[TRNSYS-users] Visual Fortran run-time error (severe 601: file already exists)

[Eric Wilson]

Nevermind, I think the issue is related to my custom weather file. It
went away when I saved the project in a new location, but reappeared
after running with my custom EPW file twice.

Eric

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Eric Wilson
<eric.jh.wilson at colorado.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I replaced a Type 109 TMY2 weather file reader with the Type 15-3 EPW
> reader and now (after fixing all connections) I'm getting the
> following message box error:
>
> Visual Fortran run-time error
> forrtl: severe (601): file already exists
> Image              PC             Routine   Line        Source
> DFORRT.DLL   01B04C49  Unknown Unknown Unknown
>
> According to the Visual Fortran documentation, this means:
> "An OPEN statement specified STATUS='NEW' for a file that already exists."
>
> I have tried multiple EPW files. The error does not occur if I use the
> Type 15-2 TMY2 reader. The Type works fine in a blank project,
> independent of the rest of my project.
>
> Any suggestions? I can send the .dck file.
>
> Alternatively, if anyone knows how to convert a weather file from EPW,
> DOE-2 BIN, or TXT/FT, to TMY2, or to any other format that TRNSYS can
> read, that would fix my problem.
>
> Many thanks,
> Eric
>
> --
> Eric Wilson
> M.S. Candidate, Building Systems Program
> Dept of Civil, Env., and Arch. Engineering
> University of Colorado at Boulder
>