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Logs

gridmo offers a variety of logging support. By default, gridmo logs are always provided. We also provide the following additional types of logs:

  • Log files: When selected, all logs are provided from 3rd party power systems software.
  • Stand-alone folders: When selected, folders are created which contain all files necessary to run a particular test outside of the gridmo software platform. These 'Stand-alone folders' are tailored to each 3rd party power systems software. 'Stand-alone folders' are compressed (.zip) and the contents must be extracted before use. See Stand-alone folders below for full vs lite variants.
  • Working files: When selected, all working files are provided. This includes raw output files (e.g .out files) generated by 3rd party power systems software.
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When Working files is selected, the outputs folder may require significant storage capacity due to the size of the raw output files.

Stand-alone folders​

When you request stand-alone folders on the simulation launch window, the Engine writes a stand-alone package into each Task's _Logs zip under the simulation output folder.

Which package you get is controlled by an Engine setting, not by the launch window:

  1. Open the gridmo Engine Settings window.
  2. Go to the Advanced tab.
  3. Set Standalone type to either:
    • Full (default): writes a complete STANDALONE folder.
    • Lite: writes a reduced STANDALONE-LITE folder (see below).
  4. Save settings and restart the Engine for the change to apply.
gridmo Engine Settings Advanced tab showing Standalone type set to Lite

Full (STANDALONE)​

The full stand-alone folder contains everything needed to re-run that Task outside gridmo (models, scripts, and supporting files as produced for the relevant power systems software).

Lite (STANDALONE-LITE)​

STANDALONE-LITE is a space-saving variant of the full stand-alone folder. Files whose content already exists in the simulation's shared inputs (_Inputs.zip) are omitted from the lite folder. When files are omitted, _Instructions.txt inside STANDALONE-LITE lists each omitted file's path in _Inputs.zip and where to place it in this folder.

Restoring a STANDALONE-LITE folder​

Copy the omitted files back into STANDALONE-LITE so it has every file needed to reproduce the test.

  1. Extract the Task's _Logs zip and open STANDALONE-LITE/_Instructions.txt.
  2. Copy each listed file out of _Inputs.zip to the path shown in that file.

_Inputs.zip is in the simulation output folder, beside _Logs:

{sim_output}/_Inputs.zip
{sim_output}/_Logs/<task>.zip

For example, _Instructions.txt may look like:

From _Inputs.zip  Save as this file
----------------  -----------------
psse/solar.sav    solar.sav
psse/solar.dll    Models/solar.dll

Copy psse/solar.sav out of _Inputs.zip and save it as solar.sav in this folder. Create the Models folder if it is missing, then save psse/solar.dll there as solar.dll.