Hello group.

I see to have a weird problem with my DOE2.2, and I can't find de way to
solve it.

Out of the blue, DOE2.2 started to print the following "format dump header"
(or a similar one) on (almost) each report page (LV or LS, PV or PS, SV or
SS). Below is a sample from the BEPS report.

***************************************
REPORT- BEPS Building Energy Performance
WEATHER FILE- Montreal Internation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
PRT3 failure @ 88010, IOSTAT: 62 Report: 34 Format: 1 Iuniq: 837
Kommnd: 1 Nwrit: 80
Format Dump:
(/

' TASK MISC SPACE SPACE HEAT
PUMPS',
' VENT REFRIG HT PUMP DOMEST EXT'/

' LIGHTS LIGHTS EQUIP HEATING COOLING REJECT &
AUX',
' FANS DISPLAY SUPPLEM HOT WTR USAGE TOTAL'/

' ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
-------',
' ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------')

EM1 ELECTRICITY
MBTU 327.2 0.0 321.0 625.9 420.6 36.5 232.9
556.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 129.9 2650.1

FM1 NATURAL-GAS
MBTU 0.0 0.0 0.0 559.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 283.5 0.0 843.4
PRT3 failure @ 88006, IOSTAT: 62 Report: 34 Format: 3 Iuniq: 837
Kommnd: 1 Nwrit: 15
Format Dump:
(' ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
=======',
' ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ========'//

5x, 2A4, -6P 12F9.1,F10.1)

TOTAL SITE ENERGY 3493.54 MBTU 45.8 KBTU/SQFT-YR
GROSS-AREA 45.8 KBTU/SQFT-YR NET-AREA
TOTAL SOURCE ENERGY 8793.82 MBTU 115.2 KBTU/SQFT-YR
GROSS-AREA 115.2 KBTU/SQFT-YR NET-AREA

PERCENT OF HOURS ANY SYSTEM ZONE OUTSIDE OF THROTTLING
RANGE = 1.62
PERCENT OF HOURS ANY PLANT LOAD NOT SATISFIED
= 0.00
HOURS ANY ZONE ABOVE COOLING THROTTLING RANGE
= 81
HOURS ANY ZONE BELOW HEATING THROTTLING RANGE
= 61

NOTE: ENERGY IS APPORTIONED HOURLY TO ALL END-USE
CATEGORIES.

***************************************

It doesn't seem to be related to the warnings / errors / "curve out of
bounds" warnings / etc. I may get when running a model.

At first, I thought it was because I was having problem with my new model
definition (something wrong with some parameters). But I have this "format
dump" header even with other models which were printing out correctly a few
days ago.

I uninstalled eQUEST and tried with another version of the software,
thinking I might have a corrupted installation; no change.
I tried with a different version of eQUEST; no change.

Any ideas? It's making reading the reports difficult, but I fear more it may
be hiding something more serious.

Regards,

Fr?d?ric Genest, ing.