I am trying to read the Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy output variable using EMS to change behavior of equipment in the simulation, but the value being read from the output variable and rewritten to a meter is not the value of the output variable in the CSV file. To show this, I have EMS read a Sensor for the Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy output variable and then write out that value into a custom meter.
Most of the time, the difference is around 10^-13, but other times the difference is enormous.
Here is a google drive link to a minimal working example with the important objects listed below
There are quite a few places that could be messing up the EMS read and write:
EnergyManagementSystem:ProgramCallingManager
!- EnergyPlus Model Calling Point
EnergyManagementSystem:OutputVariable
!- Update Frequency
!- EMS Program or Subroutine Name
I don't know what the problem could be though. I tried a lot of plausible combinations of choices for those fields, but none of them have been close to correct for the entire simulation. Any ideas?
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:SENSOR ===========
EnergyManagementSystem:Sensor,
Pre_EMS_Net_Electricity, !- Name
Whole Building, !- Output:Variable or Output:Meter Index Key Name
Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy; !- Output:Variable or Output:Meter Name
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:PROGRAMCALLINGMANAGER ===========
EnergyManagementSystem:ProgramCallingManager,
Read_EMS_Write_Caller, !- Name
AfterPredictorAfterHVACManagers, !- EnergyPlus Model Calling Point
Read_Write_Net_Electricity; !- Program Name 1
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:PROGRAM ===========
EnergyManagementSystem:Program,
Read_Write_Net_Electricity, !- Name
SET EMS_Net_Electricity = Pre_EMS_Net_Electricity; !- Program Line 1
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: ENERGYMANAGEMENTSYSTEM:OUTPUTVARIABLE ===========
EnergyManagementSystem:OutputVariable,
EMS_Net_Electricity, !- Name
EMS_Net_Electricity, !- EMS Variable Name
Summed, !- Type of Data in Variable
SystemTimestep, !- Update Frequency
Read_Write_Net_Electricity, !- EMS Program or Subroutine Name
J; !- Units
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: OUTPUT:VARIABLE ===========
Output:Variable,
Whole Building, !- Key Value
Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy, !- Variable Name
Hourly; !- Reporting Frequency
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: OUTPUT:METER ===========
Output:Meter,
EMS Net Facility Electricity Meter, !- Key Name
Hourly; !- Reporting Frequency
!- =========== ALL OBJECTS IN CLASS: METER:CUSTOM ===========
Meter:Custom,
EMS Net Facility Electricity Meter, !- Name
Electricity, !- Fuel Type
, !- Key Name 1
EMS_Net_Electricity; !- Output Variable or Meter Name 1
