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2024-02-27 03:32:24 -0500 commented answer Error message: Cannot find an E+ installation to handle model version 23.2 of the project! Warning: no report variable is defined. This project may not work with jEPlus+EA.

Yep. If it still doesn't work, please share your system setup e.g. the OS and paths to E+ etc.

2024-02-22 16:56:29 -0500 answered a question Error message: Cannot find an E+ installation to handle model version 23.2 of the project! Warning: no report variable is defined. This project may not work with jEPlus+EA.

Hi, Have you selected the location of E+ v23.2 in jEPlus? See the screenshot below. Yi

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2023-07-05 08:13:08 -0500 answered a question Use output defined in a python script as objective in jeplus+ea

Hi Kostas, I am not sure if you are calling your script for computing RMSE in jEPlus. Here is the documentation for usi

2023-07-05 07:09:48 -0500 commented question Convert IDF File from Version 22.2 to 8.0

May it be easier to update the Matlab toolbox so that it works 22.2 instead?

2023-07-05 06:57:18 -0500 commented answer Is There a Way to Speedacceleratings Simulations?

Your memory is correct, Julien! You can try it out using the web portal here (https://app.ensims.com/jess/#!/new) after

2023-07-01 04:15:04 -0500 commented answer How to create .rvi files in EP?

Yes, I think that you may be better off using Python script to process operative temperature, as you are likely needing

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2023-06-30 16:17:30 -0500 answered a question How to create .rvi files in EP?

Hi, I suppose that you have read these instructions: https://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs/8-0/input-output-reference/p

2023-06-24 16:52:52 -0500 commented question DesignBuilder Detailed HVAC Templates

Yes, in most cases you need to check and modify the defaults of the templates to get correct results...

2023-06-24 16:42:20 -0500 answered a question Jeplus+ea Job Id or Job string change

If you are on Windows, this may help https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation

2023-06-23 06:19:03 -0500 commented question Jeplus+ea Job Id or Job string change

Oh dear, how many parameters do you have in the project? :) You can send me (yi@jeplus.org) the project files to have a

2023-02-24 04:19:45 -0500 commented question can't log into the site https://app.ensims.com/jea/

Ok, the page appeared to be not loaded completely. Could you try to access it from a different browser or a different ne

2023-02-22 04:53:25 -0500 commented question can't log into the site https://app.ensims.com/jea/

Hi there, could you give a bit more details of the issue, e.g. can you connect to your account in jEPlus+EA, and which b

2022-08-20 17:13:17 -0500 answered a question Why my results of sensitivity analysis using jEPlus+EA do not apear after termination?

Hi, the web tool may have trouble handling the amount of data in your project. You can still see the SA results in data

2022-08-20 16:59:42 -0500 commented question How can do parametric-analysis in E+ v9

The good news is that jEPlus works with any version of E+, as long as you are still using the IDF format :)

2022-08-16 17:33:08 -0500 commented answer Sensitivity Analysis result not available with a larger sample size

Hi Julgam, sorry for coming in late. It could be that you are looking at an earlier run (see run number) if you had a te

2022-08-16 17:26:47 -0500 answered a question CSVs in Result Extraction, for a case with more than one column and row.

With jEPlus' CSV option, you have to report them one by one, unfortunately. A better way would be to writie a Python scr

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2022-08-16 17:22:36 -0500 answered a question Do I need to define constraints for running Sensitivity Analysis using Morris Method in jEplus+EA?

No, you don't have to define constraints if you don't have any in the problem you are investigating.

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2022-08-16 17:20:08 -0500 answered a question Problem while opening JEPlus results

You can use the "Action / View results / Go to output folder" command to find the csv file, and then right-click on the

2022-08-16 17:09:40 -0500 answered a question Can I do geometric parametric study with just IDF file and JEPlus?

Hi Prakash, sorry for picking this up late. Although it is possible to manipulate geometry using jEPlus parameters, it

2022-03-07 03:17:28 -0500 commented question results collection: set the report variable as the results of the script

If you added a script to process hourly data from RVI output, it should produce a table that jEPlus will read and add to

2021-10-19 08:10:50 -0500 answered a question occupancy profiles from .csv to energy plus

Use Schedule:File (see https://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs/9-1/input-output-reference/group-schedules.html#schedulefi

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2021-05-04 04:23:06 -0500 commented answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

You are welcome! Please mark the question as solved when you can. Cheers.

2021-05-04 04:22:01 -0500 edited answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

First, check if the Adaptive Comfort Summary report in eplustbl.htm is populated. If the table is empty, check if you st

2021-05-03 18:25:46 -0500 commented answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

Thanks for sharing the project files. It turns out that the column header in eplustbl.csv is ASHRAE55 80% Acceptability

2021-05-03 18:23:23 -0500 commented answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

Thanks for sharing the project files. It turns out that the column header in eplustbl.csv is ASHRAE55 80% Acceptability

2021-05-03 18:22:31 -0500 commented answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

Thanks for sharing the project files. It turns out that the column header in eplustbl.csv is ASHRAE55 80% Acceptability

2021-05-03 18:22:02 -0500 commented answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

Thanks for sharing the project files. It turns out that the column header in eplustbl.csv is 'ASHRAE55 80% Acceptability

2021-05-03 18:16:47 -0500 commented answer How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

Thanks for sharing the project files. It turns out that the column header in eplustbl.csv is "ASHRAE55 80% Acceptability

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2021-05-03 03:39:36 -0500 answered a question How to extract data from Adaptive Comfort Summary in energyplus?

First, check if the Adaptive Comfort Summary report in eplustbl.htm is populated. If the table is empty, check if you st

2020-12-16 06:55:45 -0500 answered a question RVX parsing error

Check the column headers of the allcombinedresults.csv file and see if c15 and c16 are available.

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2020-11-28 06:33:07 -0500 answered a question How Could I optimize thermal comfort?

Good question! Think about when you are designing a building, do you want all the spaces to be comfortable, or some are

2020-11-16 06:57:42 -0500 commented answer how to achieve the jEplus simulation

You are welcome to email me at yi@jeplus.org. And yes, Chinese is ok.

2020-11-14 06:08:05 -0500 answered a question Is it possible to simulate electric storage heaters in Energy+?

If you are referring to the electrical night storage heaters that are still popular in certain types of dwellings in the

2020-11-13 17:58:08 -0500 commented question jEPlus+EA loading project error

It is not running any simulations... I cannot see why from the screenshots. Have you tested the project in jEPlus using

2020-11-13 17:50:00 -0500 commented answer how to achieve the jEplus simulation

Check if you have this object in the IDF model: OutputControl:Table:Style,CommaAndHTML; See documentation here: http

2020-11-11 09:36:11 -0500 commented question jEPlus+EA loading project error

What happens when you use the "Open jEPlus project ..." command from the File menu? The last screenshot seems to show th

2020-11-04 15:47:36 -0500 commented answer problem in extracting results from table.csv

Not all of the convergence errors are critical, but as a rule, you should always check the causes of them.

2020-11-03 16:12:55 -0500 commented answer How do I change the material of one single wall?

Indeed, it is covered in the second tutorial video here: http://www.jeplus.org/wiki/doku.php?id=docs:videos

2020-11-03 16:10:07 -0500 commented answer problem in extracting results from table.csv

There must be a typo in your "OutputControl:Table:Style" object. Check if there is an extra comma (,) there or not, or i

2020-11-03 16:03:15 -0500 commented answer problem in extracting results from table.csv

There must be a typo in your "OutputControl:Table:Style" object. Check if there is an extra comma (,) there or not, or i

2020-11-03 09:50:31 -0500 answered a question best way to evaluate plant sizing results in optimization process

It seems to me that either the system is under-sized, or there is too much inertia in the system/building and the coolin

2020-11-01 09:35:07 -0500 answered a question problem in extracting results from table.csv

If you intend to extract results from E+ tabular reports in CSV format (eplustbl.csv), you should first make sure that t

2020-11-01 04:05:11 -0500 commented question problem in extracting results from table.csv

Did you intend to use RVI or CSV to get the results? It is unclear because if you have removed the RVIs section, why do