Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] ParametricPreProcessor and RunEplus.bat

[Linda Lawrie <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you will need to edit the RunParam batch file -- it
is then ready to run EnergyPlus.

set input_path=ExampleFiles\

is in the RunParam batch file.

You may have remove the echo off parameter from the batch file to see
where it is failing.

At 04:58 PM 5/20/2013, Jason Kirkpatrick wrote:


> All,
>
> I would like to run an energyplus model that includes parametric objects
> from the command prompt.
>
> I have found from the documentation that the recommended way to run
> EnergyPlus from the command prompt is to use the command
>
> C:\EnergyPlusV8-0-0>RunEplus
> "C:\EnergyPlusV8-0-0\Tools\Test"
> "C:\EnergyPlusV8-0-0\WeatherData\USA_CA_San.Francisco.Intl.AP.724940_TMY3"
>
> but when I execute this command, it tries to run the test.idf without
> running the parametric pre-processor first, and therefore doesn't
> run.
>
> So I've tried to first run the preprocessor first using the
> command
>
> C:\EnergyPlusV8-0-0\PreProcess\ParametricPreProcessor> runparam
> "C:\EnergyPlusV8-0-0\Tools\Test"
> "C:\EnergyPlusV8-0-0\WeatherData\USA_CA_San.Francisco.Intl.AP.724940_TMY3"
>
> but it says it cannot find the file.  I am not sure what I am doing
> wrong, but I do know the file is in that location, and the file works
> great if I just use the EP-Launch interface to run it.
>
> Any guidance re: how to run an energyplus model that includes parametric
> objects from the command prompt would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I imagine I will have to copy the RunEplus.bat file, rename it, and
> modify it to first run the parametric preprocessor?  
>
> Many Thanks!!!
>
> Jason Kirkpatrick

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