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Radiance simulation detects no daylight illuminance

When I simulate light in my OpenStudio models with Radiance it fails to detect any daylight in my zones at all and the illuminance maps show a dark plane with zero lux throughout the year

sensors and illuminance maps were placed as instructed and my models give the expected output when simulating with OpenStudio and EnergyPlus alone, without Radiance (also for lighting)

Global horizontal illuminance also gives the expected results, so the problem is not that there's no sunlight in my model/weather file

This seems to indicate the problem doesnt lie with the model but with the Radiance Software

I've already tried reinstalling the software

I use OpenStudio v2.2

Radiance simulation detects no daylight illuminance

When I simulate light in my OpenStudio models with Radiance it fails to detect any daylight in my zones at all and the illuminance maps show a dark plane with zero lux throughout the year

sensors and illuminance maps were placed as instructed and my models give the expected output when simulating with OpenStudio and EnergyPlus alone, without Radiance (also for lighting)

Global horizontal illuminance also gives the expected results, so the problem is not that there's no sunlight in my model/weather file

This seems to indicate the problem doesnt lie with the model but with the Radiance Software

I've already tried reinstalling the software

I use OpenStudio v2.2