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<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 [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Knapp<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 05, 2016 2:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Drew Morrison<br>
<b>Cc:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] FW: DOE2 Batch Processing Error<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Try copying the eQUEST library file (from \Documents\eQUEST 3-65 Data\DOE-2\Usrlib.dat) to the DOE2 directory (C:\doe22\exent\USRLIB.dat). <o:p></o:p></p>
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Daniel Knapp PhD, P Phys, LEED AP O+M<br>
<a href="mailto:danielk@arborus.ca">danielk@arborus.ca</a><br>
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Energy Efficiency Expert<br>
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76 Chamberlain Ave<br>
Ottawa ON K1S 1V9<br>
(613) 234-7178 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Feb 5, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Drew Morrison <<a href="mailto:DMorrison@seventhwave.org">DMorrison@seventhwave.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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 (<a href="http://energy-models.com/forum/run-equest-file-command-line-doe2"><span style="color:#954F72">http://energy-models.com/forum/run-equest-file-command-line-doe2</span></a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Drew</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * 235 * "H2Roof Cons Layers" = LAYERS</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * 236 * MATERIAL = ( "Blt-Up Roof 3/8in (BR01)", "Polyurethane 1 1/2in",</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">*ERROR********************************************************** ====================== ******SYMBOL PREVIOUSLY UNDEFINED</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * 237 * "Plywd 5/8in (PW04)", "H2Roof Cons Mat 4 (31.52)" )</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * 1 * $LIBRARY-ENTRY Plywd 5/8in (PW04) MAT Plywood</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * 2 * $Plywood, 5/8 Inch</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * 3 * TYPE=PROPERTIES TH=0.0521 COND=0.0667 DENS=34.0 S-H=0.29 ..</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Drew Morrison, Energy Engineer</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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