[TRNSYS-users] TRNSYS crashes after several runs

Tue Jun 28 10:40:35 PDT 2016

Victor,

   Could you send me the files required to run the simulation? Please 
send them directly to me and not to the mailing list.

kind regards,

  David

On 06/28/2016 11:10, Victor Tulus wrote:
> Dear David,
>
> I have tried deleting all the devices that generate output files, as 
> you suggested, but the model still crashes at second run.
> I think Simulation Studio does not manage to start TRNExe, because as 
> soon as I press the "Run" button the window turns white and closes (as 
> usually do programs in Windows) with a standard message "A problem 
> caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the 
> program and notify you if a solution is available.".
>
> Maybe this is a Windows problem or a compatibility problem? But this 
> is not happening when I delete all the files except the .tpf and the 
> .b17 (the .dck, .bld, .log, .inf, etc).
> As far as I know none of these generated files (the .dck, .bld, .log, 
> .inf, etc) are needed to start the simulation, but they appear to be 
> the reason of the crash.
>
> Regards,
> Victor
>
>
> El mar., 28 jun. 2016 a las 17:38, David BRADLEY 
> (<d.bradley at tess-inc.com <mailto:d.bradley at tess-inc.com>>) escribió:
>
>     Victor,
>
>       I have never run into something like this before. It is a little
>     odd that it is the Simulation Studio crashing; the Studio doesn't
>     really do anything when the simulation is progressing. Once a
>     simulation is launched the Studio is idle. Also, when the Studio
>     crashes, does TRNExe continue to run? The two aren't linked in any
>     way so if one crashes the other ought to continue on.
>
>       My only guess is that there is some output file that is
>     accumulating from run to run. It is possible to set some of the
>     printer components so that they append to an existing file instead
>     of overwriting the file on each new run (for example Type25
>     parameter 7). Unless there is some reason to keep all the results
>     in a single file, you can select the "overwrite" option. One easy
>     way to check if the problem is one of the printers would be to
>     make some consecutive runs after temporarily deleting all the
>     devices that write to output files.
>
>     kind regards,
>
>      David
>
>
>
>
>
>     On 06/28/2016 01:56, Victor Tulus via TRNSYS-users wrote:
>>     Dear all,
>>
>>     I have a TRNSYS model with a Type 56 building and a solar
>>     collector system attached to it.
>>     The original model was designed in TRNSYS 16, but I have recently
>>     managed to move it to TRNSYS 17 (the relatively difficult part
>>     was to update Type 56 to TRNSYS 17).
>>
>>     When I run the model once, everything works fine. The problem
>>     starts when I do several consecutive runs (without any changes in
>>     the parameters). Sometimes the second run works perfectly as
>>     well, but on the third run the Simulation studio crashes without
>>     any warning.
>>     The only way I found to run many times the model was deleting all
>>     the files which are generated after the previous simulation has
>>     finished.
>>
>>     Could you suggest something in order to avoid manual deleting of
>>     the output files?
>>     My concern is than in case I would like to do a parametric run or
>>     GenOpt optimization, will I have to manually delete the output
>>     files every time?
>>
>>     Thank you in advance.
>>     Regards,
>>     Victor
>>
>>
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