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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Dear Stefano/Saleh,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sorry I don't recall if I responded to Saleh's earlier question or not... Since I am not a TRNSYS user, José can correct me if I get anything wrong.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>jEPlus searches the specified search tags in the main .DCK or .TRD files, as well as in any external files loaded by an INCLUDE or an ASSIGN command. I don't know about the .BUI files; but if they are loaded in the main .DCK file, you should be able to have parameters in them. To edit a file other than the main .DCK, you will need to use a text editor...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To the second question, jEPlus processes output files in CSV format only. Your model needs to write output in a .csv using the right printer, and you tell jEPlus the files you want it to collect in the "output file name(s)" field (I am renaming it to "printer file name(s)"). So "trnsysout.csv" should be a printer name you have in your .DCK model. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We are still working on the TRNSYS part of the users manual. It should be ready in a few days' time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Avesani Stefano [mailto:stefano.avesani@eurac.edu]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 06/08/2012 13:02<BR><B>To:</B> saleh saadi; Yi Zhang; bjoern.nienborg@ise.fraunhofer.de<BR><B>Cc:</B> trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [TRNSYS-users] jEPlus for TRNSYS parametrics<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Any news concerning the use of jeplus for parametric changes in the *.bui (and not just in the *.dck) of a trnsys project?</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu [mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>saleh saadi<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 07 May, 2012 19:59<BR><B>To:</B> Yi Zhang; bjoern.nienborg@ise.fraunhofer.de<BR><B>Cc:</B> trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [TRNSYS-users] jEPlus for TRNSYS parametrics</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks for doing this great job!!!.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I used the template file provided with GenOpt (folder is attached). </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Yi Zhang <<A href="mailto:YiZhang@dmu.ac.uk">YiZhang@dmu.ac.uk</A>><BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:bjoern.nienborg@ise.fraunhofer.de">bjoern.nienborg@ise.fraunhofer.de</A> <BR><B>Cc:</B> <A href="mailto:trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu">trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu</A> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 7, 2012 7:58 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [TRNSYS-users] jEPlus for TRNSYS parametrics</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I should provide an example TRNSYS parametric project in the package; I will do that in a couple of days. In the meantime, could you take a look at the E+ example? Just open the project in the example/ folder, and you will see how to specify parameters. Unlike E+, the weather file in a TRNSYS model is normal parameter. You just need to create a parameter and think of a search string (e.g. "@@weather@@") to put in the place of the weather file in the .DCK (or .TRD) file, and then specify the alt. values of the parameter using syntax like "{weather1.txt, weather2.txt, ...}". </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Hi Yi,<BR><BR>I just had a short look at it and did not find an option to vary sets of values, e.g. if I vary a location I need to specify the name of the weather data file, the latitude, shift in solar time and possibly some other values. If there is this option and I did not see it, please ignore my comment.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>björn<BR><BR>Am 07.05.2012 13:43, schrieb Yi Zhang: </SPAN></P>
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