I’ve been learning the Sim4Life software by following the tutorials. It is extremely helpful, but I ran into a problem. I hope I can get some help. Thank you!
I was following the step-by-step Yoon-sun Arm Stimulation Neuron HTML Tutorial provided in the software. I finished the first part EM simulation, but when I ran the second part Neuron simulation, it failed immediately after it started. I’ve attached the project screenshot and log files to help with debugging.
file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/ZMT/Sim4Life/8.2/Documentation/html/Tutorials/Neuron/YoonSunArmStimulation.html
To make sure it’s not my implementation problem, I also ran the prebuilt Yoon-sun Arm Stimulation tutorial project. Again, the EM simulation finished, but the Neuron simulation failed with the same logs.
I suspect it's a compatibility problem with my laptop, but no clue how to dig deeper. To provide more context, I’m running it on a Alienware M15 Laptop, with AMD Ryzen7 5800H, 16GB memory, and RTX3060 GPU.
screenshot:
[image: 1742934789540-6afdb897-29bf-4d55-9d3c-b68e14eeae91-error_message.png]
log message:
[INFO]: iSolve X, Version 8.2.0 (16876), 64Bit Windows
[INFO]:
[INFO]: Running MPI version 2.0 on 1 process.
[INFO]: Loading all solver modules:
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\EmFdtdSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\EmLfComplexValuedSolvers.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\EmLfRealValuedSolvers.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\EmLfUnstructuredSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\EmModeMatchingSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\FluidSolverSchur.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\FluidSolverSimple.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\GradientCoilSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\NeuronSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\ScalarSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\SonicSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\ThermalSolverDouble.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\ThermalSolverSingle.x.dll'
[INFO]: Loaded 'D:\Program Files\Sim4Life_8.2.0.16876\Solvers\ThermalUnstructuredSolver.x.dll'
[INFO]:
[INFO]:
[INFO]: Simulation 'Neuronal Dynamics' started on 2025-Mar-25 15:41:29
[INFO]:
[INFO]: Installed system RAM visible to this process: 15.9 GB
[INFO]:
[INFO]: Solver type: Neuron
[INFO]: Input file name: D:\2025Winter\MagStim\Sim4Life\20250303_trial_v3_neural.smash_Results\5d8a6b11-c863-4e92-a477-578cdbb6515a_Input.h5
[INFO]: Input file generated by: Sim4Life, Version 8.2.0.16876
[INFO]: Output file name: D:\2025Winter\MagStim\Sim4Life\20250303_trial_v3_neural.smash_Results\5d8a6b11-c863-4e92-a477-578cdbb6515a_Output.h5
[INFO]:
[INFO]: [2025-Mar-25 15:41:30] Checking out license feature 'NEURO_SOLVER', expiring the 1-apr-2026, version 8.2, (1).
[INFO]: Using 8 threads to compute the neurons
[INFO]: Number of neuron simulations: 159
[INFO]: Number of neuron groups: 159
[INFO]: Initialization input files: Current and peak CPU memory usage: 29.6 MB / 29.6 MB (current is 100.0 % of peak)
[INFO]: Computing Neuron Simulations
[INFO]:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [1] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [4] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [5] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [0] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [2] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [6] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [7] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[ERROR]: Simulation of neuron group 'Neuronal Dynamics' [3] failed.
[ERROR]: The log file contains:
[INFO]: Elapsed time for 'Computing Neuron Simulations' was 00:00:01 wall clock time.
[INFO]: Neuron simulations: Current and peak CPU memory usage: 31.8 MB / 32.1 MB (current is 99.0 % of peak)
[ERROR]: At least one of the simulation groups failed. See messages above.
[INFO]: [2025-Mar-25 15:41:31] Released license feature 'NEURO_SOLVER'.
[INFO]:
[ERROR]: Simulation 'Neuronal Dynamics' failed on 2025-Mar-25 15:41:31
[INFO]: Peak CPU memory usage: 32.1 MB (33701888 Bytes)
[INFO]:
[ERROR]: iSolve framework failed (see previous error messages).