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<p>Please note that the utility program names Chris mentioned are
those in DOE-2.1E and before. The program names on the doe2.com
web site have been changed, although the programs are the same:</p>
wthfmt2.f == BIN2TXT (goes from *.bin to *.fmt)<br>
fmtwth2.f == TXT2BIN (goes from *.fmt to *.bin)<br>
<br>
Both of these are compiled Fortran programs, so you would have to
run them in a Command Line window (horrors!), in which the programs
expect the *.bin file to be called WEATHER.BIN and the *.fmt file to
be called WEATHER.FMT. In addition, ftmwth2 needs a single line
INPUT.TMP file telling the program whether the *.bin file has solar
data or not (99.9% of the instances now always "yes" but in the
early days DOE-2 would calculate the solar using very old routines
in case the weather file didn't have it). To automate the renaming
of files and generating the INPUT.TMP, the doe2.com web site
provides two MS-DOS batch scripts MKAFT.BAT and PKAFT.BAT. These are
essentially the same as the two MS-DOS batch scripts I use, except
for the changed names of the two programs:<br>
<br>
dowthfmt.bat:<br>
copy ..\Packed\%1.bin WEATHER.BIN<br>
wthfmt2<br>
move WEATHER.FMT ..\unpacked\%1.fmt<br>
erase WEATHER.BIN<br>
<br>
to run, just type "dowthfmt [bin file name without the *.bin
extension]"<br>
(this assumes that the %1.bin file is in the ..\Packed\ directory<br>
<br>
dofmtwth.bat:<br>
if %2 == S echo 2 5 > FMTWTH.INP<br>
if %2 == NS echo 2 2 > FMTWTH.INP<br>
copy ..\Unpacked\%1.fmt WEATHER.FMT<br>
fmtwth2<br>
move WEATHER.BIN ..\Packed\%1.BIN<br>
erase WEATHER.*<br>
<br>
to run, type "dofmtwth [weather file name without the *.fmt
extension] S"<br>
(S indicates the weather file contains solar, this assumes that the
%1.fmt file is in the ..\Unpacked\ directory)<br>
<br>
If you continue to have problems with getting things to work, you
can also download my original copies of wthfmt2 and fmtwth2 at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/WEATHER_UTILITIES/wthfmt2_fmtwth2.zip">http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/WEATHER_UTILITIES/wthfmt2_fmtwth2.zip</a><br>
<br>
Joe<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="90">Joe Huang
White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A
Moraga CA 94556
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a> for simulation-ready weather data
(o) (925)388-0265
(c) (510)928-2683
"building energy simulations at your fingertips"
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/8/2016 5:31 AM, Chris Jones via
Equest-users wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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weather processor files and documentation can be downloaded
from this site:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Christopher
Jones, P. Eng.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Rowan
Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.</span></b><span
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<i>Consulting Engineers & Scientists</i><br>
901 King Street West, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3H5<br>
<b>T:</b> (519) 823-1311 ext 2052 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
(416) 697-0056
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Equest-users
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>José Luis Bermúdez Alcocer via
Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 07, 2016 7:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> via Equest-users<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] Editing
DOE-2.1e/eQuest Weather Files<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Thank
you for your response! How can I get a copy of the
FMTWTH program?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">José
Luis Bermúdez Alcocer, Ph.D., M.Arch., B.Arch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
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Martes, 6 de septiembre, 2016 14:28:31, Aaron
Powers via Equest-users <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>>
escribió:</span><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Jose,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">You've
probably run into a 3rd party
custom tool which isn't part of
the standard DOE2 package. It
shouldn't be the reason for your
errors. These tools are fairly
common and would probably be used
in the following scenario:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">1.
You have actual hourly drybulb,
pressure, and wetbulb data that you
would like to put into a custom DOE2
weather file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">2.
DOE2 weather files have records for
drybulb, pressure, wetbulb, humidity
ratio, air density, and enthalpy among
other things. Technically, you only
need 3 of these to set the state of
the air for an hour, but the program
doesn't do this calculation for you,
so you need to make sure that they
correspond to the same state before
you pack the weather file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">3.
You use some pscychrometric tool to take
your hourly drybulb, pressure, and
wetbulb data and calculate the
corresponding humidity ratio, density,
and specific enthalpy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">4.
Run FMTWTH program to pack the weather
file to binary form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I
would recommend taking a look at something
like Elements from BigLadder Software which
does most of this for you in a spreadsheet
style view. Or look into purchasing custom
data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Also,
eQuest runs DOE2.2 and DOE2.3, but the
weather format hasn't changed from 2.1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Aaron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">To
whom it may concern,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I
am trying to edit a
DOE-2.1e/eQuest weather
file. The instructions
pointed the use of an Excel
file called
"Custom_eQuest_Weather_data.
xls" and another file called
"PSYCH.xla". In fact, there
is a previous post with the
same problem:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://energy-models.com/forum/editing-equest-weather-files#comment-9893"
target="_blank">Editing
eQuest Weather Files |
Energy-Models.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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|
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style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#999999">Hi,
I'm working on
a calibrated
energy model
using eQuest.
The client has
specified that
they would
like weather
data for this
model to be
taken recently
from a local
weather
station. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I
realized that there are no
"Custom_eQuest_Weather_data.
xls" and "PSYCH.xla" files
in the
DOE22WeatherUtilities.zip
from DOE2.com. I followed
the instructions until I hit
on a wall once I tried to
pack a new weather file
through the PKAFT.bat. Once
I ran the PKAFT.bat, I got
an error, and the new BIN
file appeared empty. My
first idea is that the lack
of the
"Custom_eQuest_Weather_data.
xls" file is bringing me
this problem. The columns
in the second FT file have
lots of space between them,
and do not look like the
original FT file. Can I get
a copy of this file from
DOE2.com or any other
source? Any comments will be
highly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Jose
Luis Bermudez Alcocer, Ph.D.,
M.Arch., B.Arch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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