System Advisor Model (SAM)

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Discussion and questions about using the SAM Software Development Kit (SDK) to write applications that interact with the SAM Simulation Core (SSC) application programming interface (API). This covers the SDKtool, SAM's code generator for Python, C++, LK for SDKtool, MATLAB, Java, and VBA.

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Identifying SSC variables in PySAM or the SDK tools Topic started 04 Jun 2020 17:12, by Paul Gilman Last Post 04 Jun 2020 17:12 by Paul Gilman	Replies:0 Views:279	Last Post by Paul Gilman 04 Jun 2020 17:12

Looking for PySAM Developers for a project Topic started 26 Nov 2020 12:55, by Georges Khoury Last Post 26 Nov 2020 12:55 by Georges Khoury	Replies:0 Views:6	Last Post by Georges Khoury 26 Nov 2020 12:55
Editing intermediate variables in PySAM Topic started 18 Nov 2020 00:48, by Marcelo Fernandes Last Post 23 Nov 2020 01:18 by Marcelo Fernandes	Replies:4 Views:87	Last Post by Marcelo Fernandes 23 Nov 2020 01:18
PySAM: Unable to pass plant data json Topic started 17 Nov 2020 10:58, by Jesús Polo Last Post 17 Nov 2020 10:58 by Jesús Polo	Replies:0 Views:68	Last Post by Jesús Polo 17 Nov 2020 10:58
non-battery accumulation Topic started 23 Oct 2020 19:15, by Jan Last Post 25 Oct 2020 19:11 by Jan	Replies:2 Views:121	Last Post by Jan 25 Oct 2020 19:11
PySAM Error in Importing BatteryStateful from PySAM modue Topic started 22 Oct 2020 14:52, by Jawwad Aga Last Post 23 Oct 2020 06:02 by Jawwad Aga	Replies:2 Views:33	Last Post by Jawwad Aga 23 Oct 2020 06:02
Inconsistency between SAM and PySAM for Empirical Parabolic Trough Model Topic started 20 Oct 2020 19:36, by Marcelo Fernandes Last Post 21 Oct 2020 23:29 by Marcelo Fernandes	Replies:2 Views:95	Last Post by Marcelo Fernandes 21 Oct 2020 23:29
Heat Transfer Fluid Type (ID) in PySAM Topic started 20 Oct 2020 16:17, by Marcelo Fernandes Last Post 20 Oct 2020 19:01 by Marcelo Fernandes	Replies:2 Views:98	Last Post by Marcelo Fernandes 20 Oct 2020 19:01
System power generated in Matlab from ssccall Topic started 01 Oct 2020 19:01, by Ricardo Last Post 20 Oct 2020 12:09 by sjanzou	Replies:4 Views:188	Last Post by sjanzou 20 Oct 2020 12:09
Weather data in SAM Topic started 28 May 2020 16:48, by DM Last Post 26 Sep 2020 00:01 by Paul Gilman 1 2 3	Replies:12 Views:511	Last Post by Paul Gilman 26 Sep 2020 00:01
Hourly Data Error Topic started 03 Sep 2020 09:11, by Alfred Abukubu Last Post 03 Sep 2020 09:11 by Alfred Abukubu	Replies:0 Views:115	Last Post by Alfred Abukubu 03 Sep 2020 09:11
SAM diode parameter extraction error Topic started 15 Aug 2020 19:27, by David Last Post 18 Aug 2020 16:38 by Paul Gilman	Replies:5 Views:176	Last Post by Paul Gilman 18 Aug 2020 16:38
Size of the Database Topic started 12 Aug 2020 15:01, by Bodem Ole Last Post 14 Aug 2020 21:49 by Paul Gilman	Replies:3 Views:66	Last Post by Paul Gilman 14 Aug 2020 21:49
ssc32.dll Topic started 04 Aug 2020 09:35, by mark.norman Last Post 06 Aug 2020 22:05 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:185	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Aug 2020 22:05
Automating SAM with LK script Topic started 15 May 2020 09:20, by Carlos Last Post 31 Jul 2020 22:00 by Paul Gilman	Replies:4 Views:308	Last Post by Paul Gilman 31 Jul 2020 22:00
Directly Assigning Weather File Elements in PySAM without using a weather file Topic started 17 Jun 2020 19:36, by Matan Last Post 06 Jul 2020 15:56 by Paul Gilman	Replies:4 Views:383	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jul 2020 15:56
setting LK array values from text strings Topic started 04 Jul 2020 19:25, by kaiyer Last Post 06 Jul 2020 15:50 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:157	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jul 2020 15:50
Calculating DNI, DHI and GHI given POA Topic started 01 Jul 2020 21:30, by Matan Last Post 02 Jul 2020 22:16 by Paul Gilman	Replies:3 Views:205	Last Post by Paul Gilman 02 Jul 2020 22:16
Graphics tool automation Topic started 08 May 2020 12:42, by Juan Manuel Last Post 26 Jun 2020 21:46 by Paul Gilman	Replies:4 Views:324	Last Post by Paul Gilman 26 Jun 2020 21:46
Weather data in SAM Topic started 28 May 2020 16:51, by DM Last Post 25 Jun 2020 07:46 by Paul McPherson	Replies:4 Views:207	Last Post by Paul McPherson 25 Jun 2020 07:46
Cannot install Nrel-pysam Topic started 08 Jun 2020 11:01, by Georges Khoury Last Post 08 Jun 2020 18:10 by Georges Khoury	Replies:2 Views:157	Last Post by Georges Khoury 08 Jun 2020 18:10
troughPhysical Topic started 04 Jun 2020 18:47, by DM Last Post 08 Jun 2020 16:31 by Paul Gilman	Replies:3 Views:117	Last Post by Paul Gilman 08 Jun 2020 16:31
SDK with SAMTool and VBA Topic started 21 May 2020 03:25, by Steven Wallace Last Post 29 May 2020 21:55 by Paul Gilman 1 2	Replies:8 Views:3376	Last Post by Paul Gilman 29 May 2020 21:55
PySAM using different batt_bank_power and batt_bank_size Topic started 07 May 2020 16:49, by HAN LEE Last Post 12 May 2020 16:19 by HAN LEE	Replies:3 Views:145	Last Post by HAN LEE 12 May 2020 16:19
Error intepreting input value as an integer using Matlab Topic started 19 Mar 2020 02:39, by Mark Goldsworthy Last Post 12 May 2020 15:50 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:316	Last Post by Paul Gilman 12 May 2020 15:50
SDK with MATLAB Topic started 02 Mar 2020 14:50, by DM Last Post 12 May 2020 15:45 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:225	Last Post by Paul Gilman 12 May 2020 15:45
Suggestions on using irradproc Topic started 20 Mar 2020 13:45, by Weiming Last Post 26 Mar 2020 19:19 by Paul Gilman	Replies:3 Views:177	Last Post by Paul Gilman 26 Mar 2020 19:19
Reserve Market Topic started 17 Mar 2020 08:23, by Douglas Lindén Last Post 23 Mar 2020 10:11 by Douglas Lindén	Replies:2 Views:137	Last Post by Douglas Lindén 23 Mar 2020 10:11
Utilityrate5.ElectricityRates.ur_ec_tou_mat a touple, does not support item assi Topic started 24 Feb 2020 08:30, by Rob Frohne Last Post 25 Feb 2020 03:45 by Rob Frohne	Replies:3 Views:2749	Last Post by Rob Frohne 25 Feb 2020 03:45
Why doesn't PySAM give me the same results the GUI does? Topic started 18 Feb 2020 08:20, by Rob Frohne Last Post 19 Feb 2020 08:01 by Rob Frohne	Replies:1 Views:272	Last Post by Rob Frohne 19 Feb 2020 08:01
SWH Simulations Topic started 04 Feb 2020 23:07, by Julio Perez Last Post 12 Feb 2020 17:23 by Paul Gilman	Replies:5 Views:245	Last Post by Paul Gilman 12 Feb 2020 17:23
CSP generic with Python 3 Topic started 29 Jan 2020 01:19, by gorman_will Last Post 03 Feb 2020 22:36 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:353	Last Post by Paul Gilman 03 Feb 2020 22:36
How to use utility rate calculator in another project Topic started 24 Jan 2020 18:53, by Si Chen Last Post 30 Jan 2020 00:47 by Si Chen	Replies:2 Views:279	Last Post by Si Chen 30 Jan 2020 00:47
How can I get hourly data using "data_get_array" command in MATLAB? Topic started 10 Jan 2019 03:14, by Ablimit Last Post 13 Jan 2020 17:32 by Paul Gilman	Replies:5 Views:399	Last Post by Paul Gilman 13 Jan 2020 17:32
Get data output from SAM to Matlab Topic started 21 Dec 2019 14:40, by Giorgos S. Georgiou Last Post 06 Jan 2020 18:07 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:303	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jan 2020 18:07
Levelized COE Topic started 05 Jan 2020 16:54, by JamesHK Last Post 06 Jan 2020 18:02 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:234	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jan 2020 18:02
python SDK for battery results Topic started 05 Jan 2020 17:34, by JamesHK Last Post 06 Jan 2020 17:55 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:371	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jan 2020 17:55
Hibrid Systems Topic started 14 Oct 2019 17:24, by Rebeka Passos Gomes Last Post 18 Oct 2019 18:45 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:269	Last Post by Paul Gilman 18 Oct 2019 18:45
SDK for java code generator has an issue Topic started 11 Oct 2019 10:48, by Kasun Last Post 11 Oct 2019 20:29 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:252	Last Post by Paul Gilman 11 Oct 2019 20:29
3D shade calculator in Python Topic started 15 Aug 2019 18:19, by Janith S Last Post 26 Aug 2019 22:49 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:490	Last Post by Paul Gilman 26 Aug 2019 22:49
Interested in writing a Julia wrapper for SAM/SSC Topic started 30 Jul 2019 16:02, by Arnav Gautam Last Post 30 Jul 2019 23:57 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2613	Last Post by Paul Gilman 30 Jul 2019 23:57
Mermoud/Lejeune module and inverter model documentation Topic started 07 Jun 2019 08:19, by Neel Patel Last Post 20 Jun 2019 13:38 by Anton Driesse 1 2	Replies:7 Views:915	Last Post by Anton Driesse 20 Jun 2019 13:38
Differences of results between the desktop version and the SDK one Topic started 20 May 2019 16:02, by Juliette Marti Last Post 17 Jun 2019 15:18 by Anton Driesse	Replies:5 Views:520	Last Post by Anton Driesse 17 Jun 2019 15:18
"The CSP ops Smallest TOU period cannot be less than 1" Topic started 30 May 2019 14:20, by Juliette Marti Last Post 06 Jun 2019 20:27 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:347	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jun 2019 20:27
How the TOU period is calculated? Topic started 30 May 2019 15:48, by Juliette Marti Last Post 06 Jun 2019 20:24 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:458	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Jun 2019 20:24
SDK Support Material Topic started 28 May 2019 15:48, by Georges Khoury Last Post 29 May 2019 00:05 by Paul Gilman	Replies:2 Views:390	Last Post by Paul Gilman 29 May 2019 00:05
Difference between cec_area and spe_area ? Topic started 27 May 2019 13:59, by KillianPremel Last Post 28 May 2019 23:38 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:335	Last Post by Paul Gilman 28 May 2019 23:38
What is "ud_T_amb_ind_od"? Topic started 20 May 2019 15:53, by Juliette Marti Last Post 21 May 2019 09:08 by Juliette Marti	Replies:2 Views:377	Last Post by Juliette Marti 21 May 2019 09:08
Running CSP simulation with API won't run: set year and month. Topic started 03 May 2019 15:17, by ampodgorski Last Post 06 May 2019 15:18 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:352	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 May 2019 15:18
Hourly Solar Generation - Multiple Years Topic started 18 Mar 2019 20:27, by cdavis Last Post 21 Mar 2019 23:04 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:376	Last Post by Paul Gilman 21 Mar 2019 23:04

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