[Equest-users] *****SPAM***** Re: FW: DOE2 Batch Processing Error

[Joe Huang]

Drew,

The answer to your question is simple. The BDL error message says that it couldn't find 
the material "Polyurethane 1 1/2in" in the BDLLIB.DAT file. So, when you added that 
material to BDLLIB.DAT, the program then ran.   Things are actually more transparent now 
with DOE-2.2, compared to DOE-2.1E that I use.  In DOE-2.1E, BDLLIB.DAT is a binary file, 
i.e., it's not humanly readable.  In DOE-2.2, BDLLIB.DAT is a straight text file, so you 
could actually open that file with a text editor to see if indeed the missing library item 
is there or not.

Joe

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On 2/5/2016 1:36 PM, Drew Morrison wrote:
>
> Looks like there’s a solution.
>
> At first, I tried copying the text replacing the text in the usrlib.dat folder in the 
> …\doe22 directory with the text from the eQ_Lib.dat file in the …\eQuest 3-64 Data\DOE-2 
> folder. That didn’t change anything. Eventually I found out that the library entries 
> triggering errors in the BDL file were not present in the BDLLIB.dat file. However, they 
> were in the original userlib.dat file. I copied the library entries for the missing 
> components (which were some construction materials, a water heater performance curve, 
> and all the hourly report library entries) into the BDLLIB.dat file, and the simulation 
> ran without a hitch:
>
> I’m not sure what the DOE2 scripts are doing with the library files, since the same 
> entries are missing in the eQuest folder’s BDLLIB file, and yet running the simulation 
> in eQuest works perfectly. Since the simulation now executes from the command line 
> successfully, the problem is solved for the moment, though I don’t feel any less 
> confused about what’s going on. And unfortunately, the simulation doesn’t appear to run 
> significantly faster, since the total elapsed time was still over 4 minutes.
>
> Still, thanks for all your help and suggestions. Despite my ongoing confusion, I feel 
> like I’ve learned a lot about what goes on behind the scenes in DOE2. And if anyone has 
> any insights as to why appending missing library entries to the BDLLIB file fixed this 
> run, I’d love to hear them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Drew Morrison, Energy Engineer
>
> *Seventhwave*
>
> 608.210.7151 seventhwave.org
>
> *From:* Julien Marrec [mailto:julien.marrec at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 05, 2016 3:11 PM
> *To:* Drew Morrison <DMorrison at seventhwave.org>
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] FW: DOE2 Batch Processing Error
>
> Very likely because you are using the doe library and not equest's
>
> I posted something a while back with a modified bat script that allows you to choose 
> your equest version.
>
> Try and find it in the archive if you can't let me know and I'll find it next time I'm 
> on a computer
>
>
> Envoyé de mon iPhone
>
>
> Le 5 févr. 2016 à 19:04, Drew Morrison <DMorrison at seventhwave.org 
> <mailto:DMorrison at seventhwave.org>> a écrit :
>
>     Hi Everyone,
>
>     I’ve got an issue trying to run DOE-2.2 models from the command prompt using the
>     batch processing script. The .inp file is rather large (about 47,000 lines) and I’m
>     hoping to get the simulations to run a little faster by bypassing the eQuest
>     interface. I’d like to thank Ben Brannon and Joe Huang for this thread
>     (http://energy-models.com/forum/run-equest-file-command-line-doe2) which helped me
>     get started.
>
>     I’m able to run the doe22.bat script, but I’m getting an error when the script runs
>     DOEBDL. When I open up the BDL file, I get a series of errors in the exterior
>     construction layers which say “Symbol Previously Undefined”, which seem to be in
>     reference to the materials which compose the layers. However, the layers all come
>     directly from the DOE-2 library files.
>
>     Is there some reference to the library files I need to establish or have missed?
>     Right now I have the .inp file in C:\doe22, the same directory as the doe22.bat
>     file. I’ve attached the .inp file I’m trying to process, and below are excerpts from
>     my command line and the BDL file generated when I executed the script.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Drew
>
>     **** Command Line Screen Shot ****
>
>     <image001.png>
>
>     ***** BDL File Error Text *****
>
>          * 235 * "H2Roof Cons Layers" = LAYERS
>
>          * 236 *    MATERIAL         = ( "Blt-Up Roof 3/8in (BR01)", "Polyurethane 1 1/2in",
>
>     *ERROR**********************************************************
>     ====================== ******SYMBOL PREVIOUSLY UNDEFINED
>
>          * 237 *          "Plywd 5/8in (PW04)", "H2Roof Cons Mat 4 (31.52)" )
>
>          * 238 *    ..
>
>          *   1 * $LIBRARY-ENTRY Plywd 5/8in (PW04)              MAT             Plywood
>
>          *   2 * $Plywood, 5/8 Inch
>
>          *   3 *  TYPE=PROPERTIES TH=0.0521 COND=0.0667 DENS=34.0 S-H=0.29  ..
>
>     *ERROR****************************************************************************************
>
>     *ERROR*****MATERIAL Layer position number 3 is incomplete or undefined
>
>     Drew Morrison, Energy Engineer
>
>     *Seventhwave*
>
>     608.210.7151 seventhwave.org <http://seventhwave.org>
>
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>
>     <ComplicatedBldg.inp>
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