[TRNSYS-users] How to trace non-convergence problems in large models

[David BRADLEY]

Jean,
   There is a TRACE command that will print out the values of all the 
parameters, inputs, and outputs of a given model at every iteration of 
every timestep. It is easy to implement in the Studio: click on the icon 
in the toolbar on the left that looks like some footprints then click on 
the component(s) that you want to trace. The problem with this is that 
in the Studio, you can either turn the trace on or off so you get VAST 
amounts of difficult to digest data. If you open the *.dck directly 
using TRNEdit and look for the TRACE keyword that you added in the 
Studio then you can adjust the simulation time at which TRACE is turned 
on and off. The statement that Studio adds is:

TRACE START STOP

but you can specify other times if you want:

TRACE 12 14

if, for example you know that there is a period of non-convergence 
starting at noon on January 1.

The results are printed in the *.lst file.
Best,
  David


On 11/22/2012 00:07, jeannieboef wrote:
> Dear Group,
> I wonder if you may have a tip as to finding the source of 
> non-convergence in large complex models. In my error report non of the 
> controllers report being stuck more than 0.0000000000%. of the time 
> (so that isn't it) and I don't have any pipes reporting to be too small.
>
> Any tips?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jean
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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