Thanks everyone,<br>I'm gradually getting the hang of driving the system. Powerful beastie.<br>Pat<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jon Hand (clcv10)</b> <<a href="mailto:jon@esru.strath.ac.uk">
jon@esru.strath.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>A question about 'silent running' simulation....
<br><br>The silent running option is best used once you have proven that<br>the simulation runs ok interactively. If the simulation runs correctly<br>in silent mode it will stop automatically without any intervention<br>
from the user.<br><br>A never ending simulation might just be a massive simulation - like<br>someone taking a 50 zone building and running it at one minute<br>timesteps and it might look like it is not doing anything. This
<br>particularly<br>manifests itself with the GTK graphics version which tends to not<br>give much feedback while it is running.<br><br>Note there are options to monitor the simulation as it progresses<br>(in terms of zone temperatures and heat injections).
<br><br>When to use silent-mode? Some practitioners write scripts to automate<br>runs and use the silent option.<br><br>-ESRU<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
<br>-- George Washington<br>(1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'<br>Source: in a speech of January 7, 1790