Confirm Pick-To-Light

Process

Real-World Environment

The AutoStore FusionPort™ features integrated lights for Pick-To-Light (PTL) operations and a display to indicate the quantity to be picked. This functionality is activated via the showpicktolight API method, which is part of the standard interface.

The showpicktolight method instructs the AutoStore system to display the specified quantity and activate the lights in the designated compartment(s) of the specified bin(s) when these bins arrive at the indicated port(s).

A successful invocation triggers a PTL R (REGISTERED) event, which is logged in LogPublisher.

When the corresponding request becomes active—meaning the specified bin(s) have reached the designated port(s)—a PTL A (ACTIVE) event is logged in LogPublisher.

Once a PTL A event occurs and the lights and quantity display are activated in the FusionPort, the operator must confirm completion of the picking process by pressing a button on the port. This action triggers a PTL C (CONFIRMED) event, which is logged in LogPublisher.

Simulation Environment

In a simulation environment, where pressing a physical button is not feasible, an API request can simulate this action. The confirm_pick_to_light method replicates the functionality of the physical button press. When an PTL A event is confirmed using this method, a PTL C (CONFIRMED) event should appear in LogPublisher.

The parameters for the confirm_pick_to_light method match those of the corresponding showpicktolight method in the standard interface.

Endpoint

INTERFACE_SIMULATION_API_ENDPOINT

Request Parameters

Parameter	Mandatory?	Data type	Description
`source_port_id`	True	Int (1-2000)	The `port_id` of the port to show lights and pick from.
`target_port_id`	False	Int (1-2000)	The `port_id` of the port to show lights and pick to.
`source_bin_id`	True	Int (1-4000000)	The `bin_id` in the source port to show PTL on.
`target_bin_id`	False	Int (1-4000000)	The `bin_id` in the source port to show PTL to.
`source_compartment`	True	Int (Calculated)	The compartment of the bin to pick from. Decides which lights should be shown. See PTL Compartment Calculation.
`target_compartment`	False	Int (Calculated)	The compartment of the bin to pick to. Decides which lights should be shown. See PTL Compartment Calculation.
`quantity`	True	Int (0-1000)	The number on the display to show how many items to pick.

Request Example

//Interface installation location(Ip adress)
string ip = "127.0.0.1";
//The URL to the task interface
string url = "http://" + ip + ":44002/api/v1/simulation";
//XML that will be POST'ed
string xmlData = string.Format(
@"<?xml version=""1.0""?>
<methodcall>
  <name>confirm_pick_to_light</name>
  <params>
    <source_port_id>3</source_port_id>
    <target_port_id>4</target_port_id>
    <source_bin_id>15575</source_bin_id>
    <target_bin_id>20501</target_bin_id>
    <source_compartment>83</source_compartment> 
    <target_compartment>11</target_compartment>
    <quantity>1</quantity>
  </params>
</methodcall>");
//POST to interface
HttpResponseMessage response = await new HttpClient().PostAsync(url, new StringContent(xmlData,
        Encoding.UTF8, "application/xml"));
string responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(responseString);

# Interface installation location (IP address)
ip = "127.0.0.1"
# The URL to the task interface
url = f"http://{ip}:44002/api/v1/simulation"
# XML that will be POST'ed
xmlData ="""<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodcall>
  <name>confirm_pick_to_light</name>
  <params>
    <source_port_id>3</source_port_id>
    <target_port_id>4</target_port_id>
    <source_bin_id>15575</source_bin_id>
    <target_bin_id>20501</target_bin_id>
    <source_compartment>83</source_compartment> 
    <target_compartment>11</target_compartment>
    <quantity>1</quantity>
  </params>
</methodcall>"""
# POST to interface
response = requests.post(url, data=xmlData.encode('utf-8'), headers={"Content-Type": "application/xml"})
print(response.text)

const ip = "127.0.0.1";
const url = `http://${ip}:44002/api/v1/simulation`;
const xmlData = 
`<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodcall>
  <name>confirm_pick_to_light</name>
  <params>
    <source_port_id>3</source_port_id>
    <target_port_id>4</target_port_id>
    <source_bin_id>15575</source_bin_id>
    <target_bin_id>20501</target_bin_id>
    <source_compartment>83</source_compartment> 
    <target_compartment>11</target_compartment>
    <quantity>1</quantity>
  </params>
</methodcall>`;

fetch(url, {
    method: 'POST',
    body: xmlData,
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/xml'
    }
})
    .then(response => response.text())
    .then(responseString => console.log(responseString));

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodcall>
  <name>confirm_pick_to_light</name>
  <params>
    <source_port_id>3</source_port_id>
    <target_port_id>4</target_port_id>
    <source_bin_id>15575</source_bin_id>
    <target_bin_id>20501</target_bin_id>
    <source_compartment>83</source_compartment> 
    <target_compartment>11</target_compartment>
    <quantity>1</quantity>
  </params>
</methodcall>

Response Parameters

This method has no response parameters.

Response Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<response>
  <params />
</response>

Error Codes

None