route type. In this case, the AGV routes to the closest free AGV Decision Zone. Similarly, Farthest Free AGV is routed to the farthest free AGV Decision Zone and Cyclic AGV routes to each AGV decision zone in a cyclic manner.
  12. Click Edit Group to edit a route group and Remove Group(s) to delete a route group.
  13. Click Assign Pool to assign a resource pool and Unassign Pool to unassign a resource pool.
  14. Click OK.
    You have routed group definition to a decision zone.

    Note: During simulation, when a group supplies a part to an AGV decision zone with a defined load activity, it selects an AGV to perform the task. Once the load activity occurs, based on route definition for given decision zone, AGV goes to the next decision zone.

    If you defined a rejection rate on the decision zone, then inspection carries out on the part during simulation and the part is good or rework.

 

See Also
Factory Flow Simulation