[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Changing Energy+.idd

["Filipe" <filipe.madureira@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Linda,

Thank you for your help. 
I've changed the file the way you said and I solve the problem related
to the bigger branch lists, splitters and mixers. However, I get an
error related to the smaller ones:

Message on err file:

** Severe  ** Object=SPLITTER, name=HOT WATER LOOP HW SUPPLY SPLITTER,
Required Field=[Outlet Branch Name 100] was blank. 

** Severe  ** Object=MIXER, name=HOT WATER LOOP HW SUPPLY MIXER,
Required Field=[Outlet Branch Name 100] was blank.


It seems that for objects which have less than 100 branches,
EnergyPlus hangs requiring a corresponding branch name for every
additional field requested on the Energy+.IDD 
This happens for all mixers an splitters which Branch list has less
than 100 branches.

I'm using EnergyPlus 1.4.0.025. Could this problem be a bug in this
version?

Thanks in advance for your help

Best Regards

Filipe


--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@...> wrote:
>
> BRANCH LIST,
>   \extensible Just duplicate last field and \ comments (changing 
> numbering, please)
>   \memo Branches MUST be listed in flow order: inlet branch, then 
> parallel branches, then outlet branch.
>   \memo Branches are simulated in the order listed.  Branch names 
> cannot be duplicated within a single branch list.
>     A1, \field Branch List Name
>         \required-field
>         \reference BranchLists
>     A2, \field Branch Name 1
>         \required-field
>         \type object-list
>         \object-list Branches
> <snip>
>    A100, \field Branch Name 99
>          \type object-list
>          \object-list Branches
>    A101; \field Branch Name 100
>          \type object-list
>          \object-list Branches
> 
> (as it is in the distributed IDD).
> 
> you take:
>      A101; \field Branch Name 100
>          \type object-list
>          \object-list Branches
> 
> change the ; to a ,
>      A101, \field Branch Name 100
>          \type object-list
>          \object-list Branches
> 
> then add:
>      A101, \field Branch Name 100
>          \type object-list
>          \object-list Branches
> as many times as you need, finally having:
>      A101; \field Branch Name 100
>          \type object-list
>          \object-list Branches
> 
> 
> If you were a developer doing this, we would require that you 
> renumber the fields, so they would be
> A102, A103, ... for the new ones.
> 
> You must do this for the other objects as well.  And you must pay 
> attention to the rules of the extensibility -- not all are a simple 
> copy and paste of one field.
> 
> We want to automate this, for extensible objects, it's on our list of 
> things to do.
> 
> 
> Linda
> 
> EnergyPlus WebSite: http://www.energyplus.gov
> Owner: EnergyPlus_Support list
> Member: EnergyPlus Development Team
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>




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