import sys from ase.build import molecule from ase.optimize import BFGS from ase.calculators.espresso import Espresso from ase.calculators.socketio import SocketIOCalculator atoms = molecule('H2O', vacuum=3.0) atoms.rattle(stdev=0.1) # Environment-dependent parameters (please configure before running): pseudopotentials = {'H': 'H.pbe-rrkjus.UPF', 'O': 'O.pbe-rrkjus.UPF'} pseudo_dir='.' # In this example we use a UNIX socket. See other examples for INET socket. # UNIX sockets are faster then INET sockets, but cannot run over a network. # UNIX sockets are files. The actual path will become /tmp/ipi_ase_espresso. unixsocket = 'ase_espresso' # Configure pw.x command for UNIX or INET. # # UNIX: --ipi {unixsocket}:UNIX # INET: --ipi {host}:{port} # # See also QE documentation, e.g.: # # https://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/pw_user_guide/node13.html # command = 'pw.x < PREFIX.pwi --ipi ase_espresso:UNIX > PREFIX.pwo' espresso = Espresso(command=command, ecutwfc=30.0, pseudopotentials=pseudopotentials, pseudo_dir=pseudo_dir) opt = BFGS(atoms, trajectory='opt.traj', logfile='opt.log') with SocketIOCalculator(espresso, log=sys.stdout, unixsocket=unixsocket) as calc: atoms.calc = calc opt.run(fmax=0.05) # Note: QE does not generally quit cleanly - expect nonzero exit codes.