<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext;}
@page Section1
{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;
margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am trying to use GenOpt in order to optimize a
project. After following all the steps of the first window appeared when
initializing the GenOpt (select input file, select and specify variables, use a
cost equation to minimize and choose the optimization method, browsing the
TRNSYS. ini file) the following message appears without running the project. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Initialize.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>java.lang.Exception:
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Exception
in executing the simulation program<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Current
command String: 'c:\Program Files\Trnsys16_1\Exe\TRNEXE.EXE "c:\Program
Files\Trnsys16_1\optimization\GENOPT\SIMULATION\GenoptInputFile.DCK" /n
/WAIT '.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Exception
message: <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Error
in executing the simulation program<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Exit
value of the simulation program: 1<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Current
command String : 'c:\Program Files\Trnsys16_1\Exe\TRNEXE.EXE
"c:\Program
Files\Trnsys16_1\optimization\GENOPT\SIMULATION\GenoptInputFile.DCK" /n
/WAIT '.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Error
stream of simulation program : Simulation program did not return an error
stream.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>GenOpt terminated
with error.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>See
logfile for further information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Has anyone faced the same problem before?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Panagiotis Tsekouras<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>