Anylogic: How to model setup times (tool change) in ResourcePool based on a parameter of the agent?

Question

Since I got great help with the last question and didn't find any helpful tips in the help/tutorials, I'll try again :) Simplified situation is:

• Production of different product variants (Agent Product with parameter productID)
• Production line with 4 stations (modelled as service); each station has 2 machines (modelled as ResourcePool)
• When changing the product variant, the machines must be retooled.

My idea is to record the machine status as variable/parameter (MachineStatus). When a resource unit is seized (code executed "on seize"), then it is compared whether productID = machineStatus. If they are equal, then no delay, if they are different, then interrupt for a certain time. However, I have two or three problems:

• How can I assign a variable MachineStatus to a unit of ResourcePool? Especially if I have 2 machines in a resource pool and therefore separate MachineStatus?
• I tried to use self.timeout to model the interruption, but this leads to errors.
• Or, in general; is this approach effective or have I overlooked something essential?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Maybe someone is interested in how I solved the problem (a little bit different from my idea):

• Define a parameter MachineStatus and a function "RetoolingTime"
• Value of DelayTime of my service block:

MachineStatus.equals(agent.productID) ? 30 : 30 + RetoolingTime(agent.productID, RetoolingTime)

Note that 30s is my normal processing time and in case I have to retool, there is an additional retooling-time, which is calculated by the function.

To get the retooling-time I wrote the code into the function body of the function RetoolingTime:

Code of RetoolingTime