Can ems lookup schedule values before or after the current timestep?

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asked 2016-06-13 03:02:42 -0500

Can an ems program look forward/backwards in a predefined schedule. E.g. It's 09:30h and I want a sensor to sense the schedule value at 10:30h? For looking back this seems to be possible with a trend variable but I was wondering if there is another option.

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answered 2016-06-13 05:38:48 -0500

Chandan Sharma

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Using Table:OneIndependentVariable, hourly data sets of yearly schedule can be specified in EnergyPlus idf. If all of the 8760 data sets are not allowed in single Table:OneIndependentVariable object, then 8760 can be broken down in three or more sets and specified in separate objects (e.g. three separate data sets objects for simulation hour ranges of (1-2920), (2921-5840), and (5841-8760)). Then using EnergyManagementSystem:CurveOrTableIndexVariable, the data can be accessed for any future hour of simulation.

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answered 2016-06-13 03:09:55 -0500

Julien Marrec

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Just a workaround:

Are your schedules repeating in some kind of way? (every day, every week?) In this case you could use a trend variable to look back at a past timestep where it would be the same as in the future. Reading this last sentence out loud suggests an example might be in order: If your schedule is just a repeating daily pattern, you could look at 10h30 yesterday to get the value of 10h30 today.

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@Julien, nice idea that I'll keep in mind for other simulations, but the schedule values don't follow a fixed pattern. The schedule is a yearly schedule that is composed of weekly schedules that are composed of different daily schedules.

BBel ( 2016-06-13 03:43:17 -0500 )edit

I've looked at the doc, can't seem to find a way to look into the future... I fear your only option might be to create another schedule where you shift the values forward and use this shifted one to look into "the future"... (See the Excel spreadsheet EMIT from RMI or OpenStudio API to shift the schedule)