I have the following problem:
when I go to select the output variable I don?t see a list of zone
temperatures (the drop list is blank). Do I need to specify any type of
heating system or something in order to get this output properly.
You need to have run the file before the list of allowable output
variables shows.
You might read about the basement/slab preprocessors as they use this
OtherSideCoefficient concept to do what you are doing. Or to make
what I am saying a little simpler, here is the example from the
slab:
OTHER SIDE COEFFICIENT OBJECT EXAMPLE FOR IDF FILE
SurfaceProperty:OtherSideCoefficients,
ExampleOSC,
!- OtherSideCoeff Name ***CHANGE THIS!***
0,
!- Combined convective/radiative film coefficient
1,
!- N2,User selected Constant Temperature {C}
1,
!- Coefficient modifying the user selected constant temperature
0,
!- Coefficient modifying the external dry bulb temperature
0,
!- Coefficient modifying the ground temperature
0,
!- Coefficient modifying the wind speed term (s/m)
0,
!- Coefficient modifying the zone air temperature part of the
equation
GroundTempCompactSchedName; !- Name of Schedule for values of
const
! temperature. Schedule values replace N2.
! ***REPLACE WITH CORRECT NAME***