Rockwell Automation Arena Packaging Users Guide - Manual (Page 83)

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conveyor is in the Blocked state if its speed factor is zero and the conveyor is not Failed or
Stopped.
Conveyor Name_UnitsAccumulated [Units]—Returns the number of units currently
accumulated on the conveyor (i.e., units that have stopped moving and are packed at unit
density).
Conveyor Name_UnitsConveyed [Units]—Returns the total number of units that have
been taken off of the conveyor.
Conveyor Name_UnitsInside [Units]—Returns the number of units currently on the
conveyor (i.e., UnitsAccumulated + UnitsTraveling).
Conveyor Name_UnitsTraveling [Units]—Returns the number of units currently traveling
on the conveyor.
Conveyor Name_Width [Feet or Meters]—Returns the width of the conveyor as entered in
the module dialog box.
Conveyor Link variable
D ESCRIPTION
Arena Packaging provides a variable that accesses whether a conveyor link is open or
closed. Conveyor Link Name is the symbol name for the conveyor link entered in the
main module dialog box.
The variable is not user-assignable.
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Conveyor Link Name_State [Open(1)/Closed(0)]—Returns the current state of the
conveyor link.
Machine variables
D ESCRIPTION
The Arena Packaging template provides variables that access information about each
machine in the model. Machine Name is the symbol name for the machine entered in the
main module dialog box.
The only variables that are user-assignable are the SpeedFactor and LostProduction
variables. The SpeedFactor variable may be assigned values using the Change Speed
Factor of Machine action in Actions modules or dialog boxes. The LostProduction