Parallel Simulations

Hi Sarah,

The script should display the file name total annual output in kWh for each weather file in the folder you select in the script editor window.

The variable names for latitude and longitude are 'lat' and 'lon', respectively.

You can use the csvwrite() function to write data to a text file with comma-separated values.

The LK scripting reference is available from the top of the Help window, and you can click Functions at the top of the script editing window to see a list of LK functions, and Variables to see a list of available variables.

Best regards,
Paul.
 

Hi Patrick,

This is a bug that affects the LK function 'parsim()'. We will fix this in a future upate to SAM 2023.12.17.

In the meantime, you can avoid the issue by using Option 1 in the solar-resource-simulate-multiple-files.lk script. The script demonstrates two options: Option 1 runs a simulation for each weather file using the 'simulate()' function, and Option 2 runs a simulation for each weather file using the 'parsim()' function. (When you run the script as it is, it loops through the weather files twice, once using 'simulate()' and once using 'parsim()'.)

In theory, the 'parsim()' function should be faster than the 'simulate()' function, but we've found that isn't always the case. I would recommend using Option 1.

You can modify the script by deleting or commenting out Option 2 from Line 49 through Line 102 or by deleting those lines. To comment a block of code in LK, use '/*' and '*/'.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Best regards,
Paul.

Hi Zach,

This probably won't make it in the first update to SAM 2023.12.17, but hopefully will be in the second update, so not for a few more weeks.

Best regards,
Paul.