EFITviewer, developed at General Atomics, plots output from EFIT (Equilibrium FITting code) including diagnostic and other tokamak related overlays. Most outputs from EFIT runs may be plotted or listed in EFITviewer.

To use at PPPL:

• To run Efitviewer, you will need read permission for the code_rundb SQL database table (send e-mail to dbadmin@pppl.gov if you get an access error), as well as a code_rundb.sybase_login file in your top level directory. It should contain the 5 lines between the dashed lines (note the 1st line is BLANK):

  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  
  sqlnstx
  code_rundb
  guest
  pfcworld
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

  The best way to create files needed for NSTX database access is to run the following on the Linux cluster (best to delete old files first, e.g., rm ~/*.sybase_login). If you are running the tcsh shell:

  /p/nstxusr1/util/setup/mkmdsplusdbfile.csh
  

• On the PPPL Linux cluster, assuming you have "module load nstx/mdsplus", type at the Linux command prompt:

     efitviewer
         

• On the "Select EFIT from:" line, select "MDSplus"

• Enter a shot number, and hit Enter (carriage return).

• Select something in the "Run" box, e.g., EFIT01.

• Click on "plasma_equilibrium" under "Select Plots" near the bottom of the widget. You should see something like this:



The other items under "Select Plots" are not implemented, as of Nov. 2006.

• Select a time. Another window should pop up and look something like: