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<DIV>Thank you Aaron!</DIV>
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<DIV>Good call. I verified it’s a bit of a rare bug, number 2 in your
list. Adding my controls and systems to the .inp file with WordPad did
nicely. It runs with no problems after inserting the new stuff that way.</DIV>
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<DIV>The eQuest folks at Hirsch are looking into it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=caaronpowers@gmail.com
href="mailto:caaronpowers@gmail.com">Aaron Powers</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:36 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Error when Adding New Equipment Control</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>David,
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<DIV>I have experienced this is the past when adding chiller controls.
>From what I remember, it also occurred when using XP. Assuming it is not a
Windows 7 problem, I believe that these errors occur when eQuest is creating BDL
tables in response to your input. Unlike past interfaces to DOE-2, eQuest
actually runs some (all?) of the BDL step as you enter data in the interface,
not when you click the calculate button. There are then two possible
reasons for the crash:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. You are attempting to create a control that is not allowed in DOE-2, and
the BDL code doesn't know how to handle this, so it crashes. Check the
DOE-2 manual to ensure that what you are entering is allowed by DOE-2.</DIV>
<DIV>2. There is a bug in the BDL processor that causes a crash when your
specific combination of equipment control is entered.</DIV>
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<DIV>When these crashes occurred, I didn't have the time to run tests to see
which actions cause a crash and which are allowed. If you can run a few
tests by incrementally changing a few inputs here and there and seeing which
cause a crash, you can determine if you are in case 1 or case 2 above and act
accordingly.</DIV>
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<DIV>You also have the option of creating the control manually in the .inp file,
saving, and then opening in eQuest. However, I believe that this will have
a low probability of success since eQuest will run the .inp through the BDL
processor on opening the file which will likely cause a crash again.</DIV>
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<DIV>Aaron.<BR clear=all>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Hi Group,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Has anyone run into this error?
See attached.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">I have a chiller staging
control in place that works great. When I click to add another control, I can
give it a name, type (heating in this case), and method. When I click OK, it’s a
crash. It doesn’t matter if I try to create from scratch, copy another
control, or link to another control.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">For a long, long time I have
had eQuest configured for compatibility mode XP Service Pack 3 and Run as
Administrator. No problems at all for over a year. I’ve never seen this AppCrash
error before... OS is Windows 7.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Anyone have an insight or a
hint?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Thanks!</DIV>
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