Custom weather data files
PVsyst offers a very general programmable interpreter for importing custom files (either weather data or measured data files).
- The text file is assumed to hold one record (line) per time step.
- Time steps should be hours or fractions of hours.
- The Protocol defines Skipped lines, Separator, Variables to be read, Variables reading format.
- It performs physical unit conversions to match the PVsyst internal standard format [MJ, MJ/m², °C, m/s].
- Dates may be sequential (read or not on the file), or can have "holes".
- Possibility of automatically chaining daily or monthly files with coded filenames.
Read the step-by-step procedure.