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This page describes how to fix a bug in the dll of !EnergyPlus 7.1.0, build12 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 7.1.0, build12 for Windows 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
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 1. Install the BCVTB version 1.1.0
 1. Download the bcvtb.dll for your architecture and copy it to the !EnergyPlus directory, such as {{{C:\Program Files\EnergyPlus-7-0-0}}}. This will replace the existing file with the same name.
  1. Windows 32 bit: [[attachment:win32.zip]]
 1. Install the BCVTB version 1.1.0.
 1. Download the bcvtb.dll for your architecture and copy it to the !EnergyPlus directory, such as {{{C:\Program Files\EnergyPlus-7-1-0}}}. This will replace the existing file with the same name.
  1. Click on [[attachment:bcvtb_win32.zip]] to download the bcvtb.dll for Windows 32 bit.
  1. Click on [[attachment:bcvtb_win64.zip]] to download the bcvtb.dll for Windows 64 bit.

This page describes how to fix a bug in the dll of EnergyPlus 7.1.0, build12 for Windows 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 1.1.0.
  2. Download the bcvtb.dll for your architecture and copy it to the EnergyPlus directory, such as C:\Program Files\EnergyPlus-7-1-0. This will replace the existing file with the same name.

    1. Click on bcvtb_win32.zip to download the bcvtb.dll for Windows 32 bit.

    2. Click on bcvtb_win64.zip to download the bcvtb.dll for Windows 64 bit.

bcvtb: Download/bcvtb-1-1-0_EnergyPlus-7-1-0-build12 (last edited 2012-06-14 17:27:26 by MichaelWetter)