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Here is the full text of the severe error causing the simulation to stop.
** Severe ** ZoneControl:Thermostat:ThermalComfort="COMFORT THERMOSTAT no PEOPLE in Zone or ZoneList Name="SECOND" - cannot use Comfort Control.
** Severe ** GetStagedDualSetpoint: Errors with invalid names in ZoneControl:Thermostat:StagedDualSetpoint objects.
** ~~~ ** ...These will not be read in. Other errors may occur.
** Fatal ** Errors getting Zone Control input data. Preceding condition(s) cause termination.
This is certainly misleading, since you do have People objects assigned to the Zone object named Second. After some testing, it appears that this severe error is really caused by Second being part of the ZoneList object named All Zones assigned to a standard thermostat as well as assigned by itself to a thermal comfort thermostat. If you comment out or delete the thermal comfort thermostat, the model runs.
Did you mean to assign only Second to a thermal comfort thermostat, and then the other zones (First and Basement) to a standard thermostat?
