[TRNSYS-users] Trnsys 17 to Trnsys 16

[David BRADLEY]

Eva,
   Unfortunately converting Type56 back is probably the most 
complicated. I would start by opening the *.b17 in TRNBuild for Trnsys17 
then make sure that the solar radiation connections are all set to 
"external by another component" (hint: double click on each orientation 
to see the way that it is set). I would then save the *.b17 file.

   Next, open a *.bui file in TRNBuild for Trnsys16, then open the same 
file in TRNBuild for Trnsys17. Save a copy of the *.bui each time so 
that you end up with something like:

myBuilding_v16.bui
myBuilding_v17.b17

these are both text files so you can open them with a text-compare tool 
(like CompareIt - http://www.grigsoft.com/wincmp3.htm). You'll quickly 
see the syntax changes that are required when moving from a v16 *.bui to 
a v17 *.b17. You'll have to manually make those changes in reverse to 
take the *.b17 that you actually care about back down to v16.

the rest of the project is going to be a little easier. Here, I would 
start by opening the *.tpf in Studio v17 and writing the *.dck. Then 
open Studio v16 and select File: Import Trnsys Input File and point to 
the *.dck that you just created. This process does its best but is not 
100%. Its not that it always fails, its just that the *.tpf has a lot 
more information in it than is written to the *.dck (line colors, paths, 
comments, etc.) These cannot be exported/imported.

I'm sorry the process is so complicated.
David



On 11/2/2013 08:53, eva.zacekova at fel.cvut.cz wrote:
> David,
>
> thank you for your response.
>
> In my simulation, I use only Type56 (building model), Type155 (call to 
> matlab) and Type15 (weather file). The most important for me is to 
> convert the building model (Type56), the others are not so crucial.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Best,
> Eva
>
> Cituji David BRADLEY <d.bradley at tess-inc.com>:
>
>> Eva,
>>   The simple answer is that there is not a way to run a Trnsys17 
>> model in Trnsys16. However, as is often true with TRNSYS, there might 
>> be some ways that you could do it anyway. There are a number of 
>> things to consider and I can offer some suggestions if you can give 
>> me some more details about your simulation:
>>
>> 1. does it use Type56?
>> 2. are you using any non standard components (such as the TESS Libs, 
>> Transsolar components, or components that you wrote) and if so, do 
>> you know whether they were written using the Trnsys16 or the Trnsys17 
>> coding standard?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>  David
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/1/2013 08:53, eva.zacekova at fel.cvut.cz wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> some time ago, I used to use Trnsys17 (and created some models in 
>>> it) and now, I would like to open and run those models in 
>>> Trnsys16_1. However, I am still getting some errors trying to open 
>>> the models (originally built in Trnsys17) in Trnsys16_1. Is there 
>>> any way how to avoid the problems (maybe saving them in Trn17 
>>> version as files compatible with the older Trn16)?
>>>
>>> Thank you for some hints in advance!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Eva
>>
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