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Four pipe distribution system

I am sure this is a simple answer, but I am having trouble adding a four pipe distribution system into the zones. Eventually I am working toward a DOAS with Four-pipe distribution connected to a chiller and boiler. At the moment I have basically followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-L9HPSLJtA to add a ventilation system. I added the four pipe fan coils in the thermal zone tab and I linked them to the different cold and hot water plant loops. I'm getting an error associated with the mechanical ventilation controller. Is this something that can be solved in OpenStudio? I tried randomly assigning a zone to the controller in the .idf file but I ran into additional errors.

Right now the geometry is very simple, and I'm just trying to better understand all of the objects and connections that need to be made to make the four-pipe distribution work. Maybe I'm not looking in the right locations, but I haven't found much documentation.

Four pipe distribution system

I am sure this is a simple answer, but I am having trouble adding a four pipe distribution system into the zones. Eventually I am working toward a DOAS with Four-pipe distribution connected to a chiller and boiler. At the moment I have basically followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-L9HPSLJtA to add a ventilation system. I added the four pipe fan coils in the thermal zone tab and I linked them to the different cold and hot water plant loops. I'm getting an error associated with the mechanical ventilation controller. Is this something that can be solved in OpenStudio? I tried randomly assigning a zone to the controller in the .idf file but I ran into additional errors.

Right now the geometry is very simple, and I'm just trying to better understand all of the objects and connections that need to be made to make the four-pipe distribution work. Maybe I'm not looking in the right locations, but I haven't found much documentation.

Four pipe distribution system

I am sure this is a simple answer, but I am having trouble adding a four pipe distribution system into the zones. Eventually I am working toward a DOAS with Four-pipe distribution connected to a chiller and boiler. At the moment I have basically followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-L9HPSLJtA to add a ventilation system. I added the four pipe fan coils in the thermal zone tab and I linked them to the different cold and hot water plant loops. I'm getting an error associated with the mechanical ventilation controller. Is this something that can be solved in OpenStudio? I tried randomly assigning a zone to the controller in the .idf file but I ran into additional errors.

Right now the geometry is very simple, and I'm just trying to better understand all of the objects and connections that need to be made to make the four-pipe distribution work. Maybe I'm not looking in the right locations, but I haven't found much documentation.

Four pipe distribution system

I am sure this is a simple answer, but I am having trouble adding a four pipe distribution system into the zones. Eventually I am working toward a DOAS with Four-pipe distribution connected to a chiller and boiler. At the moment I have basically followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-L9HPSLJtA to add a ventilation system. I added the four pipe fan coils in the thermal zone tab and I linked them to the different cold and hot water plant loops. I'm getting an error associated with the mechanical ventilation controller. Is this something that can be solved in OpenStudio? I tried randomly assigning a zone to the controller in the .idf file but I ran into additional errors.

Right now the geometry is very simple, and I'm just trying to better understand all of the objects and connections that need to be made to make the four-pipe distribution work. Maybe I'm not looking in the right locations, but I haven't found much documentation.