<html><head></head><body style="zoom: 0%;"><div dir="auto">The 2nd question is easier. The "PL" zones are plenum zones above the occupied zones.<br><br></div>
<div dir="auto">As for the zone renaming -<br></div>
<div dir="auto">Zones do not get renamed when you change the parent system. It sounds to me like you created a new zone rather than changing the parent system in the zone basics tab. </div>
<div class="gmail_quote" >On Dec 9, 2021, at 12:53 AM, Ahmad Fraij via Equest-users <<a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello Guys,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I combined a number of similar HVAC systems for different shells and zones in one HVAC System and I assigned this combined HVAC System to all these shells and zones. The client wants now to de-combine this HVAC system into the original number of HVAC systems and assign each HVAC system only to its actual shells and zones so we can apply different parametric runs for these HVAC systems. For example, one of these similar HVAC system will have VFD added to it and the other similar HVAC system will have temperature reset apply to it and so on. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I followed the following steps in the detailed mode to de-combine this HVAC systems as below and I want to make sure that I am doing the right thing:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1) I created a new HVAC systems similar to the combined one.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2) I delete the zones under the combined HVAC system one by one and then add them as a child component to the new created HVAC system that each zone is belong to.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have noticed that the zone name is changing when I add it to the new HVAC system. For example, the name of one of the zones under the combined HVAC system was "<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">E1 South Perim Zn
(G.S3)" and when I added it to the new HVAC system the name changed to "<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Thermal Zone 211" so, is that correct or I am missing something?</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Further, what is the difference between "E8 Core Zn (G.C6)" and "E8 Core Pl Zn (G.C65)"? Both are under the same HVAC System and when I click on each one, they refer to the same zone location.</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">I have attached the .pd2 and .inp files and please note that I created only one new HVAC system for now for testing and named it "Half North"</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Your help will be highly appreciated.</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span 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