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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: energyplus version
Hello,
I need to either find a copy of EnergyPlus V 2.0 or transition an idf I have to V 3.0 or 3.1. I cannot find the full transition files in the Files/Utilities section.
The transition I have with my copy of 3.0 is 2.2-3.0, and my idf says it's 2.0 at the top. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks very much!
Ben Barnes
--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Linda Lawrie <linda@...> wrote:
>
> The full set of transition files is in a folder here on Yahoo groups.
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/files/Utilities/
>
> It comes in two parts (due to yahoo limitations
> on file sizes) and you unzip the files into a
> single folder. Then use the command line.
>
> The readme is also there, and repeated here:
>
> The zip files are in two parts. Transitions-Part1.zip and
> Transition2-Part2.zip. Download and unzip into the same folder.
>
> Transitions Readme
>
> This folder contains all the Transition programs
> from the initial 1.0.1 release up
> to the current version release. Along with the
> included batch files, these programs
> can be used to transition one or a set of files to the latest version.
>
> To assist the cascading changes, two batch files are included:
>
> RunFullTransition
> RunStartStopTransition
>
> RunFullTransition
> The batch file runs from the folder where the exes and other files reside. It
> has 3 possible arguments:
>
> <arg1> - version of the file that is to be
> transitioned. (1.0, 1.1, 1.0.1, etc)
> <arg2> - name of file or list of files that are
> to be transitioned. (all must be
> of the same version). if there are spaces in this argument, it
> should be enclosed in "
> <arg3> - anything non-blank will stop after the first transition.
>
> For Example:
> RunFullTransition 1.0 myfiles.lst
>
> runs each of the files in the myfiles.lst (full
> path needed) starting with transition
> from V1.0 to V1.0.1 and continues until V3.0.
>
> It runs the full file transition. Output lines include units where applicable.
> And blank defaults are preserved.
>
> A "transition.audit" file is placed in the folder
> at the end of the run denoting
> the files processed as well as the defaults.
>
> One also can, I think, use it interactively (you
> put in the parameters as well as
> the file names) by omitting argument 2 to the batch file.
>
> Or, you can transition a single file:
> RunFullTransition 1.3 myfile.idf
>
> This starts transitioning file "myfile.idf" at version 1.3 and terminates when
> the current/last version is completed.
>
> RunStartStopTransition
> This batch file is included if, for some reason, you have an older set of files
> but do not want to fully transition to the current (2.1) release.
>
> Similar to the RunFullTransition batch file, the
> RunStartStopTransition has the following
> arguments:
> <arg1> - start version of the file that is to be
> transitioned. (1.0, 1.1, 1.0.1, etc)
> <arg2> - stop version of the file that is to be
> transitioned. (1.0, 1.1, 1.0.1, etc)
> thus, the transitioning will stop at this version.
> <arg3> - name of file or list of files that are
> to be transitioned. (all must be
> of the same version). if there are spaces in this argument, it
> should be enclosed in "
>
> For Example:
> RunStartStopTransition 1.0 1.0.1 myfiles.lst
>
> More of the entire process is described in the
> AuxiliaryPrograms.pdf which is installed
> with the usual EnergyPlus install (when you select Documentation).
> Here is a description of the files included in this zip:
>
> Here's the excerpt from the AuxiliaryPrograms document:
>
> The report variables conversion is not quite "perfect" but (hopefully) close.
> For example, many new fuel types were added so that now one might have a Gas,
> Electric, or Fuel Oil#1 Boiler. The old "Fuel Consumption" report variable, in
> this case, should get transferred to the new Boiler <fuel> Consumption but the
> Transition program isn't smart enough to know what kind of fuel your boiler is
> using to it transforms to the "Boiler Gas Consumption" variable. If, in fact,
> you have a different fuel for your boiler, you will receive a warning message
> that Boiler Gas Consumption does not apply in the eplusout.err file. Just
> revise these kinds of variable names to the proper fuel. Several other
> components will also exhibit this kind of translation problem.
>
> As you will see if you examine the "rules" spreadsheet, some things just can't
> be converted. In these instances, a warning
> message is issued (see output files
> below) and that same warning will also appear on
> the screen. In most instances,
> there will be an equivalent IDF comment before the "offending" object and the
> field inserted will be an indicator that something is incorrect in the
> translation.
>
> For each transition program, the IDD names are "hard-wired" -- and the program
> uses the location from the Energy+.ini file to
> determine where to find them. In
> other regards, it is very similar to the Vcompare program described in the
> previous section.
>
> Note that the IDF files converted will have the new (dif and err) files placed
> in the original folder that the IDF came from. To use the new IDF (full
> command), just change the extension on the difnew file to IDF (personally, I'd
> back up the old IDF first) and run
> EnergyPlus. If you choose the "diff" option,
> you will have to cut and paste into the IDF. Note that any comments from the
> original IDF are not carried over.
>
> At this time, the Transition program is not capable of accepting EP-Macro
> enabled files and will probably choke on any "##" commands -- of course, an
> excerpt IDF file will be readily accepted and converted to a new excerpt IDF.
>
> Transition Output Files and Descriptions.
> Transition Output File Name Description
>
> Eplusout.err Will only occur if there are problems with the two IDDs being
> compared. This file will show up in the program
> directory (from the Energy+.ini
> directions). Should not happen!
>
> <filename>.idfnew Results for each <filename> entered. This will be a
> full IDF file if "full" is entered or only those
> objects that are different when
> "diff" is entered.
>
> <filename>.idfold Version used in the most recent transition.
>
> <filename>.Vcperr Errors, if any, on the <filename>.idf or conversion.
>
>
> Caveat (2.a.):
>
> instead of doing this:
> ! Activity levels and fraction radiant taken from ASHRAE HOF
> PEOPLE,
> ZONE ONE, !- Zone Name
> ##if #[DoSizing[] EQSU Y]
> #[FAREA[] / OCCDENPEAK[]], !- Number of People
> ##else
> #[FAREA[] / OCCDENAVG[]], !- Number of People
> ##endif
> OCCSCHED[], !- Number of
> People SCHEDULE Name (real--fraction)
> 0.5000000, !- Fraction Radiant
> Activity Sch; !- Activity level
> SCHEDULE Name (units W/person, real)
>
> do this:
> ##if #[DoSizing[] EQSU Y]
> PEOPLE,
> ZONE ONE, !- Zone Name
> #[FAREA[] / OCCDENPEAK[]], !- Number of People
> OCCSCHED[], !- Number of
> People SCHEDULE Name (real--fraction)
> 0.5000000, !- Fraction Radiant
> Activity Sch; !- Activity level
> SCHEDULE Name (units W/person, real)
> ##else
> PEOPLE,
> ZONE ONE, !- Zone Name
> #[FAREA[] / OCCDENAVG[]], !- Number of People
> OCCSCHED[], !- Number of
> People SCHEDULE Name (real--fraction)
> 0.5000000, !- Fraction Radiant
> Activity Sch; !- Activity level
> SCHEDULE Name (units W/person, real)
> ##endif
>
>
>
>
> At 05:08 PM 2/26/2009, Ronald wrote:
> > folks,
> > I need to convert some idf files from
> > version 1.2.3 to version 3. Can someone help me?
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ronald.
> >
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