[Equest-users] activity area allocation and zone groupdefinitions

[Patrick J. O'Leary, Jr.]

as a general warning for avoiding crashes in the wizard mode i find it 
best not to jump around between shells, hvac systems, site info, and 
water heating.  it has been best for me to only work in a shell, or 
shells, then save & exit equest, back up.pd2 file, re-launch equest, 
then edit hvac systems, etc... for water heating & site info also.  this 
way not only have i had a stable equest (no crashes doing it this way 
about 3 years) but i get regular valid backups of my wizard .pd2 file.

On 7/7/10 10:28 AM, Nick Caton wrote:
>
> For completeness, for those learning or re-learning these wizard 
> screens, let me offer a related caution:
>
> I always end up defining my own zone groups to be sure everything has 
> the occupancy scheduling that fits best, however there's a hidden 
> danger: _DO NOT_ delete the default zone groups before _first_ 
> creating a new one.  You will otherwise potentially crash out your 
> wizard model and be unable to move forward.  I've done this twice 
> (fool me once...), so it's pretty well ingrained in my active memory 
> -- but hopefully this will help others avoid a headache!
>
> ~Nick
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