[TRNSYS-users] Problem with IISiBat

[Todd Houstein <toddh@postoffice.utas.edu.au>]

Werner,
Just to clarify, the problem I am experiencing is: I have a .tmf file 
opened in IISiBat... I click on the "Variables" button... IISiBat crashes 
and the following message appears in a Windows dialog box:
___________
Program Error
IISiBat.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows.
You will need to restart the program.

An error log is being created.
___________

Does anyone know where this "error log" goes??? I cannot find it!! Windows 
2000 help directed me to Dr.Watson, but the error log in Dr.Watson did not 
show any record of this error.

Some other observations I have made regarding the error:
- Only some components cause the error.
- The components that do cause the error ALWAYS cause it.
- Examples of components that cause the error: Types 37a, 37b, 185, 164a, 
164b, 160a, 173a, and probably many more!
- Note that most (but not all) of the components that cause the error are 
from the HYDROGEMS library (may be a coincidence)
- But, many components from the HYDROGEMS library do NOT cause the error... 
examples: Types 188a, 102a, 102a_v2, 100a, 100b, 105a, 120a, 120a_v2, 
120a_v3, 120b, 120b_v2, etc
- I have tried reinstalling both TRNSYS and HYDROGEMS, but it made no 
difference.

If you, or anyone other TRNSYS user can shed some light on this I would be 
most appreciative.

Regards,
Todd Houstein
PhD Candidate
Hydrogen & Allied Renewable Technologies (HART) research group
School of Engineering
University of Tasmania
+61 3 6226 2094

-----Original Message-----
From:	Werner Keilholz
Sent:	Tuesday, 19 October 2004 22:27
To:	toddh@postoffice.utas.edu.au
Cc:	'Sara Macagno'
Subject:	Re: [TRNSYS-users] area of electrode(electrolyser)

Todd Houstein wrote:

>Werner,
>I only tried to edit the .tmf with Notepad once I had discovered that
>IISiBat crashed every time I tried to click on the variables button.
>
>
Could you send me the PROFORMA which causes problems please ?

>Furthermore, once I had edited the .tmf file with Notepad my simulations
>still worked fine.
>
>
I have some difficulty to follow the timeline of the different actions,
but I would say that
if you edited a .TMF with notepad and it still works, your basically
lucky. :-)

Werner

>Regards,
>Todd
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Werner Keilholz
>Sent:	Tuesday, 19 October 2004 19:41
>To:	toddh@postoffice.utas.edu.au
>Cc:	'Sara Macagno'; 'trnsys-users@engr.wisc.edu'
>Subject:	Re: [TRNSYS-users] area of electrode(electrolyser)
>
>Todd Houstein wrote:
>
>
>
>>Dear Sara,
>>The IISiBat component file (.tmf) is where the maximum values of the
>>parameters are set. You can change them as follows:
>>
>>1) Open the component file in IISiBat. The easiest way to do this is to
>>right click on the component in your project and select "Proforma..."
>>
>>2) Under the "Variables" tab, click on the button labeled "Variables
>>(Parameters, Inputs, Outputs, Derivatives)".
>>
>>Note: For some reason IISiBat crashes every time I try to do this with
>>
>>
>some
>
>
>>components in particular, one of which is the electrolyser (???Can anyone
>>help me with this???). If you also experience this problem then you can
>>manually edit the .tmf file using a text editor (such as notepad) 
instead.
>>If you would like to know how to do this then let me know.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Todd,
>
>editing the binary .TMF (TRNSYS Model File) with a text editor such as
>notepad
>is very probably the reason why IISiBat crashes when you try to use it -
>these files
>cannot be modified with notepad without being damaged.
>
>Please don't do it.
>
>Werner
>
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