Palletizing Status of Layers/Rows

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   I am looking to get some information out of PM5 for use for the PLC, etc. Is there anyway for PM5 to output what row or layer it is currently working on. 

Some other useful information could be cases palletized, completed pallets, etc. 

Thanks!

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JohnV Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 2009-August-20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Topic: Palletizing Status of Layers/Rows Posted: 2010-February-09 at 04:22
	I am looking to get some information out of PM5 for use for the PLC, etc. Is there anyway for PM5 to output what row or layer it is currently working on. Some other useful information could be cases palletized, completed pallets, etc. Thanks!

Mats W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Pickmaster members Joined: 2004-July-27 Location: Sweden Online Status: Offline Posts: 159	Quote Reply Posted: 2010-February-09 at 04:30
	Hi John The way to get some information on current layer etc, is to monitor the rapid variable pm_targetdata, which is retrieved for every target with PmGetTarget. It holds: Components: TargetNumber Data type: num Defines the ordinal number of the target. OperationNumber Data type: num Defines the ordinal number of the operation. LayerNumber Data type: num Defines the ordinal number of the layer. SceneNumber Data type: num Defines the ordinal number of the scene. /Mats

JohnV Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 2009-August-20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 2010-February-10 at 03:40
	Thanks Mats! I see this PmGetTarget is in the PmMain.mod in the procedure operate. Would it be required to put this into a registry or just do a setgo of the targetdata?

JohnV Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 2009-August-20 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 2010-February-12 at 04:04
	I see the list of all of the data stored in this pm_targetdata. However, I have not found anything that shows which target of the pallet we are working on. I have all of the group outputs working, but what I am hoping to find is a numeric value for each row it places (i.e. row 1, row 2, row 3, row 4, etc.). The layer information is working great and very helpful. John