Route Management Manual Stations
Stations Stations represent start and end points, as well as resume locations, along a particular route. The automated truck identifies a Station by location and orientation. These need to be marked for reference on your facility layout and in the facility during the planning and training processes. This will help with training the automated truck and with positioning the truck correctly to start a route. An automated truck can be restarted at any Station along the route. NOTE: Create Stations at regular intervals so that the operators can rely on consistent Station placement, and so the automated truck may be restarted at regular intervals along a route to minimize impact to operation. The more frequently Stations are created, the shorter the distance an operator must travel when restarting a truck on a route. NOTE: Station IDs have a maximum of 10 numeric digits. NOTE: Stations are recorded as a combination of the truck’s location and orientation.
Station Markers Station Markers are physical markings that represent the locations of Stations that have been trained into the automated truck through the GOI during route training. The purpose of a Station Marker is to give an operator a point of reference so that an automated truck can be more easily trained or positioned (location and orientation). Use a consistently identified truck feature, such as an arch post or the corner of the operator compartment, to align the truck with Station Markers. Initially, Station Markers may be marked on the floor with non-permanent markings, such as a durable tape. As routes become more formalized, permanent markings may be applied to the floor or elsewhere. See Figure 28 for an example of a rack mounted Station Marker and Figure 29 for an example of a floor mounted Station Marker.
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