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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple id="role_body"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>First, which version of equest are you using?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If it's a newer version (think this was added in 3.63), then you can use the photocell override keyword (excerpt from the doe2 manual below). I believe you'll need to add this in the .inp file, as I don't believe there's a way to do this from the interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you're using an older version, you're stuck creating more complicated schedules. In the past, I've accomplished this by creating a fraction schedule for each month with the average sunrise/sunset times.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steven <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Users\sjs\Documents\eQUEST%203-64%20Data\Help\DOE-2.chm::/Docs/volume6newfeatures.htm">Volume 6: New Features</a><span class=d2hbreadcrumbslinkseparator> > </span><a href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Users\sjs\Documents\eQUEST%203-64%20Data\Help\DOE-2.chm::/Docs/introductiontonewfeatures.htm">Introduction to New Features</a><span class=d2hbreadcrumbslinkseparator> > </span><a href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Users\sjs\Documents\eQUEST%203-64%20Data\Help\DOE-2.chm::/Docs/photocelloverrideofaschedule.htm">Photocell Override of a Schedule</a><span class=d2hbreadcrumbslinkseparator> > </span><a href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Users\sjs\Documents\eQUEST%203-64%20Data\Help\DOE-2.chm::/Docs/buildingdescriptionlanguagechanges30.htm">Building Description Language Changes</a><span class=d2hbreadcrumbslinkseparator> > </span><a href="mk:@MSITStore:C:\Users\sjs\Documents\eQUEST%203-64%20Data\Help\DOE-2.chm::/Docs/schedulecommand.htm">SCHEDULE command:</a><o:p></o:p></p><h5>PHOTOCELL-CTRL<o:p></o:p></h5><p class=MsoBodyText>Accepts a code-word specifying whether the hourly value in the referenced DAY-SCHEDULE can be overridden either ON (value = 1.0) or OFF ( value = 0.0) according to whether it is day or night.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=codeword>DAY-OFF Forces the hourly schedule value to be 0.0 whenever the sun is up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=codeword>DAY-ON Forces the hourly schedule value to be 1.0 whenever the sun is up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=codeword>NIGHT-OFF Forces the hourly schedule value to be 0.0 whenver the sun is down.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=codeword>NIGHT-ON Forces the hourly schedule value to be 1.0 whenever the sun is down.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoBodyText>For example, assume lighting in a parking lot is to be on from dusk until 11 p.m. The earliest the lights are allowed to illuminate is 4 p.m., but will not actually start until the sun is down:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=doe-2input>"Parking Lot DSch" = DAY-SCHEDULE-PD<br>TYPE = ON/OFF<br>VALUES = ( 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.,<br> 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.,<br> 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1.,<br> 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0. )<o:p></o:p></p><p class=doe-2input>"Parking Lot WSch" = WEEK-SCHEDULE-PD<br>TYPE = ON/OFF<br>DAY-SCHEDULES = ("Parking Lot DSch")<br>..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=doe-2input>"Parking Lot Sch" = SCHEDULE-PD<br>TYPE = ON/OFF<br>PHOTOCELL-CTRL = DAY-OFF<br>MONTH = (12)<br>DAY = (31)<br>WEEK-SCHEDULES = ("Parking Lot WSch")<br>..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>RJTHEACMAN@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 07, 2011 10:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Exterior Facade Lighting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have created an exterior lighting system under the tab lighting systems but I am not sure how to assign a schedule to this system. The lighting will be controlled by a photocell.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Richard Dominick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>TEC Engineers, LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>