Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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If you want to exchange variables with EnergyPlus at the zone time step then you can either use the BCVTB (https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb), or export EnergyPlus as an FMU (http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/fmu/EnergyPlus/export/).
For the latter, you will need a master algorithm such as PyFMI (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyFMI) or the BCVTB to couple the EnergyPlusFMU to your external script.
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If you want to exchange variables with EnergyPlus at the zone time step then you can either use the BCVTB (https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb), or export EnergyPlus as an FMU (http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/fmu/EnergyPlus/export/). The documentation of both tools explain how you need to expose the inputs/outputs which should be exchanged.
For the latter, you will need a master algorithm such as PyFMI (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyFMI) or the BCVTB to couple the EnergyPlusFMU to your external script.
