[EnergyPlus_Support] Scheduled transmitted solar radiation and SurfaceProperty:SolarIncidentInside

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Hello Group,

I'm modeling a test box in our environmental chamber. We can adjust the chamber temperature and we have an array of fixed lamps to simulate the sun. The test box is a very simple "room" with a window. I would like to schedule the solar radiation transmitted through the window (from measurements). Could this be done?

Otherwise, I tried using "SurfaceProperty:SolarIncidentInside" as described in the I/O Reference and it would not use the scheduled values. It would also give an error:

   ** Warning ** Zone TEST_HUT does not have all surfaces scheduled with surface gains.

   **   ~~~   ** If at least one surface in the zone is scheduled with surface gains, then all other surfaces within the same zone should be scheduled as well.

   **   ~~~   ** Surface FRONTWINDOW does not have scheduled surface gains.

Using the IDF editor, my FrontWindow surface could not be selected and even if I add it manually using a text editor, it would still yield the same error. I've inputed schedules for the other surfaces and they would not show up in the report as solar gains (showed up as 0s). I've modified my weather file and removed the solar radiation components.

Ideas, suggestions or examples would be very much appreciated.

Thank you,

Vasken Dermardiros

Concordia University

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