Daysim doesn't work when used with electric lights

[sariths]

Hi @mostaphaRoudsari ,

I just tried an electric lighting file with daysim and could not get it to work. Some screenshots are below:

The simulation works fine without electric lights.

I get this when I try to add _additionalRadFiles:

I tried to troubleshoot the rad file itself and it seems to be working fine:

Any idea why this might be happening ?

The ies file is : https://www.dropbox.com/s/kz16yj29o5cdo9u/RT5_2x2_Recessed.ies?dl=0 The gh file (downloaded from Hydra) is : https://www.dropbox.com/s/isdpqc5ugbypc2m/Honeybee_Annual_Daylight_Simulation_Example.gh?dl=0

[mostaphaRoudsari]

Hi @sariths! Do you know if it is even a possibility to add ies files to an annual simulation using Daysim? I'm not sure if it is possible at all. I can be totally wrong though.

I know some of the users have been doing something similar with Honeybee but I don't know about the details. Let me see if I can find it online.

[mostaphaRoudsari]

Here is the discussion and here is the paper.

[sariths]

@mostaphaRoudsari You are right. I don't think Daysim supports electric lighting. (Update: I know it doesn't , just checked with my advisor). I have been using DaysimPS for so long that I forgot that the original version of Daysim infact doesn't support electric lighting. We can still make Honeybee work with Daysim and Electric lighting. I will update the discussion on the forum here in a day or two with what I think might be a solution: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ladybug/forum/topics/ldt-file-and-ies-file-interior-light-contribute-in-annual