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| ||<tablestyle="float:right;" bgcolor="#FFFFF0">[[attachment:ptolemyEPlusSimuMac.png|{{attachment:ptolemyEPlusSimuMac.png||width=500}}]] <<BR>> '''~+Links+~'''<<BR>> Documentation [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/doc/manual/index.xhtml|Manual]], [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/doc/code/index.html|source code]] <<BR>>[[GettingStarted|Download and getting started]] <<BR>> [[Help]] || | ||<tablestyle="float:right;" bgcolor="#FFFFF0">{{attachment:ptolemyEPlusSimuMac.png||width=500}} <<BR>> ''BCVTB system model that links !EnergyPlus with Simulink.'' <<BR>> <<BR>> '''~+News+~'''<<BR>> August 9, 2010: [[Download#Release_0.7.0_.28August_9.2C_2010.29|Version 0.7.0]] has been released. <<BR>> <<BR>>'''~+Links+~'''<<BR>> Documentation: [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/latest/doc/manual/index.xhtml|Manual]] and [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/latest/doc/code/index.html|source code]]. <<BR>>[[GettingStarted|Download and getting started]]. <<BR>> [[Help]]. || |
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| * [[http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab|MATLAB]], * [[http://www.mathworks.com/products/simulink/|Simulink]], * [[http://www.dynasim.se|Dymola]], which is a [[http://www.modelica.org|Modelica]] modeling and simulation environment, * [[http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/|Radiance]], |
* the [[http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab|MATLAB]] and [[http://www.mathworks.com/products/simulink/|Simulink]] tools for scientific computing, * the [[http://www.modelica.org|Modelica]] modeling and simulation environment [[http://www.dynasim.se|Dymola]], * the [[http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/|Radiance]] ray-tracing software for lighting analysis, |
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| Special thanks go to Prof. Edward A. Lee and Christopher Brooks from the University of California at Berkeley for their support in integrating the BCVTB functionality into the Ptolemy II software. |
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| * University of Colorado at Boulder (Gregor Henze, Charles Corbin, Anthony Florita and Peter May-Ostendorp) for their contributions to the MATLAB interface and the !EnergyPlus 3.0 upgrade, and | * Gregor Henze, Charles Corbin, Anthony Florita and Peter May-Ostendorp from the University of Colorado at Boulder for their contributions to the MATLAB interface and the !EnergyPlus 3.0 upgrade. |
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| * Zhengwei Li from the Georgia Institute of Technology for the implementation of the BACnet interface. * Andrew !McNeill from LBNL for providing the Radiance example. |
Building Controls Virtual Test Bed
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The Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (BCVTB) is a software environment that allows expert users to couple different simulation programs for distributed simulation. For example, the BCVTB allows to simulate a building and HVAC system in EnergyPlus and the control logic in MATLAB/Simulink, while exchanging data between the software as they simulate. The BCVTB is based on the Ptolemy II software environment. The BCVTB is still aimed at expert users of simulation. Due to the different programs that may be involved in distributed simulation, familiarity with configuring programs is essential.
Programs that are linked to the BCVTB are
the EnergyPlus whole building energy simulation program,
the Radiance ray-tracing software for lighting analysis,
the BACnet stack, which allows exchanging data with BACnet compliant Building Automation System (BAS).
In addition to using programs that are coupled to Ptolemy II, Ptolemy II's graphical modeling environment can also be used to define models for control systems, for physical devices, for communication systems or for post-processing and real-time visualization.