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Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Wed Jul 27 00:07:46 CEST 2011



Sara baretller wrote:
> hi all
> 
> yes the gro file does have all  ions,  NA + number of ions equal to CL 
> number. so when i use grep command , i have same number of NA and CL and 
> that what tells me that something is wrong , because i should have 
> another 50 ions of NA extra  to neutralize the system
> 

I've never seen genion do anything like this.  If you send me your .tpr file 
(off-list) I will see if I can uncover what's going on.  I also need to know 
which Gromacs version you're using.

-Justin

> Thank you
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu 
> <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     Warren Gallin wrote:
> 
>         You are not specifying the ions to be added using the -pname and
>         -nname options with the genion command.
> 
>         Perhaps that is a problem?
> 
> 
>     They are not necessary; the default names are used and should be
>     correct for all force fields now that naming has been standardized.
> 
>     Thus far I have seen no evidence that genion is not doing what it is
>     supposed to.  It reports finding a net -50 charge on the system.
>      What happens then? Does the output coordinate file contain ions?
>      The topology will not be modified because genion is not being told
>     to (i.e. through the use of -p).
> 
>     -Justin
> 
> 
>         Warren Gallin
> 
>         On 2011-07-26, at 2:49 PM, Sara baretller wrote:
> 
>             thanks but i want to neutralize the system , why genion -s
>             file.tpr -conc 0.2 -neutral -o file.gro -random  does not
>             neutralize the system to 0 .
> 
> 
>             On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>             <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
>             Sara baretller wrote:
>             Hi
> 
>             this a part of the md.log  where the system has -50 charge
> 
>              two-body bonded interactions: 0.407 nm, Bond, atoms 514 515
>              multi-body bonded interactions: 0.731 nm, G96Angle, atoms
>             1272 1275
>             Minimum cell size due to bonded interactions: 0.804 nm
>             Maximum distance for 9 constraints, at 120 deg. angles,
>             all-trans: 0.810 nm
>             Estimated maximum distance required for P-LINCS: 0.810 nm
>             This distance will limit the DD cell size, you can override
>             this with -rcon
>             Optimizing the DD grid for 4 cells with a minimum initial
>             size of 0.810 nm
>             The maximum allowed number of cells is: X 11 Y 11 Z 11
>             Domain decomposition grid 4 x 1 x 1, separate PME nodes 0
>             Domain decomposition nodeid 0, coordinates 0 0 0
> 
>             Table routines are used for coulomb: TRUE
>             Table routines are used for vdw:     TRUE
>             Using shifted Lennard-Jones, switch between 0.9 and 1.2 nm
>             Cut-off's:   NS: 1.2   Coulomb: 1.2   LJ: 1.2
>             System total charge: -50.000
>             Generated table with 1100 data points for Shift.
>             Tabscale = 500 points/nm
>             Generated table with 1100 data points for LJ6Shift.
>             Tabscale = 500 points/nm
>             Generated table with 1100 data points for LJ12Shift.
>             Tabscale = 500 points/nm
>             Configuring nonbonded kernels...
>             Configuring standard C nonbonded kernels...
>             Testing ia32 SSE2 support... present
> 
> 
>             There's nothing abnormal here.  genion reports that it finds
>             a -50 charge on the system.  That's what it's supposed to
>             do.  Based on what it finds in the topology, it adds
>             neutralizing ions and any additional ions to reach the
>             specified concentration.  You only have a problem if grompp
>             later complains that there's still some residual charge
>             (excluding tiny rounding discrepancies).
> 
>             -Justin
> 
>             On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>             <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>
>             <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>               Sara baretller wrote:
> 
>                   Hi All
> 
>                   I used the genion command using like this "genion -s
>             file.tpr
>                   -conc 0.2 -neutral -o file.gro -random "  again and i
>             checked
>                   the md.log file and it says that the net charge is
>             negative like
>                   it was before using the genion command.
> 
>                   so can anybody tell me what is wrong with the line
>              genion -s
>                   file.tpr -conc 0.2 -neutral -o file.gro -random .
> 
> 
>               Please copy and paste the exact (pertinent) output from
>             the log file.
> 
>               -Justin
> 
>                   Sara
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                   On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Justin A. Lemkul
>                   <jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>
>             <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>>
>                   <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>
>             <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>>>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>                      Sara baretller wrote:
> 
>                          Hi all
> 
>                          I used the genion to add a concentration and to
>             neutalize the
>                          system in the same time by using the
> 
>                               *genion -s file.tpr -conc 0.2 -neutral -o
>             file.gro
>                   -random
>                               so it did add the NA and Cl but it did not
>                   neutralize the
>                          system, the net charge of the system still the
>             same negative.
> 
> 
>                      I find this hard to believe.  The application of
>             genion -conc
>                      -neutral has worked in every instance I've tried it
>             along every
>                      Gromacs version.  Check your output again.
> 
> 
>                               so i tried to use the genion seperate to
>             neutralize the
>                          charge using the file.tpr and out file as the
>             file.gro,                     however it reset the file.gro
>             and i lose the NA And
>                   CL ions
>                          added for the concentration.
> 
> 
>                      Without the actual sequence of commands, this is
>             not a useful
>                      description. genion adds ions based on whatever it
>             finds in
>                   the .tpr
>                      file (which is presumably not neutralized).  If you
>             do not
>                   re-create
>                      a .tpr file in between different additions of ions,
>             you're
>                   going to
>                      be undoing work you thought you did.
> 
>                      -Justin
> 
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