# CMAQ(FEST-C) ERROR :When it comes to the EPIC to CMAQ link

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**Category:** FEST-C\
**Created:** [May 4, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/cmaq-fest-c-error-when-it-comes-to-the-epic-to-cmaq-link/4101 "2023-05-04T01:24:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xin\_jiayi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Xin\_jiayi](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/Xin_jiayi)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/cmaq-fest-c-error-when-it-comes-to-the-epic-to-cmaq-link/4101/1 "2023-05-04T01:24:06Z")

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I use CMAQ v5.3.2 version and FEST-C v1.4 version.  
First , when running EPICtoCMAQ, the following error occurs.

> Reading EPIC site daily time step output NCD files…

```
    Error: File = /home/u220220948411/festc/scenarios/test3/output4CMAQ/spinup/daily/1.NCD items = 88 Standard Items = 71
    lineNums = 2: 4022, 40.SIT ,KSGREATB.WP1 ,KSGREATB.WND ,738KS0047KSC.SOL ,4022.OPC , 38.69, -98.25,2001, 12, 22, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, -0.13, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.06, 0.05, 1.48, 0.10, 7.52, 0.00, 0.000, 5412., 1.101, 0.01, 1.35, 1.31, 0.17, 0.44, 79.39, 0.73, 38.99, 654.84, 0.00, 0.10, 1.35, 15.81, 1.47, 0.39, 398.98, 7.56, 350.83, 4448.07, 0.00, 1.87, 1.35, 29.53, 2.49, 2704.40, 191.22, 6582.13, 29707.82, 0.00, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,FESC, 33.50, 0.00, 0.05, 1.20, 0.96

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==== Error in EPIC to CMAQ run

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According to the log file, I removed the extra columns and EPICtoCMAQ ran successfully.But when I import the output file into the CMAQ model, I get the following error.

> ```
> *** ERROR ABORT in subroutine depv_data_setup on PE 039 
> 
> ```

```
 Could not read "L1_SW" from file "E2C_CHEM"

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PM3EXIT: date&time specified as 0  
Date&time specified as 0

The detailed description and variable information of the relevant documents have been uploaded to the attachment, and I hope you can give suggestions and methods.

Xin\_jiayi  
[CTM\_LOG\_039.v532\_intel\_festc\_success\_20170802.txt](https://forum.cmascenter.org/uploads/short-url/iA8ZJYde2gkJWjbqcv0itTmKJbQ.txt) (12.0 KB)  
[test5\_time20170802-var.txt](https://forum.cmascenter.org/uploads/short-url/scZwiu8UDfcU1CzHkwVzwUK8fz9.txt) (20.7 KB)

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**Author:** ![pleim.jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pleim.jon](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/pleim.jon)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/cmaq-fest-c-error-when-it-comes-to-the-epic-to-cmaq-link/4101/2 "2023-05-09T19:37:44Z")

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Should do epictoCMAQ on EPIC application run not spin-up run

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**Author:** ![Xin\_jiayi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Xin\_jiayi](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/Xin_jiayi)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/cmaq-fest-c-error-when-it-comes-to-the-epic-to-cmaq-link/4101/3 "2023-05-12T15:04:04Z")

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Thanks for your answer, I have fixed this issue by changing the SA version.