Re: [AMBER] QMMMMD blowup

From: David A. Case <case.biomaps.rutgers.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:22:57 -0400

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011, Yao Yao wrote:

> 300K constant temp QMMMMD
>  &cntrl
>   imin=0, ntb=2,
>   cut=8.0, ntc=2, ntf=2,
>   tempi=300.0, temp0=300.0,
>   ntt=3, gamma_ln=1,
>   ntp=1, taup=2.0,pres0=1,
>   nstlim=5000, dt=0.002,
>   ntpr=10, ntwx=10,ifqnt=1
>  /
>  &qmmm
>   qmmask=':1',
>   qmcharge=0,
>   qmtheory=1,
>   qmshake=1,
>   qm_ewald=1, qm_pme=1
>  /

Since you don't set irest, it looks like this is the initial equilibration run.
Generally, you should turn on QM/MM only after an initial equilibration with
MM only. Also, we recommed that you first equilibrate with ntb=1,ntp=0, then
move on to ntb=2,ntp=1. Once you have a system that you know is stable with
MM, then you can try a QM/MM run.

You may need much more than 5000 steps to equilibrate, and using the default
value of dt=0.001 during intial equilibration can also help.

...hope this helps....dac


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