You are most likely using the 4.0 transiesta executable. Please check your environment and use the 4.1-b1 executable.
2016-11-07 15:40 GMT+01:00 toufik esssakhri <tou...@hotmail.fr>: > Dear transiesta users, > > > i am using SIESTA 4.1-b1 to do transport calculations. > > for scattering calculations, i define the electrodes like this : > > ===================================== > #define electrodes > %block TS.Elecs > Left > Right > %endblock TS.Elecs > ===================================== > #define "Left" electrode > %block TS.Elec.Left > HS GR_Electrode_Left.TSHS > chem-pot Left #chemical potential corresponding to this electrode > semi-inf-dir -a3 #transport direction in this electrode > elec-pos begin 1 #number of first atom of "Left" electrode > %endblock TS.Elec.Left > ===================================== > #define "Right" electrode > %block TS.Elec.Right > HS GR_Electrode_Right.TSHS > chem-pot Right > semi-inf-dir +a3 > elec-pos end -1 #last atom of "Right" electrode corresponds to last atom > in geometry > %endblock TS.Elec.Right > ===================================== > > the calculations stops with this error : > Left electrode file does not exist. Please create electrode 'NOT > REQUESTED' first. > > i verify the existence of the electrode.TSHS file (GR_Electrode_Left.TSHS) > and that the positions in the scattering are the same as in the left > electrode > > any suggestions please > kind regards > taoufik > > > -- Kind regards Nick
