Below is my .mdp file. The timestep dt shows as 0.001 ps<br><br clear="all">title                    = protein<br>
cpp                      = /lib/cpp<br>
; RUN CONTROL<br>
integrator               = md<br>
nsteps                   = 3000000<br>
dt                       = 0.001<br>
; NEIGHBOR SEARCHING<br>
nstlist                  = 10<br>
ns_type                  = grid<br>
pbc                      = xyz<br>
rlist                    = 0.9<br>
; OUTPUT CONTROL<br>
nstxout                  = 500<br>
nstvout                  = 500<br>
nstxtcout                = 0<br>
nstlog                   = 10<br>
constraints              = all-bonds<br>
nstenergy                = 100<br>
; OPTION FOR ELECTROSTATIC AND VDW<br>
coulombtype              = PME<br>
rcoulomb_switch          = 0<br>
rcoulomb                 = 0.9<br>
; Dielectric constant (DC) for cut-off or DC of reaction field<br>
epsilon_r                = 1<br>
; Method for doing Van der Waals<br>
vdw-type                 = Cut-off<br>
; cut-off lengths<br>
rvdw_switch              = 0<br>
rvdw                     = 0.9<br>
; Apply long range dispersion corrections for Energy and Pressure<br>
DispCorr                 = No<br>
; Extension of the potential lookup tables beyond the cut-off<br>
table-extension          = 2.5<br>
; Spacing for the PME/PPPM FFT grid<br>
fourierspacing           = 0.28<br>
; FFT grid size, when a value is 0 fourierspacing will be used<br>
fourier_nx               = 0<br>
fourier_ny               = 0<br>
fourier_nz               = 0<br>
; EWALD/PME/PPPM parameters<br>
pme_order                = 4<br>
ewald_rtol               = 1e-05<br>
ewald_geometry           = 3d<br>
epsilon_surface          = 0<br>
optimize_fft             = no<br>
; OPTIONS FOR WEAK COUPLING ALGORITHMS<br>
tcoupl                   = V-rescale<br>
tc_grps                  =  SOL Protein Na<br>
tau_t                    =  0.1 0.1 0.1<br>
ref_t                    =  300 300 300<br>
Pcoupl                   = Berendsen<br>
Pcoupltype               = isotropic<br>
; Time constant (ps), compressibility (1/bar) and reference P (bar)<br>
tau_p                    = 1.0<br>
compressibility          = 4.5e-5<br>
ref_p                    = 1.0<br>
gen_vel                  = yes<br>
gen_temp                 = 300<br>
<br>--<br>Chandan kumar Choudhury<br>NCL, Pune<br>INDIA<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Mark Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<div class="im">On 17/02/10 04:43, Chandan Choudhury wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks Justin !!<br>
But my state_prev.cpt file shows<br>
$gmxcheck -f state_prev.cpt<br>
<br>
Checking file state_prev.cpt<br>
<br>
# Atoms  186864<br>
Last frame         -1 time 9346.700<br>
<br>
<br>
Item        #frames Timestep (ps)<br>
Step             1<br>
Time             1<br>
Lambda           1<br>
Coords           1<br>
Velocities       1<br>
Forces           0<br>
Box              1<br>
<br>
Here also the time is greater than the .trr file.<br>
<br>
Cant understand how to overcome it.<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
Your checkpoint interval need not match your .trr-writing interval - see your .mdp file.<div class="im"><br>
<br>
Mark<br>
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