[gmx-users] energy group exclusion

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Sun Jan 14 23:37:26 CET 2018



On 1/14/18 12:35 PM, rose rahmani wrote:
> Yes.
> thank you so much
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 7:05 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 1/14/18 9:59 AM, rose rahmani wrote:
>>
>>> Hello;
>>>
>>> this is md_pull.mdp
>>>
>>> integrator               = md
>>> dt                       = 0.002
>>> nsteps                   = 1000000
>>> nstxout                  = 5000
>>> nstvout                  = 5000
>>> nstfout                  = 500
>>> nstlog                   = 500
>>> nstenergy                = 1000
>>> nstxtcout                = 1000
>>> nstlist                  = 10
>>> rlist                    = 1.5
>>> cutoff-scheme            = Verlet
>>> energygrp-excl           = WAL WAL ZnS ZnS
>>> coulombtype              = pme
>>> rcoulomb                 = 1.2
>>> vdwtype                  = Switch
>>> rvdw_switch              = 1.0
>>> rvdw                     = 1.2
>>> pcoupl                   = no
>>> gen_vel                  = no
>>> constraints              = h-bonds
>>> ns_type                  = grid
>>> pbc                      = xy
>>> freezegrps               = WAL ZnS
>>> freezedim                = Y Y Y Y Y Y
>>> energygrps               = SOL WAL ZnS Protein NA CL
>>> energygrp-excl           = WAL WAL ZnS ZnS
>>> nwall                    = 2
>>> wall-atomtype            = C C
>>> wall-type                = 9-3
>>> wall-density             = 150 150
>>> wall-ewald-zfac          = 3
>>> ewald-geometry           = 3dc
>>> fourierspacing           = 0.12
>>> tcoupl                   = v-rescale
>>> tc-grps                  = System
>>> tau-t                    = 0.1
>>> ref-t                    = 300
>>>
>>> ; Pull code
>>> pull                    = yes
>>> pull_ngroups            = 2
>>> pull_ncoords            = 1
>>> pull_group1_name        = ZnS
>>> pull_group2_name        = Protein
>>> pull_coord1_type        = umbrella
>>> pull_coord1_geometry    = direction
>>> pull_coord1_groups      = 1 2
>>> pull_coord1_dim         = N N Y
>>> pull_coord1_vec         = 0 0 1
>>> pull_coord1_rate        = -0.001
>>> pull_coord1_k           = 5000
>>> pull_coord1_start       = yes
>>> pull_nstxout            = 10
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ERROR 1 [file md_pull.mdp]:
>>>     Energy group exclusions are not (yet) implemented for the Verlet scheme
>>>
>>>
>>> WARNING 1 [file md_pull.mdp]:
>>>     Can not exclude the lattice Coulomb energy between energy groups
>>>
>>> Determining Verlet buffer for a tolerance of 0.005 kJ/mol/ps at 300 K
>>> Calculated rlist for 1x1 atom pair-list as 1.208 nm, buffer size 0.008 nm
>>> Set rlist, assuming 4x4 atom pair-list, to 1.200 nm, buffer size 0.000 nm
>>> Note that mdrun will redetermine rlist based on the actual pair-list setup
>>> Calculating fourier grid dimensions for X Y Z
>>> Using a fourier grid of 36x36x300, spacing 0.111 0.111 0.120
>>> Pull group  natoms  pbc atom  distance at start  reference at t=0
>>>          1       560       280
>>>          2        26       773       1.763 nm          1.763 nm
>>> Estimate for the relative computational load of the PME mesh part: 0.77
>>>
>>> NOTE 3 [file md_pull.mdp]:
>>>     The optimal PME mesh load for parallel simulations is below 0.5
>>>     and for highly parallel simulations between 0.25 and 0.33,
>>>     for higher performance, increase the cut-off and the PME grid spacing.
>>>
>>>
>>> This run will generate roughly 149 Mb of data
>>>
>>> There were 3 notes
>>>
>>> There was 1 warning
>>>
>>> There were 3 notes
>>>
>>> There was 1 warning
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> Program gmx grompp, VERSION 5.1.4
>>> Source code file:
>>> /home/sjalili/gromacs-5.1.4/src/gromacs/gmxpreprocess/grompp.c, line:
>>> 2107
>>>
>>> Fatal error:
>>> There was 1 error in input file(s)
>>> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the
>>> GROMACS
>>> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> i implemented  energygr-excl in mdp file, so why get this error?!
>>>
>> Read the above - such exclusions are not compatible with either the Verlet
>> scheme or with PME.
> Sorry, i couldn't understand "Read the above -such exclusions " ?

Read the messages above (error 1 and warning 1) as they tell you 
precisely why things fail. Energy group exclusions are not compatible 
with either Verlet or PME.

-Justin

>> and my second question is that i want to pull Protein(to get closer to
>>> sheet) to ZnS sheet, so should i use position restraint for Protein in
>>> this
>>> step?
>>>
>> If you want to induce motion in some species, does it make sense to apply
>> a biasing potential that prevents motion?
>>
>> and what is the difference between geometry= direction or distance in my
>>> system?
>>>
>> Please see the manual for a description of these features.
>>
>> -Justin
>>
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