Re: discrete energy value after restart

From: Chris Harrison (charris5_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 23 2011 - 10:00:07 CST

Dear Kang Hee,

If you perform a single namd run containing:

minimize 10
run 10

Do you find the last min step and first MD step to differ?

I suspect your velocities are being resassigned. This can occur when
performing a restart and not using the standard restart procedure in namd,
or when issuing a command to re-evaluate the velocities between the
minimize and run commands (ie reassigning the temperature).

Best,
Chris

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Kang Hee Cho <gkdkang_at_gmail.com> writes:
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:25:46 +0900
> From: Kang Hee Cho <gkdkang_at_gmail.com>
> To: namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: namd-l: discrete energy value after restart
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> I am trying to simulate a protein using NAMD, but I am having a
> problem with discrete energy value.
> 
> I want to simulate protein with NAMD 3 steps.
> First, minimization. (all atoms are fixed except backbone)
> Second, minimization with the backbone of the protein fixed.
> Third, execution with the backbone fixed.
> 
> I restarted my protein but I found that the energy of the last step of
> the first minimization and the starting step of the second one is
> different.
> 
> Last step of first minimization
> ETITLE:      TS           BOND          ANGLE          DIHED
> IMPRP               ELECT            VDW       BOUNDARY           MISC
>        KINETIC               TOTAL           TEMP      POTENTIAL
>   TOTAL3        TEMPAVG
> ENERGY: 1000 58.4236 481.1728 286.8849 4.8477 -2588.3444 -91.7916
> 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -1848.8071 0.0000 -1848.8071 -1848.8071 0.0000
> 
> Starting step of second simulation
> ENERGY: 1000 237.1904 2565.7394 553.0368 0.6446 -4628.9693 6496.4700
> 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 5224.1119 0.0000 5224.1119 5224.1119 0.0000
> 
> I have tried a lot of things, but I don't know what to do.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Cho
> 
> The molecule “qsu.psf”, “qsu.pdb” were used in the simulation.
> The file “qsu_nw_eq.conf” was written for the first step and the file
> “qsu_nw_eq2.conf” was for the second step
> 
> Another question is why I have to minimize whenever fixed atoms change
> their position?
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> "qsu_nw_eq.conf"
> 
> structure          qsu.psf
> coordinates        qsu.pdb
> 
> set temperature    300
> set outputname     qsu_nw_eq
> 
> firsttimestep      0
> 
> # Input
> paraTypeCharmm     on
> parameters          par_all22_prot.inp
> temperature         $temperature
> 
> # Force-Field Parameters
> exclude             scaled1-4
> 1-4scaling          1.0
> cutoff              13.5
> switching           on
> switchdist          10.
> pairlistdist        16.5
> 
> # Integrator Parameters
> timestep            2.0  ;# 2fs/step
> rigidBonds          all  ;# needed for 2fs steps
> nonbondedFreq       1
> fullElectFrequency  2
> stepspercycle       10
> 
> # Output
> outputName          $outputname
> 
> restartfreq         500     ;# 500steps = every 1ps
> dcdfreq             50
> outputEnergies      100
> outputPressure      100
> 
> # Fixed Atoms Constraint
> fixedAtoms          on
> fixedAtomsFile      qsu_nw_eq.ref ;# all atoms are fixed except backbone
> 
> fixedAtomsCol       B
> 
> # Minimization
> minimize            1000
> 
> --------------------------------------
> "qsu_nw_eq2.conf"
> 
> structure          qsu.psf
> coordinates        qsu.pdb
> bincoordinates     qsu_nw_eq.coor
> binvelocities      qsu_nw_eq.vel
> #extendedSystem
> 
> set outputname     qsu_nw_eq2
> firsttimestep      1000
> 
> # Input
> paraTypeCharmm     on
> parameters          par_all22_prot.inp
> 
> # Force-Field Parameters
> exclude             scaled1-4
> 1-4scaling          1.0
> cutoff              13.5
> switching           on
> switchdist          10.
> pairlistdist        16.5
> 
> # Integrator Parameters
> timestep            2.0  ;# 2fs/step
> rigidBonds          all  ;# needed for 2fs steps
> nonbondedFreq       1
> fullElectFrequency  2
> stepspercycle       10
> 
> # Output
> outputName          $outputname
> restartfreq         500     ;# 500steps = every 1ps
> dcdfreq             50
> outputEnergies      100
> outputPressure      100
> 
> # Fixed Atoms Constraint
> fixedAtoms          on
> fixedAtomsFile      qsu_nw_eq2.ref ;# backbone of the protein fixed
> 
> fixedAtomsCol       B
> 
> # Minimization
> minimize            1000
> run 1000
> ---------------------------------------------
> 

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