<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --></style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr">
<p>Hi Karolina,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I have had the same problem in the past. For me it was because EES kept old data in the clipboard from previous calls. You can see this by pressing paste in Notepad after running the EES program, it will contain 2 lines of data instead of one. To fix this
all you have to do is add the /c command to the Export directive in your EES program which clears the clipboard before pasting the data to it. The manual and example for EES to TRNSYS doesn't mention this is required but I found it works after doing this.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I like to add the /d command to the export directive as well so it outputs the data in the same format as in the solutions window as this might also be part of the problem.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div id="Signature">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols;">
<div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:; margin:0">
<blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<div class="gmail_extra">
<div></div>
<div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Chris McNevin, MASc<br>
</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Research Associate</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
McLaughlin Hall, Rm 406</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Department of Materials and Mechanical Engineering</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Queen's University</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Kingston, Ontario<br>
</div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<a href="mailto:chris.mcnevin@me.queensu.ca" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" id="LPNoLP">7cnrm@queensu.ca</a></div>
<div style="color:rgb(136,136,136); font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8000001907349px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div>
<hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%">
<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Karolina Petela via TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 27, 2017 5:24 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [TRNSYS-users] Calling EES --> Error: Clipboard data contains characters instead of numbers</font>
<div> </div>
</div>
</div>
<font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">
<div class="PlainText">Dear TRNSYS-users,<br>
<br>
I encountered a problem that was already discussed twice on the forum <br>
(2016 and 2014), but did not find any solution within the messages.<br>
<br>
In the past (since 2014), I was taking advantage of a very useful <br>
option of TRNSYS to couple the simulation with EES code and have never <br>
had a problem of the nature I am going to describe.<br>
<br>
This month, I was trying to use the Calling EES type 66 with the newest <br>
version of EES V10.268, but was not able because an error occured saying:<br>
<br>
"Clipboard data contains characters instead of numbers"<br>
<br>
I am sure I am using "." as a decimal point and "," is the thousands <br>
separator.<br>
<br>
I promptly came back to the Example project "Calling EES" with <br>
compressor.ees file to check if I can run this one - It is always a good <br>
reference case.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately - I was not able to. I checked and: the input data are <br>
loaded to EES, the calculations in EES are performed, but the command <br>
"$Export 'CLIPBOARD' out1, out2, out3, out4, out5, out6" somehow <br>
transforms numbers into characters which cannot be accepted by TRNSYS <br>
Simulation Studio anymore.<br>
<br>
The problem could disapppear, if I wanted to store the results in an <br>
external file, e.g. if I put "$Export 'C:\...\compressor.txt' out1, <br>
out2, out3, out4, out5, out6" - the results will be saved in the created <br>
compressor.txt file. Nevertheless, it is not the best solution, since <br>
sometimes I would like to perform further simulations in TRNSYS on <br>
EES-outputs...<br>
<br>
Do you have any hint? Maybe changing the Export command type could help...<br>
<br>
Thank you in advance for support :)<br>
<br>
My regards<br>
Karolina Petela<br>
<br>
ITT, SUT, Poland<br>
<br>
</div>
</span></font></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>