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    Kordu,<br>
      One thing to be careful of is that if you change the units of the
    simulation time step to minutes (from its default of hours) and
    enter a value of 5, then change the units back to hours, you'll
    notice that the conversion is not perfect. Also 5 minutes, expressed
    in hours, is a continuously repeating decimal. What I would
    recommend is that you enter the following two lines in the "control
    cards" field:<br>
    <br>
    EQUATIONS 1<br>
    delt = 5/60<br>
    <br>
    set both the simulation time step and the Type9 data interval
    parameter to units of "string" and enter the name of the equation
    that you defined: delt. This will force both the simulation time
    step and the data interval to be the result of two integers divided
    by each other and they will be precisely equal as far as the TRNSYS
    engine is concerned. My guess as to the cause of your problem is
    that where the TRNSYS engine is concerned, the two values are not
    identically equal.<br>
    <br>
    You might also look at the example:<br>
    <br>
    ..\Trnsys16_1\Examples\Reading Data Files\DataReaders.tpf<br>
    <br>
    It is often easier to start with something that already works!!<br>
    regards,<br>
     David<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    On 9/20/2011 03:59, kordou wrote:
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">I am trying to
              valuate a new type that I have made in
              trnsys 16 with some experimental measurements.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">To do this I need
              to import some measurement weather
              data (Total solar rad, Tamb, Wind speed and direction, RH,
              a room temperature, and
              a voltage) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">The measurements
              that I have are based on time
              interval of 5min.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">So I fount that I
              could use the type9a (Utility </span></font><font
            face="Wingdings" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
              Wingdings" lang="EN-US">à</span></font><font face="Arial"
            size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"
              lang="EN-US">Data readers -->Generic Data
              Files</span></font><font face="Wingdings" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"
              lang="EN-US">à</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">First
Line
              is Simulation Start </span></font><font face="Wingdings"
            size="2"><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"
              lang="EN-US">à</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Free
Format)
              <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">The problem that I
              have is that if I input a dt=5min
              on type9a and the same dt in simulation, it does not run.
              <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">If I Input dt=5min
              on Type9a and 1min in simulation
              it runs but in results of the total simulation time is the
              double minus 1 hour
              from the expected!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">With that I mean
              that I got the results of one day (24
              hr) twice in this time period minus 1 hr.  (For 24 hours
              of simulation I got
              a curve of 47 hours)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">It is like the
              trnsys reads the input file in about
              the half time of the real so I get 2 times this file <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              style="font-size:
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Could someone help
              here?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              style="font-size:
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Thank you in
              advanced <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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              style="font-size:
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              style="font-size:
              10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US">Kordou<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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