Custom:meter cannot be loaded in $output()

[fabienrouault]

Hello @hongyuanjia,

Before any comments, I want to thank you and your collaborators for your great job with the packages eplusr and epluspar. These tools are very useful.

I am trying to carry out a Bayesian calibration with epluspar. However, I am facing a problem with adding the following custom meter in $output() :

Meter:Custom,
CustomLights, !- Name
Electricity, !- Resource Type
Depto201_8376d7ca, !- Key Name 1
Zone Lights Electricity Energy, !- Output Variable or Meter Name 1
Depto202_065db6d5, !- Key Name 2
Zone Lights Electricity Energy, !- Output Variable or Meter Name 2
Depto203_ee2eff98, !- Key Name 3
Zone Lights Electricity Energy, !- Output Variable or Meter Name 3
Depto204_b3ba733f, !- Key Name 4
Zone Lights Electricity Energy, !- Output Variable or Meter Name 4
Depto205_ca4768b6, !- Key Name 5
Zone Lights Electricity Energy, !- Output Variable or Meter Name 5
Depto206_2149faff, !- Key Name 6
Zone Lights Electricity Energy; !- Output Variable or Meter Name 6

When I run a simulation with the seed .idf file the custom meter is present in the mdd file :

══ EnergyPlus Meter Data Dictionary File ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

• EnergyPlus version: NA
• Simulation started: 2022-11-03 16:09:00

── Details ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
index reported_time_step report_type variable units
1: 623 Zone Meter CUSTOMLIGHTS

However, when I try to add it with $output() I have the following error :

Error: Invaid variable name found in input 'key_value': 'CUSTOMLIGHTS'.

The custom does not appear in the data frame mdd <- bc$read_mdd().

Custom meters is very useful to calibrate the model using measured data from submetering data.

Best regards

Fabien

[hongyuanjia]

Good to know those packages help! This is a reasonable feature request. I will work on it this week.