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12.0pt'>I recently changed the thermostat schedule and design air flow (to 1
cfm/ft²) for a bunch of zones on a VAV air handler. After saving this change and
reloading the project, I get an error “</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>TYPE
NOT FIRST KEYWORD</span></font>” for each zone I changed. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’d understand this if each zone had its own system, but all
these zones are assigned to the same VAV AHU. The system TYPE is defined at
the top of the system definition as VAVS. A portion of the .inp file showing the
system definition and the first error-causing zone is included below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>"E1 Sys1 (PVAVS) (B)" = SYSTEM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> TYPE = VAVS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> HEAT-SOURCE = HOT-WATER<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> HEAT-SIZING-RATI = 1.25<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> COOL-SIZING-RATI = 1.15<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> COOL-RESET-SCH = "AHU <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">S.A.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Temp Reset
Schedule"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> COOL-CONTROL = RESET<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> ECONO-LIMIT-T = 75<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> SUPPLY-KW/FLOW = 0.00062<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> RETURN-KW/FLOW = 0.00062<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> FAN-EIR-FPLR = "ForCurve w Dischrg
Dampers FPLR"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> REHEAT-DELTA-T = 50<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> HW-VALVE-TYPE = TWO-WAY<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> HW-LOOP = "Hot Water <st1:place
w:st="on">Loop</st1:place>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> CHW-LOOP = "Chilled Water <st1:place
w:st="on">Loop</st1:place>"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> ..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>"E1 <st1:place w:st="on">SE Perim</st1:place>
ML Zn (ML.SE1)" = ZONE <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> FLOW/AREA = 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> MIN-FLOW/AREA = 0.4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> HEAT-TEMP-SCH = "S1 Sys1 (PVAVS) Heat
Sch"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> DESIGN-COOL-T = 75<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> COOL-TEMP-SCH = "S1 Sys1 (PVAVS) Cool
Sch"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> SPACE = "E1 <st1:place w:st="on">SE
Perim</st1:place> ML Spc (ML.SE1)"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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