[TRNSYS-users] Trnsys 17 to Trnsys 16

Tue Nov 5 09:14:21 PST 2013

David,
thank you for your instructions, they were helpful. I followed them  
and I successfully transformed my files.
Thank you once again.
Best,
     Eva
Cituji David BRADLEY <d.bradley at tess-inc.com>:

> 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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>>
>>
>
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> Thermal Energy Systems Specialists, LLC
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> Madison, WI  53703 USA
>
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>
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