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The BCVTB release includes the binary files that are compiled for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

To install the BCVTB, proceed as follows:

Follow the user installation instruction. This is sufficient for most users.
Next, if you like to develop new code for Ptolemy or for the BCVTB interface, follow the developer installation instruction.

Note for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer may save the file with the extension .zip instead of .jar. To avoid this, click "Save Target As..." (using the right mouse button) and then enter the name of the installation file, for example, bcvtb-install-0.6.0.jar. (Or use Firefox to avoid this problem.)

Contents

Release 0.8.0 (November 17, 2010)
Release 0.7.0 (August 9, 2010)
Release 0.6.0 (April 27, 2010)
Release 0.5.1 (February 9, 2010)
Release 0.5.0 (February 4, 2010)
Release 0.4.0 (November 5, 2009)
Release 0.3.1 (September 4, 2009)
Release 0.3.0 (August 24, 2009)
Release 0.2.0 (June 30, 2009)
Release 0.1.1 (September 30, 2008)
Release 0.1.0 (July 17, 2008)

1. Release 0.8.0 (November 17, 2010)

1.1. Download

Manual	html, pdf
Windows	bcvtb-install-win32-0.8.0.jar
Linux	bcvtb-install-linux32-0.8.0.jar
Mac OS X	bcvtb-install-mac64-0.8.0.jar

Note that these versions work with EnergyPlus 6.0, which needs to be downloaded separately from http://www.energyplus.gov.

1.2. Release notes

This version contains the following updates:

Improved documentation for all actors, including the examples for how to use the different actors.
Added examples for EnergyPlus 6.0.
Fixed a bug that occured when hundreds of data were exchanged. Note to EnergyPlus users: To fix this bug also in EnergyPlus 6.0.0, build 23, proceed as described here.

2. Release 0.7.0 (August 9, 2010)

2.1. Download

Manual	html, pdf
Windows	bcvtb-install-win32-0.7.0.jar
Linux	bcvtb-install-linux32-0.7.0.jar
Mac OS X	bcvtb-install-mac64-0.7.0.jar

Note that these versions work with EnergyPlus 5.0, which needs to be downloaded separately from http://www.energyplus.gov.

2.2. Release notes

This version contains the following updates:

Addition of the BACnet interface that can read to and write from BACnet devices.
Addition of examples for Radiance.
Completely revised manual.

3. Release 0.6.0 (April 27, 2010)

3.1. Download

Windows	bcvtb-install-win32-0.6.0.jar
Linux	bcvtb-install-linux32-0.6.0.jar
Mac OS X	bcvtb-install-mac64-0.6.0.jar

Note that these versions work with EnergyPlus 5.0, which needs to be downloaded separately from http://www.energyplus.gov.

3.2. Release notes

This version contains the following updates:

For the EnergyPlus client, the official version of EnergyPlus 5.0 can be used. EnergyPlus needs to be downloaded from http://www.energyplus.gov
The example files have been updated for EnergyPlus 5.0.
All configurations settings are now in the file systemVariables-*.properties.
The files bin/setenv.sh and bin/setenv.bat have been renamed to bin/setDevelopmentEnvironment.sh and bin/setDevelopmentEnvironment.sh. These files have been changed so that they get all environment variables from the file bin/systemVariables-*.properties. This avoids duplicate entry of system variables.
The Apache Ant build system is now distributed with the BCVTB installation. It will be installed in bcvtb/apache-ant. Existing installations of Apache Ant will not be affected by the BCVTB.
The expat library is included for Windows and Linux. (The default installation of Mac OS X already contains the expat library.)

4. Release 0.5.1 (February 9, 2010)

4.1. Download

bcvtb-install-0.5.1.jar
ep-4.0.zip This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.

4.2. Release notes

This version contains a bug fix that caused a NullPointerException if the SystemCommand actor is called from a finite state machine.

5. Release 0.5.0 (February 4, 2010)

5.1. Download

bcvtb-install-0.5.0.jar
ep-4.0.zip This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.

5.2. Release notes

This version contains the following updates:

Added a compact schedules to the EnergyPlus interface.
For the EnergyPlus interface, changed variable names in xml configuration file variables.cfg. The following name changes have been made
- old
  
  new
  
  dayschedule
  
  (Replaced by schedule)
  
  n/a
  
  schedule

Note that the new object schedule is similar to the Schedule:Compact in EnergyPlus and hence should not be used with a Schedule:Week.

You will have to manually update your files variables.cfg from earlier BCVTB versions.

For the EnergyPlus interface, changed variable names in idf files. The following name changes have been made

old	new
BCVTB	ExternalInterface
PtolemyLink	PtolemyServer
Schedule:Day:Dynamic	(replaced by ExternalInterface:Schedule)
n/a	ExternalInterface:Schedule
n/a	ExternalInterface:Actuator

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-. Follow the [[InstallationUser|user installation instruction]]. This is sufficient for most users.
 1. Next, if you like to develop new code for Ptolemy or for the BCVTB interface, follow the [[InstallationDeveloper|developer installation instruction]].
+. Follow the [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/latest/doc/manual/installation.xhtml|user installation instruction]]. This is sufficient for most users.
 1. Next, if you like to develop new code for Ptolemy or for the BCVTB interface, follow the [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/latest/doc/manual/development.xhtml|developer installation instruction]].
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-'''Note for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer:''' Internet Explorer may save the file with the extension {{{.zip}}} instead of {{{.jar}}}. To avoid this, click "Save Target As..." (using the right mouse button) and then enter the name of the installation file, for example, {{{bcvtb-install-0.5.0.jar}}}. (Or use Firefox to avoid this problem.)
+'''Note for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer:''' Internet Explorer may save the file with the extension {{{.zip}}} instead of {{{.jar}}}. To avoid this, click "Save Target As..." (using the right mouse button) and then enter the name of the installation file, for example, {{{bcvtb-install-0.6.0.jar}}}. (Or use Firefox to avoid this problem.)
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+== Release 0.8.0 (November 17, 2010) ==
=== Download ===
||Manual  || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.8.0/doc/manual/index.xhtml|html]], [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.8.0/doc/manual/bcvtb-manual.pdf|pdf]] ||
||Windows || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.8.0/bcvtb-install-win32-0.8.0.jar|bcvtb-install-win32-0.8.0.jar]] ||
||Linux || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.8.0/bcvtb-install-linux32-0.8.0.jar|bcvtb-install-linux32-0.8.0.jar]] ||
||Mac OS X || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.8.0/bcvtb-install-mac64-0.8.0.jar|bcvtb-install-mac64-0.8.0.jar]] ||
Note that these versions work with !EnergyPlus 6.0, which needs to be downloaded separately from http://www.energyplus.gov.

=== Release notes ===
This version contains the following updates:
 1. Improved documentation for all actors, including the examples for how to use the different actors.
 1. Added examples for !EnergyPlus 6.0.
 1. Fixed a bug that occured when hundreds of data were exchanged. Note to !EnergyPlus users: To fix this bug also in !EnergyPlus 6.0.0, build 23, proceed as described [[Download/EnergyPlus-6-0-0-build23|here]].

== Release 0.7.0 (August 9, 2010) ==
=== Download ===
||Manual  || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.7.0/doc/manual/index.xhtml|html]], [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.7.0/doc/manual/bcvtb-manual.pdf|pdf]] ||
||Windows || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.7.0/bcvtb-install-win32-0.7.0.jar|bcvtb-install-win32-0.7.0.jar]] ||
||Linux || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.7.0/bcvtb-install-linux32-0.7.0.jar|bcvtb-install-linux32-0.7.0.jar]] ||
||Mac OS X || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.7.0/bcvtb-install-mac64-0.7.0.jar|bcvtb-install-mac64-0.7.0.jar]] ||
Note that these versions work with !EnergyPlus 5.0, which needs to be downloaded separately from http://www.energyplus.gov.

=== Release notes ===
This version contains the following updates:
 1. Addition of the BACnet interface that can read to and write from BACnet devices.
 1. Addition of examples for Radiance.
 1. Completely revised manual.

== Release 0.6.0 (April 27, 2010) ==
=== Download ===
||Windows || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.6.0/bcvtb-install-win32-0.6.0.jar|bcvtb-install-win32-0.6.0.jar]] ||
||Linux || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.6.0/bcvtb-install-linux32-0.6.0.jar|bcvtb-install-linux32-0.6.0.jar]] ||
||Mac OS X || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.6.0/bcvtb-install-mac64-0.6.0.jar|bcvtb-install-mac64-0.6.0.jar]] ||
Note that these versions work with !EnergyPlus 5.0, which needs to be downloaded separately from http://www.energyplus.gov.

=== Release notes ===
This version contains the following updates:
 1. For the !EnergyPlus client, the official version of !EnergyPlus 5.0 can be used. !EnergyPlus needs to be downloaded from http://www.energyplus.gov
 1. The example files have been updated for !EnergyPlus 5.0.
 1. All configurations settings are now in the file [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/latest/doc/manual/settingEnvironmentVariables.xhtml|systemVariables-*.properties]].
 1. The files {{{bin/setenv.sh}}} and {{{bin/setenv.bat}}} have been renamed to {{{bin/setDevelopmentEnvironment.sh}}} and {{{bin/setDevelopmentEnvironment.sh}}}. These files have been changed so that they get all environment variables from the file {{{bin/systemVariables-*.properties}}}. This avoids duplicate entry of system variables.
 1. The Apache Ant build system is now distributed with the BCVTB installation. It will be installed in bcvtb/apache-ant. Existing installations of Apache Ant will not be affected by the BCVTB.
 1. The expat library is included for Windows and Linux. (The default installation of Mac OS X already contains the expat library.)

== Release 0.5.1 (February 9, 2010) ==
=== Download ===
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.5.1/bcvtb-install-0.5.1.jar|bcvtb-install-0.5.1.jar]]
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.5.0/ep-4.0.zip|ep-4.0.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.

=== Release notes ===
This version contains a bug fix that caused a !NullPointerException if the {{{SystemCommand}}} actor is called
from a finite state machine.
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- * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.5.0/bcvtb-install-0.5.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.5.0.jar]]
 * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.5.0/ep-4.0.zip|ep-4.0.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
+ * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.5.0/bcvtb-install-0.5.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.5.0.jar]]
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.5.0/ep-4.0.zip|ep-4.0.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
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-. For !EnergyPlus interface, changed variable names in xml configuration file {{{variables.cfg}}}. The following name changes have been made
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-. For !EnergyPlus interface, changed variable names in idf files. The following name changes have been made
+. For the !EnergyPlus interface, changed variable names in idf files. The following name changes have been made
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- You will have to manually update your idf files from earlier BCVTB versions. See also [[Configuration/EnergyPlus|Configuration/EnergyPlus]] for how to configure !EnergyPlus.
+ You will have to manually update your idf files from earlier BCVTB versions.
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- * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.4.0/bcvtb-install-0.4.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.4.0.jar]]
 * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. It is the same file as the one that is distributed with the BCVTB version 0.2.0. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
+ * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.4.0/bcvtb-install-0.4.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.4.0.jar]]
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. It is the same file as the one that is distributed with the BCVTB version 0.2.0. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
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- * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.3.1/bcvtb-install-0.3.1.jar|bcvtb-install-0.3.1.jar]]
 * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. It is the same file as the one that is distributed with the BCVTB version 0.2.0. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
+ * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.3.1/bcvtb-install-0.3.1.jar|bcvtb-install-0.3.1.jar]]
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. It is the same file as the one that is distributed with the BCVTB version 0.2.0. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
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- * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.3.0/bcvtb-install-0.3.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.3.0.jar]]
 * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. It is the same file as the one that is distributed with the BCVTB version 0.2.0. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
+ * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.3.0/bcvtb-install-0.3.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.3.0.jar]]
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. It is the same file as the one that is distributed with the BCVTB version 0.2.0. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
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- * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.2.0/bcvtb-install-0.2.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.2.0.jar]]
 * [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
+ * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.2.0/bcvtb-install-0.2.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.2.0.jar]]
 * [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.2.0/ep-3.1.zip|ep-3.1.zip]] This zip-file requires a password. To obtain the password, email the password of the official !EnergyPlus installation to ZhengweiLi.
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-||Download installation file || [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.1.1/bcvtb-install-0.1.1.jar|bcvtb-install-0.1.1.jar]] ||
+||Download installation file || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.1.1/bcvtb-install-0.1.1.jar|bcvtb-install-0.1.1.jar]] ||
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-||Download installation file || [[http://gaia.lbl.gov/bcvtb-releases/0.1.0/bcvtb-install-0.1.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.1.0.jar]] ||
+||Download installation file || [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/0.1.0/bcvtb-install-0.1.0.jar|bcvtb-install-0.1.0.jar]] ||

old	new
dayschedule	(Replaced by schedule)
n/a	schedule