OpenDSS Installation for use in CLI

OpenDSS functionality is available through the URBANopt DiTTo Reader, which:

converts URBANopt^™ output files for a scenario into OpenDSS input files
runs the OpenDSS workflow
stores OpenDSS results into the URBANopt scenario directory

Requirements

While most of the URBANopt SDK uses Ruby, the OpenDSS part of the workflow is implemented in Python:

Python 3.7 or higher

Installation

Ensure that you have python version 3.7 or higher installed on your system.

Attention Pyenv users: You must install python with the ‘enable-shared’ flag:
```
 env PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS='--enable-shared' pyenv install 3.7.X
```
Install pip. The following command should return the version if pip is already installed, and fail otherwise:
```
 pip --version
```
Install the URBANopt Ditto Reader package:
```
 pip install urbanopt-ditto-reader
```

This command will also automatically install the ditto repository.

To verify your install, list the packages installed using the pip list command. The listing of packages installed should include urbanopt-ditto-reader.

$ pip list
Package                 Version Location
----------------------- ------- ------------------------------------------
ditto.py				0.2.0
networkx            	2.5
numpy               	1.201
OpenDSSDirect.py    	0.6.0
pandas              	1.2.2
pip                 	21.0.1
setuptools          	53.0.0
traitlets           	5.0.5
urbanopt-ditto-reader 	0.3.6

Troubleshooting for WINDOWS users

Configuring the following environment variables may help if you are having issues running this workflow.

Ensure that the python directory and the python/Scripts directory are in your PATH variable
Ensure that the python paths from above are listed before the path that starts with %USERPROFILE% and points to AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps

Add an environment variable PYTHONPATH that points to your python directory

      PYTHONPATH = C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37

Add an environment variable LIBPYTHON that points to your python DLL

      LIBPYTHON = C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python37.dll

Once you have made these changes, close and reopen your Terminal/GitBash window for these changes to take effect.

Visit the OpenDSS page for instructions on how to run the OpenDSS workflow.