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My compliments to the development team. This new install (new to
me) system worked flawlessly. The easiest build/install I have
done. I am using Solaris 10 as VMWare guest on an XP host.
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At 01:54 PM 11/10/2006, Beausoleil-Morrison, Ian wrote:<br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Dear ESP-r users and
developers,</font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Version 11.2 of the ESP-r system
is now available. A summary of the changes and new features
included in this release is given at the bottom of this e-mail.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>The source code may be accessed
via the ESP-r Central Subversion repository. To do this, you must
first install a Subversion client on your system. Free clients are
available at
</font><a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html">
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html</a></u></font>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Once you have installed the
Subversion client you can download the source code for version 11.2 of
ESP-r anonymously using the following command:<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>svn checkout
</font><a href="https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2 color="#0000FF"><u>
https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</a></u></font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>OR</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>svn checkout
</font><a href="http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</a></u></font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>If you previously downloaded
version 11.1 with the above command, then you do not have to do a full
download of version 11.2. Rather, you can update the source code
with the following command:<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>svn update
</font><a href="https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2 color="#0000FF"><u>
https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</a></u></font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>OR</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>svn update
</font><a href="http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2 color="#0000FF"><u>
http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</a></u></font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>(ESP-r developers who wish to
make source code contributions to ESP-r should contact me directly so
that we can configure an account for you on ESP-r Central. Further
information on ESP-r Central for developers is available on the ESRU web
site.)<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>ESP-r source code is available
exclusively through ESP-r Central. However, ESRU will continue to
produce and post pre-compiled versions for specific operating
environments on its web site. These binary versions will generally
be made available within a few days of a source code release and will be
announced to this e-mail list. Release notes will also continue to
be posted on the ESRU web site.<br>
</font><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Regards,</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Ian</font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Ian Beausoleil-Morrison</font>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>ESP-r Archivist</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Natural Resources Canada</font>
<br><br>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Release Notes</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>11.2 (November 2006)</font>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>====================</font>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Generic Code Update</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>-------------------</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- ESP-r can now be compiled
using the gcc4/gfortran compiler set that</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> is shipped with many
current Linux distributions. However, non-trivial</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> numerical differences
have been found between ESP-r compiled with</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> gcc4/gfortran and ESP-r
compiled with gcc3/g77. Consequently gcc4/gfortran</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> builds should be
considered beta for the time being.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- The 'Install' script has been
redesigned to streamline the installation</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> process. A number
of redundant user prompts have been removed and support</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> for compilations 'out of
the box' has been improved for Sun cc/f90 and MINGW.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- The 'Readme' file has been
re-written to reflect recent changes to the</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> distribution and
compilation of ESP-r, and to provide the user with more</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> information.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- The 'text-only' version of
ESP-r was revived, allowing users to build ESP-r</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> on environments on which
neither X11 nor GTK is available.</font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Simulator</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>---------</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- The treatment for half-hour
centred solar data (such as found in CWEC</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> climate files) has been
updated so that sub-hour simulations use the</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> appropriate
interpolation. This affects only solar data.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A small bug affecting
insolation analysis has been corrected.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A new plant component model of
an adsorption storage unit has been added</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> and variants of existing
plant components for water storage tanks,</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> pumps, pipes, and a new
controller have been created to support the</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> modelling of adsorption
storage systems. Interested users are referred</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> to the M.A.Sc. thesis of
Maria Mottillo, which is available in the 'related</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> publications' section of
the ESRU web site.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A new plant component has been
added for modelling solar thermal</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> collectors.
Interested users are referred to a paper by Didier Thevenard,</font>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> Kamel Haddad, and Julia
Purdy, which is available in the 'related</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> publications' section of
the ESRU web site.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A new boundary condition type
has been added to the building thermal</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> domain to support the CEN
13791 standard. A treatment has also been added</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> to support the CEN 13791
approach for modelling surface convection.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> (The CEN 13791 approach
for treating solar absorption on the other side of</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> partitions will be added
in a future release.) Numerous interface changes</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> have been incorporated to
allow users to impose the CEN 13791 standard for</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> testing/validating
projects.</font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Project Manager</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>---------------</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- ISO 6946 U-values are now
reported.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Simulation presets can now
support the integration of hourly results.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- The logic for flow component
multi-sensor controllers has been reworked.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Numerous changes have been
made to improve program navigation and work</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> flow.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Additional contextual help has
been added, e.g. reporting of energy</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> balances, external
pressure coefficients.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- There is increased use of GTK
widgets to improve the operation of ESP-r</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> built with the GTK
(versus the X11) libraries.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- The logic supporting optical
property switching has been corrected and</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> extended.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Improvements have been made to
QA reports.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Improvements have been made to
the viewing of CFD domains and the feedback</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> provided to the
user.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A number of exemplar models
have been improved.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A bug caused problems when
running models which included both pre-defined</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> simulation periods and a
CFD domain. This has been repaired.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A bug caused program crashes
when a faulty zone fuzzy logic controller</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> was specified. This
has been repaired.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A facility has been added to
allow the copying of infiltration/ventilation</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> and/or casual gains from
other zones. Data can also be scaled by</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> zone volume or floor
area.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A bug related to the drawing
of the site origin has been repaired.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A new exemplar has been added
with an abstract representation</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> of a heated floor and a
chilled ceiling.</font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Quality Control Utility</font>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>-----------------------</font>
<br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- A number of bugs were repaired
in the regression tester.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- New functionality has been
added to the regression tester to help</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> diagnose differences
between reference and test versions of ESP-r</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> and to compare run-time
differences.</font> <br><br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>Additional Changes</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>------------------</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>- Many additional changes have
been made that are transparent to the user.</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> Information on these, as
well as further details on all the above-mentioned</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> changes, can be found in
ESP-r Central's change log by providing the</font> <br>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2> following URL to your web
browser:
</font><a href="https://esp-r.net/wsvn/espr/wsvn/esp-r/">
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2 color="#0000FF"><u>
https://esp-r.net/wsvn/espr/wsvn/esp-r/</a></u></font>
<font face="Courier New, Courier" size=2>.</font> <br>
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