http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/125953-What-Are-Events en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:56:21 GMT Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:56:21 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, What are events? http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/125953-What-Are-Events http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/125953-What-Are-Events?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:What are events?:Comments#answer125958 <p><a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/102418-Event-Iteration#comment125953">@TylerCMW</a>&nbsp;An event corresponds to a condition that halts the integrator. &nbsp;This is used to modify the state equations that are being integrated. &nbsp;For example, when the current through an ideal-diode crosses zero, an event occurs and the equations are changed to correspond to the new configuration (say diode off rather than diode on).</p> <p>It is possible that the new configuration causes another event to immediately fire, which then reconfigures the model to the previous configuration, which trigger the original event, and so on. &nbsp;The error message you are seeing may correspond to such an occurrence.&nbsp;</p> <p>There are usually ways to avoid this. &nbsp;It would be helpful to have the actual model that is causing the problem.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/102418-Event-Iteration#comment125953">@TylerCMW</a>&nbsp;An event corresponds to a condition that halts the integrator. &nbsp;This is used to modify the state equations that are being integrated. &nbsp;For example, when the current through an ideal-diode crosses zero, an event occurs and the equations are changed to correspond to the new configuration (say diode off rather than diode on).</p> <p>It is possible that the new configuration causes another event to immediately fire, which then reconfigures the model to the previous configuration, which trigger the original event, and so on. &nbsp;The error message you are seeing may correspond to such an occurrence.&nbsp;</p> <p>There are usually ways to avoid this. &nbsp;It would be helpful to have the actual model that is causing the problem.</p> 125958 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:26:07 Z Joe Riel Joe Riel