Increasing the number of consecutive steps only addresses the symptoms rather than the root cause. If intermittent operation refers to the photovoltaic (PV) system operating by repeatedly starting and stopping in an alternating manner, it can create a situation that destabilizes the system.
For example, you may unknowingly stop a crucial stabilizing action long enough for the error signal to accumulate over time and grow unbounded. When the integration of the system's ODEs reaches a minimum step size value of 
for 5 consecutive instances, the solver can no longer perform the integration.
for 5 consecutive instances, the solver can no longer perform the integration.
