deposited in tote 15 39 will not be deposited correctly as the diverter door 20 is in position to guide articles into tote 14 39 the discharge control system monitors the variables involved in the moving system to ensure the accuracy of the system a first variable monitored by the discharge control system is the position of the diverter door 20 and the amount of time necessary for the door to be positioned into the proper orientation for the discharged article to reach the correct tote as shown in fig4 a delay table 50 contains the amount of time necessary for each diverter door in the entire system to be reoriented to the various positions the time for the door to move positions may be dependant upon such factors as the length of the door the weight of the door and speed of the multi position actuator controlling the door the discharge control system 45 must further track whether any articles are within the length of the diverter door 20 the system 45 must wait until the articles have passed through the length of the door prior to moving the position to ensure these contained articles are delivered to the correct guide pans this information is contained within the delay table 50 which is accessed by the control system 45 an electronic eye 60 is positioned at a fixed position along the sorter conveyor 11 to input into the control system 45 the article placed upon the conveyor cart and the position of the cart relative to the system once the control system registers the position of the cart at a moment in time it can then calculate the articles position at any later time by taking the position in combination with the speed of the sorter conveyor and the.