System Advisor Model (SAM)

Software Development Kit (SDK) and PySAM 323 topics

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 PySAM, the SDKtool, and SAM's code generator for Python, C++, LK for SDKtool, MATLAB, Java, and VBA.

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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:2669	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:1807	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:3755	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:4767	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:1906	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:2511	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:1857	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:7863	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:1870	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:2794	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:2052	Last Post by Paul Gilman 12 May 2020 15:45
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:2012	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:4609	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:2257	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:1793	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:1953	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:2060	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:2313	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:2372	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:2572	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:2128	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:2642	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:1912	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:2647	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:4007	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:4398	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:4 Views:2177	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:2737	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:2013	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:1926	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:1747	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:1929	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:2023	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:2323	Last Post by Paul Gilman 21 Mar 2019 23:04
Hourly Energy Only Accounts for 1 Axis of Dual Axis System? Topic started 20 Mar 2019 17:04, by aaron_pvc Last Post 21 Mar 2019 23:01 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2193	Last Post by Paul Gilman 21 Mar 2019 23:01
error in simulation Topic started 04 Feb 2019 00:45, by tejvirsingh24 Last Post 04 Feb 2019 18:36 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2300	Last Post by Paul Gilman 04 Feb 2019 18:36
The SDK tool for Mac OSX has not been updated to reflect ssc capabilities Topic started 31 Jan 2019 00:20, by caseyzak24 Last Post 02 Feb 2019 00:57 by Paul Gilman	Replies:2 Views:2017	Last Post by Paul Gilman 02 Feb 2019 00:57
generating the Pmp, Vmp, Imp Topic started 30 Jan 2019 09:29, by YK Last Post 30 Jan 2019 17:59 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2453	Last Post by Paul Gilman 30 Jan 2019 17:59
Data Table (SAM UX) and the SDK variables Topic started 29 Jan 2019 14:47, by YK Last Post 29 Jan 2019 21:43 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2357	Last Post by Paul Gilman 29 Jan 2019 21:43
Accessing windpower module output in Python Topic started 02 Jan 2019 11:10, by Angus King Last Post 04 Jan 2019 21:51 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2030	Last Post by Paul Gilman 04 Jan 2019 21:51
Cell temperature model SDK Topic started 26 Dec 2018 23:35, by bpm77 Last Post 26 Dec 2018 23:35 by bpm77	Replies:0 Views:2156	Last Post by bpm77 26 Dec 2018 23:35
SDK's irrad_mode parameter not working Topic started 12 Dec 2018 06:54, by Joe_Hack Last Post 12 Dec 2018 23:53 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:1937	Last Post by Paul Gilman 12 Dec 2018 23:53
For Linear Fresnel model, the array m_dot_loop is returned as an empty one for Python 3 wrapper Topic started 28 Nov 2018 04:04, by vikas3v Last Post 10 Dec 2018 17:40 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:1964	Last Post by Paul Gilman 10 Dec 2018 17:40
Informations about CDF/PDF Resource Beam normal irradiance Topic started 30 Nov 2018 13:31, by francesco.rovense@unical.it Last Post 10 Dec 2018 17:31 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2181	Last Post by Paul Gilman 10 Dec 2018 17:31
entering 35040 wind_resource data but SAM outputs 8760 generation Topic started 06 Dec 2018 18:24, by smishra732 Last Post 10 Dec 2018 17:29 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:1921	Last Post by Paul Gilman 10 Dec 2018 17:29
Results not in the summary when exchanging with Python Topic started 08 Nov 2018 21:34, by abdollahinamin.a@husky.neu.edu Last Post 14 Nov 2018 22:32 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:1948	Last Post by Paul Gilman 14 Nov 2018 22:32
SDK, Python.NET or IronPython Topic started 17 Oct 2018 14:28, by fayya Last Post 17 Oct 2018 22:28 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:2027	Last Post by Paul Gilman 17 Oct 2018 22:28
direct steam generation for parabolic trough Topic started 16 Aug 2018 11:24, by tayeb feriani Last Post 27 Aug 2018 17:07 by Paul Gilman	Replies:1 Views:1858	Last Post by Paul Gilman 27 Aug 2018 17:07
Cell Type enum ordering mismatch Topic started 07 Aug 2018 20:39, by heychrisaikens Last Post 07 Aug 2018 20:39 by heychrisaikens	Replies:0 Views:2005	Last Post by heychrisaikens 07 Aug 2018 20:39
How to get TMY3 data? Topic started 28 Apr 2016 18:11, by shahab.karimi@bfef.biz Last Post 06 Aug 2018 20:47 by Paul Gilman 1 2	Replies:7 Views:6702	Last Post by Paul Gilman 06 Aug 2018 20:47

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