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Availability Managers

@macumber seemed to have good luck posting the ZoneMixing design doc on here so I'd like to join the action and ask some questions about availability managers. Is this a good pattern or are we abusing the system? Should it be tagged meta?

We are working on more support for availability mangers in OpenStudio. Here is the design document. I would appreciate comments.

Questions I am trying to work through...

Are these the right managers to support?

AvailabilityManager:Scheduled <-- Already supported AvailabilityManager:NightCycle <-- Already supported AvailabilityManager:HybridVentilation AvailabilityManager:OptimumStart AvailabilityManager:DifferentialThermostat AvailabilityManager:NightVentilation

Do we need to support laying multiple managers like energyplus allows? I'm leaning one manager at a time. It gets a little confusing when you stack them up. I'm inclined to promote EMS if your logic gets so complicated that you need to stack managers.

Does the proposed API feel comfortable?

Availability Managers

@macumber seemed to have good luck posting the ZoneMixing design doc on here so I'd like to join the action and ask some questions about availability managers. Is this a good pattern or are we abusing the system? Should it be tagged meta?

We are working on more support for availability mangers in OpenStudio. Here is the design document. I would appreciate comments.

Questions I am trying to work through...

Are these the right managers to support?

AvailabilityManager:Scheduled <-- Already supported supported
AvailabilityManager:NightCycle <-- Already supported AvailabilityManager:HybridVentilation AvailabilityManager:OptimumStart AvailabilityManager:DifferentialThermostat AvailabilityManager:NightVentilationsupported
AvailabilityManager:HybridVentilation
AvailabilityManager:OptimumStart
AvailabilityManager:DifferentialThermostat
AvailabilityManager:NightVentilation

Do we need to support laying multiple managers like energyplus allows? I'm leaning one manager at a time. It gets a little confusing when you stack them up. I'm inclined to promote EMS if your logic gets so complicated that you need to stack managers.

Does the proposed API feel comfortable?

Availability Managers

@macumber seemed to have good luck posting the ZoneMixing design doc on here so I'd like to join the action and ask some questions about availability managers. Is this a good pattern or are we abusing the system? Should it be tagged meta?

We are working on more support for availability mangers in OpenStudio. Here is the design document. I would appreciate comments.

Questions I am trying to work through...

Are these the right managers to support?

AvailabilityManager:Scheduled <-- Already supported
AvailabilityManager:NightCycle <-- Already supported
AvailabilityManager:HybridVentilation
AvailabilityManager:OptimumStart
AvailabilityManager:DifferentialThermostat
AvailabilityManager:NightVentilation

Do we need to support laying layering multiple managers like energyplus allows? I'm leaning one manager at a time. It gets a little confusing when you stack them up. I'm inclined to promote EMS if your logic gets so complicated that you need to stack managers.

Does the proposed API feel comfortable?

Availability Managers

@macumber seemed to have good luck posting the ZoneMixing design doc on here so I'd like to join the action and ask some questions about availability managers. Is this a good pattern or are we abusing the system? Should it be tagged meta?

We are working on more support for availability mangers in OpenStudio. Here is the design document. I would appreciate comments.

Questions I am trying to work through...

Are these the right managers to support?

AvailabilityManager:Scheduled <-- Already supported
AvailabilityManager:NightCycle <-- Already supported
AvailabilityManager:HybridVentilation
AvailabilityManager:OptimumStart
AvailabilityManager:DifferentialThermostat
AvailabilityManager:NightVentilation

Do we need to support layering multiple managers like energyplus allows? I'm leaning one manager at a time. It gets a little confusing when you stack them up. I'm inclined to promote EMS if your logic gets so complicated that you need to stack managers.

Does the proposed API feel comfortable?