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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: EMS - Weather actuator to control outdoor drybulb

Thank you for the reply, and in particular the verbose trick.  That is very useful for what I am doing.

Best,

Varick

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Griffith, Brent" <brent.griffith@...> wrote:
>
> If you use an Output:EnergyManagementSystem object with the field called Actuator Availability Dictionary Reporting set to Verbose, then you can get these details out of the EDD output file.
> 
> For the weather actuators, the unique name is hard coded as "Environment" because there is no user input object for them.  Component Type is "Weather Data." Control Type is "Outdoor Dry Bulb"
> 
> 
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cardinalcuber
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 4:39 PM
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] EMS - Weather actuator to control outdoor drybulb
> 
> 
> 
> According to page 25 of the EMS application guide, there are actuators available for overriding weather. I'm mainly interested in controlling the outside drybulb temperature through bcvtb. I've successfully controlled actuators such as vav airflow using the ExternalInterface
> 
> ExternalInterface:Actuator,
> ZONE_2_AIR_Mdot, !- Name
> Block1:Zone2 Ideal Loads Air, !- Actuated Component Unique Name
> Ideal Loads Air System, !- Actuated Component Type
> Air Mass Flow Rate; !- Actuated Component Control Type
> 
> However, I am having trouble determining the following to control the drybulb:
> 
> Actuated Component Unique Name
> Actuated Component Type
> Actuated Component Control Type
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Varick
>




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