Two FMUs using PYFMI and the DoStep method
Hello guys,
I am trying to perform co-simulation using two FMUs from Energyplus and OpenModelica. The thing is that I am trying to simulate them through the do_step
method, but it seems that PyFMI does not support working with both Models in parallel.
When I simulate the OpenModelica FMU (standalone case) using the below-mentioned code, it works fine
batt = load_fmu("/workspaces/Eplus93/source/Cosim/BattControlB.fmu")
starttime=0
finaltime=3600
batt.initialize(starttime, finaltime,True)
stepsize=0.2
CoreTemp=[]
HeatFlow=[]
In=[]
while t_step < finaltime:
batt.set('PowerTrigger',int(10))
status = batt.do_step(current_t=t_step, step_size=stepsize, new_step=True)
CoreTemp.append(np.float(batt.get('CoreTemp')))
HeatFlow.append(np.float(batt.get('HeatFlow')))
In.append(np.float(batt.get('PowerTrigger')))
t_step +=stepsize
The same happens with the EnergyPlus' FMU, it works fine as a standalone case. However, when I try to join both in the same simulation it does not work as expected. The
house = load_fmu(fmudir,log_level=0)
batt = load_fmu(fmudir2,log_level=0)
batt.initialize(self.start_time, self.final_time, True)
house.initialize(self.start_time, self.final_time,True)
while t_step < final_time:
#Here I define the "Master" FMU
i+=1
house.set('Spoint1',sp1[i]) #Integer array
house.set('Spoint2',sp2[i]) #Integer array
troom=np.float(house.get('TRooMea'))
Troom.append(troom)
htgsp=np.float(house.get('SP1'))
HtgSp.append(htgsp)
status_house = house.do_step(current_t=t_step, step_size=stepsize, new_step=True)
batt.set('T',troom)
#Region to define the Slave FMU
while t_step2<= t_step
batt.set('PowerTrigger',1)
status_batt = batt.do_step(current_t=t_step2, step_size=stepsizeBat, new_step=True)
current_heat=batt.get('HeatFlow')
t_step2 += stepsizeBat
logger.info("Energyplus Step {}, Modelica Step {}".format(t_step, t_step2))
house.set('Q',current_heat)
t_step += stepsize
Both (House and Batt) FMUs have different stepsizes being 0.2 and 600 in each case. In a nutshell, when I joined both FMUs the Modelica FMU simulates but the input that triggers the model is not activated. I do not know if these two While loops can be nested as I did, probably over there is the problem.
What do you mean by the input that triggers the model is not activated? Which variable are you referring to?