A few things come to mind:<BR><BR>1) Turn on the Overwrite Check and NAN Check commands using the appropriate control cards; they may catch a serious error that is causing the simulation to hang.<BR><BR>2) Make sure that all of your assign statements are fully described (full path names) as GenOpt will often write the input file into it's own directory structure and locally defined path names will fail (.\Data.dat for example). As an alternative, move all external data files into the directory where Genopt is creating the input and BUI files.<BR><BR>Let us know if any of these options help.<BR><BR>Jeff<BR><!--{12265928695150}--><BR>Jeff Thornton <BR>President - TESS, LLC <BR><BR>2916 Marketplace Drive - Suite 104 <BR>Madison WI 53719 USA <BR><BR>Phone: 608-274-2577 <BR>Fax: 608-278-1475 <BR>E-mail: thornton@tess-inc.com <BR>Web: www.tess-inc.com<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Trnsys <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>Users</SPAN>,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am introducing myself to the features of TRNSYS gradually, the most recent project with which requires some optimisation of parameters in a Type56 multi-zone building. I am using GenOpt to call a *.bui template (the *.dck remains the same and as such is not altered by GenOpt) to alter the parameters of an active slab heating layer; in particular<SPAN class=812203509-13112008>,</SPAN> variations over the pipe spacing and thickness of <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>the </SPAN>slab.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have tried the example from Michaël Kummert (Using GenOpt with TRNSYS16 and Type56 - 2007-02-15) which works perfectly. However when I apply the method to my project, GenOpt parses the GenOptRun.dck to TRNExe.exe (in which my *.bui file is defined) but <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>the simulation </SPAN>hangs in the first time step<SPAN class=812203509-13112008> indefinitely</SPAN>. The last <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>lines printed</SPAN> to <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>the </SPAN>GenOpt<SPAN class=812203509-13112008>Run</SPAN>.lst <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>file are</SPAN> following:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>*** The TRNSYS components will be called in the following order:<BR> Unit # 109 Type # 109<BR> Unit # 69 Type # 69<BR> Unit # 331 Type # 33<BR> Unit # 200 Type # 2<BR> Unit # 15 Type # 201<BR> Unit # 56 Type # 56<BR> Unit # 28 Type # 2<BR> Unit # 27 Type # 2<BR> Unit # 23 Type # 3<BR> Unit # 21&nbs!
p; Type # 11<BR> Unit # 26 Type # 869<BR> Unit # 24 Type # 3<BR> Unit # 20 Type # 5<BR> Unit # 22 Type # 11<BR> Unit # 35 Type # 65<BR> Unit # 36 Type # 65<BR> Unit # 34 Type # 65<BR> Unit # 31 Type # 28<BR> Unit # 33 Type # 65 </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interestingly enough when I call the same <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>GenOptRun.dck</SPAN> that GenOpt trie<SPAN class=812203509-13112008>s</SPAN> to parse <SPAN class=812203509-13112008>to TRNExe </SPAN>from a command line directly (e.g. 'C:\Trnsys16_1\Exe\TRNExe.exe "C:\Trnsys16_1\MyProjects\project1\GenOptRun.dck" /n') the simulation runs without hanging.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=812203509-13112008>Any ideas</SPAN>?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=609414416-12112008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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