Bill,<br><br>my file looks like this:<br><br>14742 BURLINGTON VT -5 N 44 28 W 73 9 104<br> 86010101000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A70011A7-028A7076A70994A7190A7036A70080A701006A70999099999009E7036F8015A700E7<br>
86010102000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A70006A7-022A7082A70995A7210A7015A70080A700823A70999099999009E7036F8015A700E7<br> 86010103000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A70017A7-067A7054A70995A7260A7062A70113A701829A70999999999007E7036F8015A700E7<br>
86010104000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A70011A7-067A7057A70996A7260A7077A70113A701829A70999999999007E7036F8015A700E7<br> 86010105000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A7-017A7-056A7075A70996A7320A7077A70113A700975A70999099999008E7036F8015A700E7<br>
86010106000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A7-028A7-067A7075A70998A7340A7052A70097A701219A70999099999007E7036F8015A700E7<br> 86010107000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?00000?010A710A7-033A7-044A7092A70999A7320A7057A70012A700213A70999099099008E7036F8015A700E7<br>
<br>... etc. The file I'm trying to convert is simply the downloaded version from the nrel website. I can get my weather data into this sort of text format, so I just need to be able to get it back to bin!!!<br><br>
However, I keep getting the following error:<br><br>--- ERROR --- END OF FILE READ. TAPE TYPE TMY2 <br><br>Some solutions others have suggested that have not worked so far...<br><br>1. Try using energy plus to convert the file to an energy plus format, just to make sure that the source file is valid--Energy Plus had no problem with the file<br>
<br>2. Is the INPUT.TM2 text in exactly the right format (correct number of spaces and station ID numbers)--Yes, this is exactly as demonstrated here (<a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2008-May/007524.html">http://lists.onebuilding.org/pipermail/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2008-May/007524.html</a>), with two spaces between the "TMY2" and station ID on line 3, and a 5-digit station ID which matches the WEATHER.TMP file.<br>
<br>3. When the files are saved as TMP files, are they WEATHER.TMP.TXT and INPUT.TMP.TXT, or are they truly TMP files--They are truly TMP files. In the explorer, under "TYPE" they are identified as TMP files.<br>
<br>Thanks everyone for your suggestions please let me know if you have any others.<br><br>--<br>Karen<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Bill Talbert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:btalbert@aeieng.com">btalbert@aeieng.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Is your data in TMY format or is it a standard text file? Attached is a sample text file that I created for custom weather data that can then be packed into a .bin format with the PKAFT.bat in the DOE weather utilities. The TMY format file looks a little different. Below are a few lines from a tmy file:</div>
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<div> 93721 BALTIMORE MD -5 N 39 11 W 76 40 47<br> 65010101000000000000?00000?00000?00000?000000000000000000A700A70000A7067A7061A71026A7290A7041A70322A777777A70999999999007E7061F8000A710E7<br> 65010102000000000000?00000?00000?00000?000000000000000000A700A70000A7067A7061A71026A7290A7041A70322A777777A70999999999007E7061F8000A710E7<br>
65010103000000000000?00000?00000?00000?00000?0000000000000A700A7011A7061A7069A71027A7280A7021A70322A777777A70999999999008E7061F8000A710E7<br></div>
<div>If your TMY file does not look similar, I don't think the tm2 to bin tool will work.</div>
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<div>If your data is not in valid tmy format, you can arrange it using a spreadsheet tool with 'concatenate' function so that everything is in one column with appropriate spacing and then save it as a text file. Rename the file with a .ft extension and edit the PKAFT.bat to referenced the appropriate file.</div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Bill</div>
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<div><br>>>> "Karen Walkerman" <<a href="mailto:kwalkerman@gmail.com" target="_blank">kwalkerman@gmail.com</a>> 12/9/2008 10:29 AM >>><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Hi Scott,<br>
<br>Thanks for your response. I tried your method (on both Vista and XP machines), and the files are created, but the NEWTH.TMP file has no info in it (0KB) any thoughts?<br><br>Thanks again,<br><br>--<br>Karen<br><br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Horowitz, Scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Scott_Horowitz@nrel.gov" target="_blank">Scott_Horowitz@nrel.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">See if my past instructions on the matter help:</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Karen Walkerman<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:09 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Bldg-sim] Converting TMY, BIN and CSV files</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi All,<br><br>I've seen a bunch of questions on the list-serve about creating custom weather files, but never figured out how to do it myself.<br>
<br>I've been able to create a custom CSV file (and then removed all commas), so I should now have a custom TMY file. How do I get it into BIN format so eQuest can read it? I downloaded the conversion files from DOE2 (<a href="http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html" target="_blank">http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html</a>), but can't get them to work so far. Does anyone have a more complete description of how to make them work? Also, I am running Vista... not sure if this is a problem as the conversion programs are DOS based.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>--<br>Karen</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bldg-sim mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org</a><br>
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