Schedules¶
trnslator can parse EnergyPlus schedules. In EnergyPlus, there are many ways to define schedules in an IDF file. The Schedule module defines a class that handles parsing, plotting converting schedules.
Reading Schedules¶
trnslator can read almost any schedules defined in an IDF file using a few commands. First,
>>> import trnslator as tr
>>> idf = tr.load_idf(<idf-file-path>)
>>> this_schedule = Schedule(Name='name', idf=idf)
Converting Schedules¶
Some tools typically rely on a group of 3 schedules; defined as a Yearly, Weekly, Daily schedule object. This is the case for the IDF to TRNSYS converter. The Schedule module of trnslator can handle this conversion.
The year-week-day representation for any schedule object is invoked with
the to_year_week_day()
method:
>>> this_schedule.to_year_week_day()
Plotting Schedules¶
Schedules can be parsed as pandas.Series
objects (call the series property on a Schedule object) which then
exposes useful methods from the pandas package. For convenience, a wrapper for the plotting method is built-in the
Schedule class. To plot the full annual schedule (or a specific range), simply call the trnslator.schedule.Schedule.plot()
method. For example,
>>> this_schedule.plot(slice=("2018/01/02", "2018/01/03"), drawstyle="steps-post")