Rockwell Automation Arena Users Guide - Manual (Page 92)

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Start module
D ESCRIPTION
The Start module changes the status of a conveyor from inactive to active. The conveyor
may have been deactivated from either the Stop module or by initially being set to inactive
at the start of the simulation. The velocity of the conveyor may be changed permanently
when the conveyor is started.
T YPICAL USES
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Start a bottling conveyor after scheduled maintenance
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Start a baggage claim conveyor when bags have arrived
P ROMPTS
Stop module
D ESCRIPTION
The Stop module sets the operational status of a conveyor to inactive. The conveyor may
have been activated from either the Start module or by initially being set to active at the
start of the simulation. When the entity enters the Stop module, the conveyor will stop
immediately, regardless of the type of conveyor or the number of entities currently on the
conveyor.
T YPICAL USES
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Stop a baggage conveyor after a pre-determined amount of time
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Stop a conveyor for scheduled maintenance
Prompt Description
Name Unique name of the module that will be displayed in the flowchart.
Conveyor Name Name of the conveyor to start.
Velocity Speed of the conveyor once it begins to operate. This value will change
the speed of the conveyor permanently, until it is changed in another
module.
Units Velocity time units.