Re: PME or not PME? What happens if PME is turned off?

From: Chris Harrison (charris5_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 03 2011 - 14:48:12 CDT

Can we see your config file?

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:54 PM, esmael <haddadian_at_uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried using the "FullDirect yes" option using NAMD 2.8, but keep getting
> this error message
>
> "FATAL ERROR: Communicate::sendMessage not from Pe 0" Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Esmael
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Chris Harrison wrote:
>
> > Actually, full electrostatics /is/ possible in NAMD. Use the
> > fullDirect keyword "FullDirect yes". But beware, this option is not
> > meant for production calculations as it is much slower than PME,
> > scaling as O(N^2).
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Jérôme Hénin <jhenin_at_ifr88.cnrs-mrs.fr>
> wrote:
> >> Hi Bjoern,
> >>
> >> If you turn PME off, you are running cutoff electrostatics. Yes, it's
> >> faster. And fullElectFrequency becomes irrelevant : there is no full
> >> electrostatics.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jerome
> >>
> >> On 18 July 2011 11:10, Bjoern Olausson <namdlist_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I just happened to run a simulation with PME turned off.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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>
>

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NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
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