I need to pick 2 types of items from 2 conveyors and place it on one exit conveyor. I have two types of items (one on each conveyor). A PLC will send 2 digital signals to create positions on the place conveyor according of the type needed (eg. CNV1 - CNV1 - CNV2- CNV2-). The signal from the PLC will alternate between the two types of item.
In Pickmaster, we only have one possible signal to create positions on the conveyor index. How can I use these two signals to create the type of item that I need ont he conveyor belt?
ps. I don’t want to use “containers” because the center to center of items will change.
Please consider to create a container and fill it with a pattern that consists of both patterns for your two different products. All positions that matches product A shall be filled with Item A and all positions that matches product B shall be filled with Item B (i.e. the container shall contain two different item types). The two different Item A and Item B shall have different type numbers (edit the item in PickMaster).
Depending on the digital input signals from the PLC, the optional ItemType-argument to the GetItmTgt-instruction can be provided with different item type numbers that corresponds to item A and B.
Doing this will cause the robot to ignore all A positions when the B are requested and vice versa.