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NSTX Data
How do I set up my computer account to use NSTX software? What needs to be defined?
How do I know what data exist?
How do I look at data?
Do I have to restore data?
How do I find out about how the machine was running for a certain shot?
What if I want to add my own comments about a shot?
For a particular diagnostic, how do I find out which shots have data or have valid data?
What were the first and last shots for a run day? for an XP?
What is MDSplus? What are these "tags" and "nodes"?
How do I find the full path of an MDSplus tag?
How do I make my own Scope layout files?
How do I add my favorite printer to the Scope menu?
What "canned" plotting, data display and other IDL routines are there?
Is there a way I can let other physicists know about my tags and how to look at my data?
Can I see the shotclock count down from my office?
How can I make a test tree for MDSplus?
How do I find the files that constitute an MDSplus tree?
NSTX Data Acquisition
I want to put a new diagnostic on NSTX. How can I get the data into MDSplus?
How do I control my acquisition starting time?
I want to take another set of calibration shots; what shot number should I start with?
Can I run CAMAC programs from any computer?
NSTX Data Analysis
What is the easiest way to plot NSTX data?
Is NSTX data available from the web?
Do I have to use IDL to analyze the data? If I decide to learn IDL, where do I start?
What TRANSP runs have been done, and how do I look at them?
Is there anything like MINGL and LOCUS?
What sort of relational database tools are there?
How do I know when the between shot EFIT analysis is finished?
What do the variables from EFIT mean?
My program needs the electron temperature and the plasma current as well as my own data, and I want it to run automatically every shot. How do I do that?
I want to put the results of my analysis in the tree, too. How do I do that?
How do I interpolate a signal to a different timebase?
How can I get postscript or PDF files from the WebTools plots?
How can I get publication quality plots into Word and PowerPoint?
How do I run an IDL code, which normally reads from the command line, from a script?
How do I create MPEG movies from IDL?
Why do I get an error accessing IDL on Solaris from Mac OS X?
Why do my IDL graphics get erased when covered up?
What tools are available for MHD spectral plotting?
How can access Fast 2-D Camera data for NSTX?
MDSplus
What is TDI and why do I care? Is there a list of useful TDI functions?
Who else uses MDSplus?
Why can't I access MDSplus data at PPPL from offsite?
How can I set an MDSplus event from the Linux command line or a shell script?
Environment
I can't log into nstxpool. What do I have to do?
I don't have an X-terminal; how can I use the MDSplus tools?
I'm having problems with my X-terminal or X-emulator. What should I check?
Why, in an xterm session under Mac OS X, does the delete key return the cursor to the beginning of the line instead of deleting the character to the left?
How do I program my Logitech 3-button mouse to work in X11 on the Mac?
How can I view my Tektronix plots made in IDL?
How do I print my plots?
What about making Powerpoint slides?
Do I have to learn a new editor?
How do I find out the current shot number?
How do I find out the date of a certain shot?
I hate VMS; what can I do from UNIX?
I love VMS; what can I do there?
I need to use VMS for something; how do I learn it?
I need to use Unix for something; how do I learn it?
How do I transfer or copy files between UNIX and VMS (with scp)?
How do I most easily transfer files between UNIX and my Mac?
How do I most easily transfer files between VMS and my Mac?
How do I most easily transfer files between VMS and my PC?
How do I easily transfer files between UNIX and my PC?
How do I create an Xterm window directly on VMS from Exceed?
How can I have jobs run automatically on UNIX?
What tools are on the PC?
How do I get IDL on the PC?
What tools are on the Mac?
What tools are on Linux?
I'm away from the Lab; what can I do from the Web?
What is the difference between the "physics network" and the "engineering network"?
What is ssh and why should I use it?
Why am I am having connection problems with ssh.
Why do I get "X connection to ... broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)"?.
What is that authentication information? What if I have problems using the SecureID badge?
Where can I sit in the NSTX Control Room?
Can I use wireless internet access in the NSTX Control Room?
How do I view pdf, ps (postscript), powerpoint, avi or jpeg files on the Linux cluster?
How can I fix my miscolored X11 cursor on Intel Macs?
How can I get my buttons colored in IDL widgets like dbaccess?
Why do I get "setenv: Too many arguments" when I source a bunch of shell scripts?
How do I share windows on my Control Room Mac with the NSTX Display Wall?
How do I share windows on my Control Room PC with the NSTX Display Wall?
How do I unzip or un-tar files on my PC?
Error Messages
X-windows
MDSplus tree access
    "No logical name"
    "Tree does not exist" when tree really does exist
updated: 19-Jun-2008
by: Bill Davis