Chun Kwong, You have to use the correct mode of Type89 (Type89d in this case). In TRNSYS 16, the start time is the hour of the year at the start of the simulation (0 to start at the very beginning of the year, 1 if you want to start on January 1 at 1AM, 744 if you want to start on February 1 at midnight). In TRNSYS 15 it was a bit different. If you are using TRNSYS 15, let me know and I will explain in more detail. Regards, David a8304506@graduate.hku.hk wrote: Dear Trnsys users. I try to perform a simulation by specifying a simulation start time other than 0 or 1. However, I find that the weather data read using Type89 seems to start just from the beginning of the data file no matter what simulation start time I have specified. What is then the actual meaning of this start time? If I want to start a simulation not at the beginning of a year, what should I do? Your reply is highly appreciated. Thank you! Best Regards LEE, Chun Kwong Research assistant Division of Building Science and Technology City University of Hong Kong -- *********************************************************************** Thermal Energy System Specialists (TESS), LLC David BRADLEY 22 N. Carroll Street - Suite 370 Partner Madison, WI 53703 USA P: +1.608.274.2577 F: +1.608.278.1475 E-mail: bradley@tess-inc.com Web Pages: http://www.tess-inc.com and http://www.trnsys.com *********************************************************************** |