Re: new window

[Werner Keilholz <werner@xxxxxxx>]

Isabelle BRUYERE wrote: 

Dear collegues, 

I've been running some building simulations those last few days, also with 
new window types created with the software "Window", without any problem. 
Yesterday, we created again a new window and from then, Trnsys wil no more 
take into account those window types... I really don't understand the problem. 
In the LST file, it is said that the problem comes from the window library. 
A "visual Fortran run time error" window appear and talk about "severe(64) 
: input unit conversion error, unit -5, file Internal Formatted Read" 

Does anyone have an idea ?


A problem I see frequently in this context comes from the 
way PREBID uses Windows. Note that the connection 
between TRNSYS and the window library is only made 
by the w4-lib.dat file (3rd external file of type56). The link 
with PREBID / WINDOW 5 is mainly made by the 
WINDOW ID. 

Users tend to create new windows, forgetting to update the 
3rd external file parameter in type 56. Usually the new windows 
work fine, up to the ID 5001 - the last in the default file of the 
american library. (Actually, even the 5 'first' windows then 
use the data from the american libraries and have nothing to 
do with WINDOW 5's calculations). 

Just a shot ... otherwise there's a great detailed tutorial on 
the SEL Web site, http://sel.me.wisc.edu/TRNSYS/Default.htm 
Download & Registered user resources / 
 TRNSYS tutorials and examples / 
 Adding New Window technologies 
  

Hope this helps, 

Werner 
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