[esp-r] Re: simulation run question

[pat mc cormack]

Thanks everyone,
I'm gradually getting the hang of driving the system. Powerful beastie.
Pat

On 5/29/07, Jon Hand (clcv10) <jon at esru.strath.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> A question about 'silent running' simulation....
>
> The silent running option is best used once you have proven that
> the simulation runs ok interactively.  If the simulation runs correctly
> in silent mode it will stop automatically without any intervention
> from the user.
>
> A never ending simulation might just be a massive simulation - like
> someone taking a 50 zone building and running it at one minute
> timesteps and it might look like it is not doing anything.  This
> particularly
> manifests itself with the GTK graphics version which tends to not
> give much feedback while it is running.
>
> Note there are options to monitor the simulation as it progresses
> (in terms of zone temperatures and heat injections).
>
> When to use silent-mode? Some practitioners write scripts to automate
> runs and use the silent option.
>
> -ESRU
>



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