Hi Shuichi,<br><br>I have not actively used this area of eQUEST, but I can pretty much guarantee that there will not be a schedule ever in eQUEST that is just called "SCHEDULE". The reason for that is that there are just too many schedules in eQUEST for any one of them to claim the glorified name of "SCHEDULE". That coupled with the fact that schedules are also, of necessity, split into DAY-SCHEDULE, WEEK-SCHEDULE, AND ANNUAL-SCHEDULE, you can see that when you find yourself typing simply "SCHEDULE" after your command an alarm should go off in your head that says something like "Oh, oh, I'm putting some nonsense into eQUEST that may cause the program to go off in some sort of GI/GO loop, I guess I'd better research the topic a bit more."<br>
<br>You sound like a user of some experience so I will just encourage you to dig a little deeper, keeping in mind the schedule structure in eQUEST and the use of the Building Description Language.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Carol<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Shuichi Hendrickson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Shuichi.Hendrickson@erm.com">Shuichi.Hendrickson@erm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">I am attempting to model horizontal blind controls in eQuest / DOE2 in conjunction with daylight dimming controls for lighting in a high rise office
tower using eQuest 3.64. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">In the past I have generally modelled windows using simplified glass type definitions or import from WINDOW 5, but this time around I’m using the
window layers commands as this allows controlled horizontal blinds to be simulated (at least in theory). The blind control system is controlled by a sun tracking system located on the roof of the building. The designer has supplied me with detailed scheduled
hourly schedules of the blind slat angle per façade orientation. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">My understanding of the blind control capability in eQuest/ DOE2 is that blinds can be controlled using a SCHEDULE(s) of the type FRACTION for the
window coverage and slat angle respectively. As such, I have developed two schedules, 1) for lowering and raising of the blinds [ window coverage] and 2) blind slat angle adjustment.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">My problem is I’m getting an error (typical eQuest nonsense) stating </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-GB">BDL error: Error in blind control: Adjustment type SCHEDULE for BLIND should be SCHEDULE</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">I don’t see what the error is. I have pasted the BDL below</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1142 * "Window 71" = WINDOW</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1143 * GLASS-TYPE = "GL7"</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1144 * WIN-SPEC-METHOD = LAYERS-INPUT</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1145 * FRAME-WIDTH = 0</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1146 * X = 31.5</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1147 * Y = {parameter("Window sill ht")}</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1148 * HEIGHT = {parameter("Window ht")}</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1149 * WIDTH = 5.9</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1150 * LEFT-FIN-D = 1.1</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1151 * RIGHT-FIN-D = 1.1</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1152 * FRAME-CONDUCT = 2.781</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1153 * WINDOW-LAYERS = ( "GL7layer", "Air-6.3mm", "Metal-1in-Lt" )</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">*1154 * SLAT-SCHEDULE = "E blind slat annual"</span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"> *1155 * SLAT-ADJ-TYPE = SCHEDULE</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"> *1156 * BLIND-SCHEDULE = "E blind deploy annual"</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"> *1157 * BLIND-ADJ-TYPE = SCHEDULE</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="2" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="EN-US"> *1158 * ..</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The DOE2 documentation is sparse on this subject and I’m basically chasing my tail on this. If anyone out there has successfully modelled blind controls and has suggestions
or has an alternative way of modelling automatic horizontal blinds with daylight light control dimming, I would be very grateful.</span></font></p>
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