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This page describes how to fix a bug in the dll of !EnergyPlus 6.0.0, build23. The error message that !EnergyPlus writes to its {{{.err}}} file is This page describes how to fix a bug in the dll of !EnergyPlus 6.0.0, build23 that may occur when exchanging a large amount of data in each time step.
The error message that !EnergyPlus writes to its {{{.err}}} file is

This page describes how to fix a bug in the dll of EnergyPlus 6.0.0, build23 that may occur when exchanging a large amount of data in each time step. The error message that EnergyPlus writes to its .err file is

 ExternalInterface starts first data exchange.
 Error: No digits were found in getDoubleCheckError.
 Further characters after number: 
 Sending EXIT_FAILURE = : 1
 **FATAL:Error in ExternalInterface: Check EnergyPlus *.err file.

To fix the bug, proceed as follows:

Windows

  1. Install the BCVTB version 0.8.0
  2. Copy the file bcvtb/lib/util/bcvtb.dll, where bcvtb is the top-level directory of the BCVTB installation, to the EnergyPlus directory, such as C:\Program Files\EnergyPlus-6-0-0. This will replace the existing file with the same name.

Linux

  1. Install the BCVTB version 0.8.0
  2. Copy the file bcvtb/lib/util/libbcvtb.so, where bcvtb is the top-level directory of the BCVTB installation, to the EnergyPlus lib directory, such as /usr/local/EnergyPlus-6-0-0. This will replace the existing file with the same name.

Mac

  1. Install the BCVTB version 0.8.0
  2. Copy this file to the EnergyPlus lib directory, such as /Applications/EnergyPlus-6-0-0/lib. This will replace the existing file with the same name. (Do not use the file from bcvtb/lib/util, since this is a 64-bit version, but EnergyPlus requires a 32-bit version.)

bcvtb: Download/EnergyPlus-6-0-0-build23 (last edited 2011-03-01 02:12:17 by MichaelWetter)