[gmx-users] timesteps don't match error

maria goranovic mariagoranovic at gmail.com
Fri May 2 17:36:48 CEST 2008


Yes, I am quite sure I am not missing frames.

Do you mean "8 and 10 ARE the different time intervals it found not
matching."

Thank you, again !

-MAria

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Xavier Periole <X.Periole at rug.nl> wrote:

> On Fri, 2 May 2008 17:06:08 +0200
>  "maria goranovic" <mariagoranovic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I see. And how can I fix this ? Using trjconv -timestep ? I just want to
> > be
> > sure ...
> >
> Well if you are missing frames it is difficult to fix it! But using
> -timestep
> indeed allows you to change it. Just make sure this is only a due to
> starting time and not something else. This would matter if you look
> at time dependent stuff ...
>
> >  Timesteps at t=21610 don't match (8, 10)
> > >
> > 8 and 10 and the different time intervals it found not matching.
>
>   Reading frame      50 time 21670.002  Timesteps at t=21700 don't match
> > > (10, 2)
> > >
> > >  Timesteps at t=21702 don't match (2, 8)
> > >
> > >  Timesteps at t=21710 don't match (8, 10)
> > >  Reading frame      60 time 21760.002  Timesteps at t=21800 don't
> > > match (10, 2)
> > >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Xavier Periole <X.Periole at rug.nl> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > You probably fond the problem. trjcat expects 10 ps intervals
> > > between frames. If it is not the case it complains.
> > > On Fri, 2 May 2008 13:14:07 +0200
> > >
> > >  "maria goranovic" <mariagoranovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have gmxchecked my individual trr files. They should contain 10
> > > frames
> > > > each, but the output looks like:
> > > >
> > > > #####################
> > > > Reading frame      10 time 10002.000
> > > > Timesteps at t=10000 don't match (10, 2)
> > > > Last frame         10 time 10002.000
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Item        #frames
> > > > Step            11
> > > > Time            11
> > > > Lambda          11
> > > > Coords          11
> > > > Velocities      11
> > > > Forces           0
> > > > Box             11
> > > >
> > > > gcq#54: "I'm a Wishbone and I'm Breaking" (Pixies)
> > > > #####################
> > > >
> > > > I think I have some idea of what the problem might be. I use the
> > > > following
> > > > method to continue my simulation trajectories:
> > > >
> > > >  From the minimized structure, I first run a short 2 ps (1000 step)
> > > > >
> > > > simulation where I assign initial velocities. I obtain out-1.trr and
> > > > out-1.edr and out-1.gro. I then want to use tpbconv to continue the
> > > > simulation, like so:
> > > >
> > > > tpbconv -f out-1.trr -s out-1.tpr -e out-1.edr -extend 100 -o
> > > out-2.tpr
> > > >
> > > > However, out-1.tpr cannot be used to continue the simulation,
> > > because
> > > > new
> > > > velocities would be assigned, and I might want to change some
> > > parameter
> > > > (like removing restraints) when I continue the simulation. So, I
> > > then
> > > > make a
> > > > new out-1.tpr file based on a dummy .mdp file, which contains all
> > > the
> > > > new
> > > > parameters for the continuation run, and which looks like:
> > > >
> > > > grompp -f dummy.mdp -c out-1.gro -p temp.top -o out-1.tpr
> > > >
> > > > #######
> > > > integrator          =  md
> > > > tinit               =  0
> > > > init_step           =  1000
> > > > nsteps              =  0
> > > > dt                  =  0.002
> > > >
> > > > etc...
> > > > #######
> > > >
> > > > So, the new tpr file suggests that the simulation should start from
> > > > 1000x
> > > > 0.002 = 2 ps. This seems to be the source of the problem somehow,
> > > > because
> > > > the error when I use gmxcheck on the merger trajectory is typically
> > > > like:
> > > >
> > > > Timesteps at t=21702 don't match (2, 8)
> > > >
> > > > So, there seems to be a 2 ps offset. the above output is also not
> > > very
> > > > clear
> > > > to me. What does (2,8) mean ? I hope this makes things a little more
> > > > clearer.
> > > >
> > > > So there are no missing frames, but how do I fix the timestamps and
> > > so ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot for reading the long email and helping out
> > > >
> > > > -maria
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Xavier Periole <X.Periole at rug.nl>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  On Fri, 2 May 2008 12:01:37 +0200
> > > > >  "maria goranovic" <mariagoranovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I used:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > trjcat -o out.trr  -f  *trr
> > > > > >
> > > > > It looks like you have missing frames in your xtc files ... that
> > > > > happens sometimes when the simulation is stopped and restarted
> > > > > from the trr file whereas the buffer of the xtc file is not
> > > emptied.
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you gmxcheck the xtc files?
> > > > >
> > > > >  On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Mark Abraham <
> > > > > Mark.Abraham at anu.edu.au>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  maria goranovic wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > After using gmxcheck on a merged trajectory, I get the
> > > following
> > > > > > > error
> > > > > > > > throughout the trajectory. What does this mean ?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How did you merge the trajectory?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Thank you for the help.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > .....
> > > > > > > > Timesteps at t=21610 don't match (8, 10)
> > > > > > > > Reading frame      50 time 21670.002  Timesteps at t=21700
> > > don't
> > > > > > > match
> > > > > > > > (10, 2)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Timesteps at t=21702 don't match (2, 8)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Timesteps at t=21710 don't match (8, 10)
> > > > > > > > Reading frame      60 time 21760.002  Timesteps at t=21800
> > > don't
> > > > > > > match
> > > > > > > > (10, 2)
> > > > > > > > ....
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > and so on.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Maria G.
> > > > > > > > Technical University of Denmark
> > > > > > > > Copenhagen
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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Maria G.
Technical University of Denmark
Copenhagen
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