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I am editing my original answer based on realizing some more things and reading comments added to the orginal question.... In short, I still have the same suggestion that you should try assigning your schedule to the "maximum fraction of outside air schedule".
The schedule you used applied as you applied it should act as a multiplier on the minimum outside air requirement. ...so, you also asked in your comment: "why do I still see outdoor air at night even though I have this schedule at the space/zone level?"
It might be economizer. From the I/O Reference for Controller:MechanicalVentilation
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"The actual outdoor air flow rate may be higher than the minimum if free cooling is available. Regardless, the outdoor air flow rate will not exceed the Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate specified in the associated Controller:OutdoorAir object or the Maximum Fraction of Outdoor Air Schedule (if specified) times the current system supply air flow rate."
I am editing my original answer based don't know OS, so I can't comment on realizing some more things and reading comments added how to the orginal question....
In short, do this in that UI, but I still have the same suggestion that think what you should try assigning need is to assign your schedule to the "maximum fractionmaximum outdoor air schedule field. Not: minimum as you stated in your question.... Actually, I just now looked more closely at the screenshots you posted and I see the input field is there for "maximum fraction of outside air schedule".
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...oh yeah, furthermore, I see now that the schedule you used applied as you applied it should act work as a multiplier on the minimum outside air requirement.
...so, you also asked in your comment: "why do I still design osa rate to force osa flow to zero at night. Might be worth trying the other schedule to see outdoor air at night even though I have this schedule at the space/zone level?"if that helps!
It might be economizer. From the I/O Reference for Controller:MechanicalVentilation
:
"The actual outdoor air flow rate may be higher than the minimum if free cooling is available. Regardless, the outdoor air flow rate will not exceed the Maximum Outdoor Air Flow Rate specified in the associated Controller:OutdoorAir object or the Maximum Fraction of Outdoor Air Schedule (if specified) times the current system supply air flow rate."
I don't know OS, so I can't comment on how to do this in that UI, but I think what you need is to assign your schedule to the maximum outdoor air schedule field. Not: minimum as you stated in your question.... Actually, I just now looked more closely at the screenshots you posted and I see the input field is there for "maximum fraction of outside air schedule".
...oh yeah, furthermore, I see now that the schedule you used should work as a multiplier on the design osa rate to force osa flow to zero at night. Might be worth trying the other schedule to see if that helps!schedule".
I don't know OS, so I can't comment on how to do this in that UI, but I think what you need is to assign your schedule to the maximum outdoor air schedule field. Not: minimum as you stated in your question.... Actually, I just now looked more closely at the screenshots you posted and I see the input field is there for "maximum fraction of outside air schedule".question.