opendssdirect.py 0.3.0

Python direct-mode interface to OpenDSS

# OpenDSSDirect.py [](https://travis-ci.org/NREL/OpenDSSDirect.py) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/kdheepak/opendssdirect-py) [](https://codecov.io/gh/NREL/OpenDSSDirect.py) [](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/OpenDSSDirect.py/) [](http://nrel.github.io/OpenDSSDirect.py)

OpenDSSDirect.py is a Python package implements a “direct” library interface to [OpenDSS](http://smartgrid.epri.com/SimulationTool.aspx) using [dss_python](https://github.com/PMeira/dss_python/). OpenDSS is an open-source distribution system simulator. See [OpenDSSDirect.jl](https://github.com/tshort/OpenDSSDirect.jl) for a similar package in Julia.

This package is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

### Documentation

The documentation for this package can be found [here](http://nrel.github.io/OpenDSSDirect.py).

### Installation

Recommended: Install Python using Miniconda or Anaconda

Open a command line interface and type the following.

`bash pip install 'OpenDSSDirect.py[extras]' `

See [installation](https://nrel.github.io/OpenDSSDirect.py/notebooks/Installation.html) instructions for more information.

### Troubleshooting

It is recommended to use conda to install pandas, which is currently a dependency of this package. This package interfaces with OpenDSS using the “direct” library interface, so a good understanding of OpenDSS will help troubleshooting. There are plenty of useful resources located [here](https://sourceforge.net/p/electricdss/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/Doc/).

If you are having issues using this Python interface, feel free to open an Issue on GitHub [here](https://github.com/NREL/OpenDSSDirect.py/issues/new).

### Thanks

Thanks to @tshort, Davis, @temcdrm, @GordStephen, @Muxelmann and @PMeira for their contributions.

See @Muxelmann’s repo [here](https://github.com/Muxelmann/OpenDSSDirect.make) on how to build OpenDSS for Linux.

See @PMeira’s repo [here](https://github.com/PMeira/dss_python) for the interface used in this package.

See @PMeira’s repo [here](https://github.com/PMeira/electricdss-src) for changes to OpenDSS for maintaining cross platform compatibility.