Hello:
To the creators of FACTORY IO:
When the day comes that you wish to share the beta version of the new FACTORY IO, this project is the base scene I will use to test it. I should mention that running this scene for 40 minutes without the program slowing down or crashing is quite an achievement; I realize you might not fully grasp the significance of this—while the setup is manageable when limited to a maximum of two boxes, doing the same thing with four boxes at once is a completely different story.
Let me demonstrate this: observe where the pallets stop relative to the detector most of the time, versus where they stop at these specific timestamps:
13:16, 14:45, 15:16, 16:32, 17:18, and at 23:00, you can see the pallets are misaligned.
Obviously, such a discrepancy is unacceptable in a real-world scenario, as the required precision would be impossible to achieve…
You see, very few people know this simulator as well as I do; I’ve had to use code to fix many errors in the simulator to make my scenes work. That’s actually an advantage when learning to program—as I’ve mentioned before, the fact that the simulator isn’t perfect is a plus—but there is a difference between that and actual system improvement.
I’m pointing this out to show that it’s not just about making things look better or adding features that are essentially “more of the same.” There are details you simply wouldn’t know about unless testing reveals them—and, obviously, the specific tests I’m running here aren’t something just anyone can perform.
I’ll add that in a real-world setup—using a physical PLC rather than Factory I/O—communication and performance will improve significantly; I guarantee it.
Finally, I connect Factory I/O directly to the Schneider PLC server. If you are using platforms that require additional intermediaries, I recommend moving the detectors further away from the stop; otherwise, the system will fail—believe me.
Regards.
