Field: Maximum Number of Warmup Days
This field specifies the number of ?warmup? days that might be used in
the simulation before
?convergence? is achieved. The default number, 25, is usually more than
sufficient for this
task; however, some complex buildings (with complex constructions) may
require more days.
A warning message will occur when the simulation ?runs? out of days:
Loads Initialization did not Converge (CheckWarmupConvergence)
You may be able to increase the Maximum Number of Warmup Days and get
convergence,
but some anomalous buildings may still not converge. Simulation proceeds
for x warmup
days until ?convergence? is reached (see the discussion under the
Temperature Convergence
Tolerance Value field in this object, just above).
If you watch the command window as the program is starting up, you will
see it counting the warmup days before it starts the simulation.
Warmup days are not repeated after the simulation for the environment
starts. Each environment (Design Day, Run Period) will have one set
of warmup days.