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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Dear TRNSYS users,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Probably this question was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> already been asked, but I could not find the answer. I hope someone could help me out with my problem.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I want to use TRNOPT for a optimization problem. I use TRNSYS 17</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">for my model, and I believe the TRNOPT is version 17. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">My model works fine in the simulation studio, although it takes several warnings.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">But when the GENOPT starts, I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">received</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> an error message in the GENOPT screen:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Assigning 2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">threads for simulations.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Initialize.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Java.lang.Exception:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Exception in executing the simulation program</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Simulation working directory:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Command string:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Error in executing the simulation program</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Exit value of the simulation program: 1</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Working directory:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Current command String:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Error stream of simulation program: Simulation program did not return an error stream.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">GENOPT terminated with error.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">See logfile for future information.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Could someone tell me what does this error mean, or where can I find more detailed information about this error? </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I run the example</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> genopt, and it works well. So I believe there should be something wrong with my model rather than the software itself</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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