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I am new to the field. so please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Say I have to simulate a model that has the requirement of getting dynamic inputs (after some pre-processing) My typical flow is:

At time t: After the output variables are generated, write them onto a file.

Retrieve data from the file, and based on this, generate parameters dynamically for the next timestep. Now write this onto a file

At time t+1: The newly generated parameters is used as input to E+ for the next time step.

... and so on.

Is this above design feasible in EnergyPlus? If yes, a detailed explanation will be hugely appreciated.

Note: The crux of the query is whether control can be transferred from E+ to external programs (say for each minute of simulation) to fetch the inputs for the next timestep (which also happens to depend on the previous timestep's output)

I am new to the field. so please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Say I have to simulate a model that has the requirement of getting dynamic inputs (after some pre-processing) My typical flow is:

At time t: After the output variables are generated, write them onto a file.

Retrieve data from the file, and based on this, generate parameters dynamically for the next timestep. Now write this onto a file

At time t+1: The newly generated parameters is used as input to E+ for the next time step.

... and so on.

Is this above design feasible in EnergyPlus? If yes, a detailed explanation will be hugely appreciated.

Note: The crux of the query is whether control can be transferred from E+ to external programs (say for each minute of simulation) to fetch the inputs for the next timestep (which also happens to depend on the previous timestep's output)