Contact forces are generated only when the contacts are enabled.
The active parameter selects how the contacts are enabled. It has the following settings:
Always Active, the default, means the contacts are always enabled.
Boolean Signal means the contacts are enabled when the enable contact boolean input is true.
Start/Stop Time means the contacts are enabled at specified start time, , and disabled at a specified stop time, .
The on/off parameter is used with the Start/Stop Time selection and has the following settings:
Start Time means the contacts are enabled at .
Stop Time means the contacts are disabled at .
Start/Stop Time means the contacts are enabled at and disabled at .