You lose, fella. The EMTP logic has detected an error condition, and is now going to terminate program execution. The following 6 d8 b8 A% f1 ^: x# @+ }1 kmessage summarizes the circumstances leading to this situation. Where an otherwise-unidentified data card is referred to, or where$ h) ^+ x2 n0 P+ y. _
the "last" card is mentioned, it is the most recently read card of the input data that is meant. The 80-column image of this card5 Z5 `3 }) `( x* R# p' J
is generally the last one printed out prior to this termination message. But possibly this last-read card has not yet been/ z9 s( c3 n' Z) j% V, P: p" `( H% F
displayed, so a copy follows:; P7 L [ _! S5 B$ n7 g) e: O& t
" " * H3 U6 e; }2 }8 [9 W/ x8 b+ }$ B KILL code number Overlay number Nearby statement number : I; l7 H" ]1 @6 M! ]- M 1 13 81090 V" W9 S6 _$ `8 k" g( ]0 ^
KILL = 1. Storage exceeded for EMTP List Number 8. See the dimensioned limit in the case-summary statistics below. The problem( o. p9 G( d* P8 {, q
is simply too big for the program as currently dimensioned. Yet, do not forget dynamic dimensioning as described in the Oct., 1993, . z) ~" P. q0 Cnewsletter. In this case, edit LISTSIZE.DAT to increase table sizes, and then try again. Of course, such dynamic expansion is* G8 w1 z, r; a( S! Y0 E2 g! h
possible only within limits fixed by LISTSIZE.BPA (used by variable-dimensioning program "VARDIM" as ATP is to be linked). : E) F% S8 l; y S0 `Sometimes the reason for EMTP table overflow is unclear, and Program Maintenance might wish to inspect the contents of the error 1 ?# \% e( P# H0 B2 ]interface vectors LSTAT and FLSTAT. These now follow. First comes LSTAT, using (12I10) encoding; then comes FLSTAT, B& u j8 j# O9 l* \! a" v
using (8E15.6) encoding:, E3 x! u+ H7 f
LSTAT = -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 10 80 7 K& k- u( R" A" J( ?LSTAT = 323 0 -9999 8 324 0 8109 -9999 116 155 323 7 * E- h( g; o' P- i9 S+ j/ kFLSTAT = 1.562500E-02 1.562500E-02 7.812500E-02 7.812500E-02 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 7 c/ J5 F3 w- P& D: p" `: |# S* X. c3 NFLSTAT = 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 5.000000E+01 6.000000E+01 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00& y/ T6 v- v; y% X& J
FLSTAT = 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 0.000000E+00 5 F+ U( J4 R' I- u% zYet maybe the user would like some suggestions as to why the table in question (List Number 8 ) has overflowed. If such further & @8 b/ V* [6 ^ d+ d" n r l6 zinformation is available, it will now follow immediately ....2 {4 _4 t3 B$ F o, [+ z
List 8 stores past history points for distributed-parameter transmission circuits (lines or cables) in modal form. Each g1 U1 V9 m! M2 Y2 b0 s2 W) V
propagation mode requires storage, and there are as many modes as there are coupled conductors or phases (e.g., a double-circuit " |) H+ w% q* [7 }; \line will normally have 6 modes). Each mode requires TAU / DELTAT entries, where TAU is the modal travel time of the line,8 | T6 ~0 W! F
DELTAT is the time-step size, and the division involves integer truncation followed by the addition of unity.5 S7 e- H4 ?+ v
In order to effectively trade memory space among the different EMTP tables (EMTP List Sizes), the user must know how many arrays 9 K3 d) N7 S- I5 R9 w: ~ Y(columns) there are in each table. The following tabulation shows the effective multiplicities that are associated with each) x8 {0 Y5 z9 |! h+ H. N
independent EMTP List Size (those lists whose lengths are under user control by means of the EMTP variable-dimensioning program: O F) V: N: C& |. {6 k0 P0 g
"VARDIM"). 2 i0 o8 t v- {: n+ P-------------1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ t. O V: e" G; j
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List Number 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 8 A6 b6 K- M, K2 N- E+ H& \" E! z8 |) i3 |# N' ^
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. @3 Q1 c5 J I# u7 e# --- Used only for virtual computers (Burroughs, PRIME, VAX, Apollo, etc.). Others can ignore this List.7 x# {% K4 W( S) _5 ^ J& b# N
* --- Rather than count List 24 itself, add the value to the floating-point and total counts for Lists 1 and 6.