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Product (pattern) selection can be automated by setting the Product Selection Strategy variable “rf_product_selection_strategy”.
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rf Variable | Configurable Values | Product Selection Strategy | Description |
rf_product_selection_strategy | 0 | GUI | Uses Pattern Selector (Default selection) |
1 | First | Selects the first pattern in alphabetical order | |
2 | Predefined | Selects a predefined pattern with a variable (see predefined below) | |
rf_product_selection_predefined = “my_pattern” |
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The working directory is scanned for patterns and the first pattern is selected automatically. Hence, the sorting of the patterns define which pattern will be used. All pattern names must be set, taking this sorting in to consideration, for the right pattern to be selected with this strategy. If not, it’s adviced to use this strategy only when one single pattern file is present in the working directory. The sorting is done as follows:
Letter case
Primary sorting is uppercase before lowercase. See examples below:“Abc.json” before “abc.json”
“ABc.json” before “Abc.json”
“ABC.json” before “ABc.json”.
Alphabetical
Secondary sorting is alphabetical. Please note that since this is the secondary sorting, an uppercase letter will be sorted before a lowercase letter, no matter the alphabetical order. See example below:“B.json” before “a.json”
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The option for starting or stopping on a partial pallet is not available when using this strategy. Continuing an existing pallet will be available as normal. |
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The option for starting or stopping on a partial pallet is not available when using this strategy. |
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Using rf_product_selection_predefined in Dual Product mode:
It is possible to define two pattern file names in the following format:
"pattern1;:;pattern2"
(Use separator ";:;" between names)
This will instruct the program to palletize pattern1 from the primary conveyor and pattern2 from the secondary conveyor.
Continue the previous (incomplete) pallet or begin with a new pallet:
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