Control Area

Overview and Key Concepts

A control area is an object that enforces mutual exclusion on one or more paths in the AGV network.

Events

For information on events, see the Event Listening page.

The control area has the following events:

On Allocated

This event is fired when the control area is allocated by an AGV.

It has the following parameters:

Event Parameter Type Explanation
AGV Object The task executer that allocated the control area.

On Deallocated

This event is fired when the control area is deallocated by an AGV.

It has the following parameters:

Event Parameter Type Explanation
AGV Object The task executer that deallocated the control area.

On Allocation Count Change

This event is fired both when an AGV allocates the control area, and when it deallocates the control area.

This event has no parameters.

States

The control area does not implement any states.

Statistics

The control area tracks the same statistics as the control point.

Properties Panels

The Control Area object uses the following properties panels:

Properties

The Control Area object uses the following properties:

  • DeallocationType
  • MaxAllocations