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Index of Error messages

LUSAS Modeller or Windows messages  |  LUSAS Solver messages  |  General error messages  |  Licensing and Installation messages 

LUSAS Modeller or Windows messages (alphabetical)

• Error : General Protection Exception

• ***ERROR*** MASTER INDEX TABLE IS FULL

• Error : Out of Environment Space

• ***fatal database error*** detected in routine MDLUSE

• General VBScript or Active X errors

• Unable to determine architecture of results file. The file may not have been closed properly

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LUSAS Solver messages (alphabetical)

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 29

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 30

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 37

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 38

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 404

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 413

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 416

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** ERROR DURING I/O , IOSTAT= 422

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** Illegal value of i, j, k or l used to Dimension an array

• ***DATABASE ERROR*** Unable to expand memory. Address space full

• ***ERROR*** ATTEMPTING TO REFORM STIFFNESS MATRIX IN A LINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS

• ***ERROR*** CARTESIAN SETS MAY NOT BE SET FOR MATERIAL MODEL TYPE 16

• ***ERROR*** CURRENT AREA OF ELEMENT P IS Q

• ***ERROR*** EIGENVALUE EXTRACTION UNSUCCESSFUL

• ***ERROR*** ELEMENT P HAS NONLINEAR MATERIAL MODEL IN A LINEAR PROBLEM (XTNDSS PROCESSOR)

• ***ERROR*** ELEMENT NUMBER P ILLEGAL JACOBIAN DETERMINANT OF -0.3881E+01

• ***ERROR*** ELEMENT NUMBER P, NODE Q, VARIABLE R HAS ILLEGAL DIAGONAL DECAY 

• ***ERROR*** ELEMENT NUMBER P REPEATED COORDINATE (KSPLAT PROCESSOR)

• ***ERROR*** INPUT/OUTPUT ERROR ON SCRATCH FILES : POSSIBLE CAUSE IS LACK OF DISK SPACE

• ***ERROR*** LOADING TYPE TTPDSP COMPONENT 9 INVALID FOR SOME/ALL NODES

• ***ERROR*** MASTER INDEX TABLE IS FULL

• ***ERROR*** NONLINEAR CONTROL MUST BE USED IF AN ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE ELEMENTS

• ***ERROR*** NUMBER OF NEGATIVE PIVOTS IS GREATER THAN 1 ON FACTORING 

• ***ERROR*** PIVOT ON LEADING DIAGONAL IS ZERO. MATRIX IS SINGULAR

• ***ERROR*** PROBLEM TOO LARGE FOR EVALUATION VERSION

• ***ERROR*** SLIDELINE P IS OF A TYPE THAT IS ONLY PERMITTED IN NONLINEAR PROBLEMS (SLCKAS PROCESSOR)

• ***ERROR*** TOO MANY ADJACENT ELEMENTS - INCREASE VALUE OF MXSLAE USING SYSTEM COMMAND

• ***** PROCESS ERROR REPORTED BY SUBROUTINE xdseex

• ***SYSTEM ERROR*** (IOMRWF PROCESSOR) NERROR=

Solver exit codes:

• 0: Success

• 1: Solver run aborted or terminated with a fatal error

• 2: Nonlinear analysis failed to converge

Please report any other values to LUSAS Technical Support, as this represents some kind of unexpected runtime failure

General errors

• General database errors

• General Jacobean errors

• General system errors

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Licensing messages (alphabetical)

• ***ERROR*** PROBLEM TOO LARGE FOR EVALUATION VERSION

• ***ERROR*** No appropriate valid licenses found in file C:\LUSAS150\\fea.key - Consult your local distributor

• LUSAS Limited Version in Operation

• Error(s) occurred on validating Modeller key: [SENTINELLM,STANDALONE,#KeyID#]
   - The USB key is not present in USB port (for feature "LusasM_####")
   - A licence matching the feature "LusasM_#KeyID#" could not be found on server "no-net"

• Error(s) occurred on validating Modeller key: [SENTINELLM,"HOSTNAME",#KeyID#]
   - Server "HOSTNAME" could not be found, for feature "LusasM_#KeyID#". The network may be unavailable"
   - A licence matching the feature "LusasM_#KeyID#" could not be found on server "HOSTNAME"
   - Key expired
   - Licence feature "LusasM_#KeyID#" has expired
   - Licence is for a different product
   - Incorrect product

• No valid licences are available to LUSAS on this machine, licences may be added or made available to LUSAS via the configuration utility.

• Number of nodes ### exceeds evaluation limit of 500

• Number of elements ### exceeds evaluation limit of 250

• Number of loadcases ### exceeds evaluation limit of 10

• Number of points ### exceeds evaluation limit of 100

• [SENTINELLM,"HOSTNAME",#KeyID#]: Error[3]: Failed to resolve the server host "HOSTNAME". . .

• [SENTINELLM,"HOSTNAME",#KeyID#]: Error[5]: Cannot talk to the license server on host "HOSTNAME". Server not running??
  Sentinel RMS Development Kit: Error [17]: probably no servers are running on this subnet

• The specified server could not be found or the network is for some reason unavailable.

Installation  messages (alphabetical)

• 'Microsoft Vbscript runtime error: object required: 'cbo material' at Line ##.' 'Microsoft Vbscript runtime error: object required: 'cbo template' at Line ##.'

• Unable to create one or more controls

• Windows Installer could not find some files that are required for LUSAS to run correctly. Please run ActiveX Control Pad Installer "C:\LUSAS150\Third Party\Scripting\ActiveX\setuppad.exe" when the current installation is complete

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