Hi Martin,

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I am having a challenge  uploading my last two (2) measured climate data files into PVSol. I have converted the files into .DAT  format, as per the instructions but I keep getting "Conversion failed, Formatting error" message  whenever I try to upload same into PVSol. 

I have attached the two (2) files for your kind review and support. Could you please convert them into .DAT file for me.  I am  using  PVSOl Premium 2019 (R10)

Thanks 

Dongash

MLow Values.xlsx MHigh Values.xlsx

Hi Dongash,

I guess it is line 3, as mentioned in our previous conversation, and the whitespace (space) right after the column name "Ta". Copy the values from your Excel sheet to a text file, remove the (invisible) tabs in line 3 and at the end of lines 1 and 2, remoe also the whitespace after Ta in line 4 (only the space, not the tab), then save as *.dat. That should work.

This doesn't import.

This works.

Hope that helps, kind regards,

Martin

Thank you. Problem solved.

Dongash

weather.dat

I am getting this error

can you please fix this error

"Conversion failed, Formatting error" 

Diamond_Tyres-hour_modified.dat

Hello Nasr,

there are values missing at the end of the file. You should provide 8760 rows with values, one row for each hour of the year. So, including the header, the last line number of the file should be 8764.

Kind regards,

Martin

Diamond_Tyres-hour.datsame issue with this file

Hallo again,

here the header seems to be the problem:

1. Remove the " from the second line
2. Replace the space between Ta and Gh and Gh and FF with a tab (\t)

Kind regards,

Martin

1.which text editor you are using

2.can you please explain what do you mean by a tab between  Ta and Gh and Gh and FF

3. i tried this it doesn't worked for me i have also attached the screenshot and file.

4.can you please update the file and send it to me.

Diamond_Tyres-hour.dat

 

Hi Nasr,

1. In this case it is https://notepad-plus-plus.org/, a free editor which can show "hidden characters" like SPACE, TAB, NEWLINE and so on. View > Show Symbol > ...

2. TAB is a special character https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key#Tab_characters

So in this case the \t is represented as string:

and here as character:

Best regards,
Frederik

Diamond_Tyres-hour_fixed.dat

Thank you @developer_fw for the help.

where do I upload my measurments manually?

Hi Danielg,

could you specify your question?

Best regards,
Frederik

Hello, 

I have a question regarding importing data file. Does data file need to have only these 4 variables (temperature, GHI, humidity and wind) or there is a possibility to add DHI into climate file?

Hi Beva991,

3 hours ago, Beva991 said:

Does data file need to have only these 4 variables (temperature, GHI, humidity and wind)

the import data must be specified with only those four values. Otherwise MeteoSyn gives a format error. An option to use DHI is not supported.

Kind regards,
Frederik

Hi - is it possible to import other weather files such as .epw or .CSV files into PV*SOL?

thanks,

Astrid

Hello Astrid Schneider

33 minutes ago, Astrid Schneider said:

is it possible to import other weather files such as .epw or .CSV files into PV*SOL?

Yes, we do support character separated value files! Please have a look into our online help where you can find the mandatory file formatting: https://help.valentin-software.com/pvsol/2023/en/pages/system-type-climate-and-grid/meteosyn/#options

Kind regards
Frederik

Hello!
I now have the same error - Conversion failed, Formating error?

I checked all of the errors made above, but nothing helped.
Also, I already got it to work with another file and I cannot see the difference, why the second one does not work.

Would be grateful for some help,
Thanks,
Leonie

2022.dat

Dear Leonie,

Thank you for your inquiry.

The name of the location should be in inverted commas:

A few entries were missing in lines 1626 to 1629. We have copied in the entries from the previous day. We were then able to import the climate data. Enclosed you will find the file we edited.

It looks like this in the selection:

Bruckneudorf.dat

Good Day PVSol Gods,

I have been trying to upload climate data to pvsol for the past hour and am not sure what the issue is. 

Please see the .dat file im working on. and let me know what needs to change.

pvsol_formatted_weather.dat

Dear Kavish Chetty,

Thank you for your inquiry.

When attempting to import, you receive the error message:

After 7587 hours, 23 hours of climate data are missing:

We copied and pasted the previous 23 hours. We also changed the country code for South Africa (ZAR --> ZAF). We were then able to import the climate data, and the set appears in the list of data for South Africa. Attached is the file we edited.

pvsol_formatted_weather_VAL.dat

Thank you for the feedback.

On my pvsol version is just gives the error of not able to upload. No reason,

Thanks for the clarification

 

Dear Kavish Chetty,

Thank you for your inquiry.

Please check whether you can import the attached file.

18Halifax.wbv

Dear PVSOL
I hope this message finds you well
How can I import measured diffuse and direct normal irradiance into PVSOL? because the instruction shows only Gh, which is GHI, but how about DHI and DNI?

Dear Amir,

Thank you for your inquiry.

Unfortunately, an option to import DHI and DNI is not supported. You can only import these four values:
Ta - Ambient temperature in °C
Gh - Global horizontal radiation in Wh/m²
FF - Wind velocity in m/s
RH - Relative humidity in %

In PV*SOL, the global radiation on the horizontal GHI is divided into the direct and the diffuse components: BHI (beam horizontal irradiance) and DHI (diffuse horizontal irradiance). The models available for this division are described in our help section. Under "Options" --> "Simulation" you can select which model should be used: