Notices, warnings, errors from SDK

Dear Paul,


I have a question concerning a certain function in the SDK. After I ran a simulation I go through all notices, warnings and error messages to verify validity of the result. I use the log-function for this purpose as proposed in the manual:

ssc_module.Log(idx, msg, type, time)

However, it seems like the function only returns warnings and errors. I ran SAM with a faulty meteo file on purpose. The run throws notices in the GUI version of SAM ("SAM calculated negative diffuse horizontal irradiance [...]"). However, no notices are returned when running the SAM sim core via the SDK and requesting the notices with the log-function. Warnings are thrown.

Any ideas if I am doing anything wrong? Is it possible to specify which kinds of messages are thrown?


Best regards,
Timo

Dear Timo,

That particular error message is generated by the pvsamv1 compute module. Is that the module you are running?

Best regards,
Paul.

Dear Paul,

yes, that's the module I am running. Other messages which are unique to the module (e.g. "The product of number of modules along side and bottom for subarray...", "Inverter oversized: The maximum inverter output...", "Inverter undersized: The array output exceeded the inverter rating") are correctly returned by the log-function.
Any ideas?

Best regards,
Timo

Dear Timo,

The message "SAM calculated diffuse horizontal irradiance..." is only generated when specify that GHI and DNI are used as input ( ).

Best regards,
Paul.

Dear Paul,

thanks for the clarification, that was indeed the reason for the difference in behavior! In general I find this plausibility check very helpful, because a custom meteo file can easily be accidentally shifted by an hour or so. I have programmed by own routine that always performs this check now, but maybe for other users, always running this plausibility check could be helpful.

Best regards,
Timo