Users Guide Instruction Manual

5 • THE ADVANCED TRANSFER PANEL
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5 • Advanced Transfer
Route module
D ESCRIPTION
The Route module transfers an entity to a specified station or the next station in the station
visitation sequence defined for the entity. A delay time to transfer to the next station may
be defined.
When an entity enters the Route module, its Station attribute (Entity.Station) is set to the
destination station. The entity is then sent to the destination station, using the route time
specified.
If the station destination is entered as By Sequence, the next station is determined by the
entity’s sequence and step within the set (defined by special-purpose attributes
Entity.Sequence and Entity.Jobstep, respectively).
T YPICAL USES
 Send a part to its next processing station based on its routing slip
 Send an account balance call to an account agent
 Send restaurant customers to a specific table
P ROMPTS
Prompt Description
Name Unique name of the module that will be displayed in the flowchart.
Route Time Travel time from the entity’s current location to the destination station.
Units Time units for route-time parameters.
Destination Type Method for determining the entity destination location. Selection of By
Sequence requires that the entity has been assigned a sequence name
and that the sequence itself has been defined.
Station Name Name of the individual destination station.
Attribute Name Name of the attribute that stores the station name to which entities will
route.
Expression Expression that is evaluated to the station name where entities will route.