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by DaveBreen
Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: VistaPro
Topic: Custom Variable Creation
Replies: 0
Views: 68856

Custom Variable Creation

Hi all,

Does anyone know whether or not it is possible to create a custom variable that can return a value as number of days/instances instead of just a quantity of hours?

For example, return the number of days that the temperature difference between the max indoor temp minus the max outdoor temp ...
by DaveBreen
Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:09 pm
Forum: General Lighting
Topic: Daylight Dimming Profile in AP-pro
Replies: 1
Views: 10443

Daylight Dimming Profile in AP-pro

I'm having a problem when writing a formula to deal with daylight dimming control.

I have 2No. sensors in a room and i want to be able to control each of them independantly.

In vista there are two different daylight illuminance variables to choose from, which represent e1 and e2.

The formula I'm ...
by DaveBreen
Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:34 pm
Forum: Radiance
Topic: Daylight Glare Index
Replies: 1
Views: 8231

Daylight Glare Index

Hi,

I'm trying to run a simulation for a highly glazed space and calculate the relevant glare index. The 6no. options I have available are what's standard. However the one I really need is the Daylight Glare index and it doesn't seem to be working correctly. All other indexes seem to give their ...
by DaveBreen
Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:57 pm
Forum: ApacheSim
Topic: Furniture Factor
Replies: 3
Views: 7502

Re: Furniture Factor

Hi,

Just to further the question about furniture factor. The default in IES is 1.00, can anyone tell me what 1.00 actually means?
Does it represent 100% or is it a multiplication factor? or what is it?

I would very much appreciate any information i can get.

Thanks in advance,
David Breen