EPW file cannot be processed (custom, purchased weather file)
Hi all,
Context: I am trying to run a simulation using PAT/OpenStudio v2.9.0 and ResStock v2.2.4. I have inputed my own weather file into Worker initialization Script field using a dropbox direct download link, I have manually set the seed value in the ruby file run_sampling, and I have manually edited location, location-region, and vintage TSV files to reflect a location specific to the project. I have changed AMY = 1 in location weather year TSV.
I am trying to simulate a region in Georgia. I am using an EPW file that I purchased from WhiteBox Technology http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/. I have renamed my EPW weather file from its original download file name (NC_ANDREWS-AP_722177_08.epw) to 0979938_US_GA_Clarke_13059_0-20000-0-72311_33.97_-83.34_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY.epw so that it is recognized by PAT. Before I did this, I was getting an error that the EPW file did not exist or was not an EPW file.
Currently, I am getting completed datapoint failure messages on all buildings of my simulation. Looking through one of the log text files, I discovered that the error is documented by this message:
[openstudio.EpwFile] <1> Bad start day of week in EPW file '/mnt/openstudio/analysis_3e5d6b81-eafa-4ac6-89ce-5440c92c46cf/weather/0979938_US_GA_Clarke_13059_0-20000-0-72311_33.97_-83.34_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY.epw' [openstudio.EpwFile] <1> Failed to parse EPW file header '/mnt/openstudio/analysis_3e5d6b81-eafa-4ac6-89ce-5440c92c46cf/weather/0979938_US_GA_Clarke_13059_0-20000-0-72311_33.97_-83.34_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY.epw' [openstudio.EpwFile] <2> EpwFile '/mnt/openstudio/analysis_3e5d6b81-eafa-4ac6-89ce-5440c92c46cf/weather/0979938_US_GA_Clarke_13059_0-20000-0-72311_33.97_-83.34_NSRDB_2.0.1_AMY.epw' cannot be processed
Any idea what is going on? I am new to OpenStudio and PAT so I don't have a lot of intuition as to why this is happening. Do I have a faulty EPW file? I just downloaded Elements software so that I can edit the EPW file if necessary.
What do "bad start day of week," and "Failed to parse EWP file header" entail?
EDIT: The issue was mispelled day of week in the EPW header! Tuesday was spelled as Tuesdayy!
I´d check first if it´s an EPW problem, by running a regular E+ or OS model with it - I´ve worked with Whitebox Technologies in the past and always worked well.
If it is an EPW problem, open the EPW with a text editor, like Notepad++ or alike and check the header. I´d compare the header of your EPW to another functional EPW (here there are a lot - https://www.ladybug.tools/epwmap/)
@sashadf1, please self-answer with your solution.