Getting Started

5 • THE ADVANCED TRANSFER PANEL
The station (or each station within the defined set) has a matching Activity Area that
is used to report all times and costs accrued by the entities in this station. This
Activity Area’s name is the same as the station. If a parent Activity Area is defined,
then it also accrues any times and costs by the entities in this station.
TYPICAL USES
• Defining a lathe area
• Defining a set of toll booths
• Defining a food preparation area
PROMPTS
Prompt
Description
Name
Station Type
Station Name
Set Name
Parent Activity Area
Unique name of the module that will be displayed in the
flowchart.
Type of station being defined, either as an individual Station or a
station Set.
Name of the individual station.
Name of the station set.
Name of the Activity Area’s parent.
Associated Intersection Name of the intersection associated with this station in a guided
transporter network.
Report Statistics
Save Attribute
Station Set Members
Station Name
Parent Activity Area
Specifies whether or not statistics will automatically be collected
and stored in the report database for this station and its
corresponding activity area.
Attribute name used to store the index number into the station set
of the member that is selected.
Names of the stations that are members of this station set.
A given station can only exist once within a model. Therefore, an
individual station can only be the member of one station set, and
that individual station may not be the name of a station in
another module.
Name of the Activity Area’s parent for the station set member.
Associated Intersection Name of the intersection associated with this station set in a
guided transporter network.
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