MDSplus data acquisition system

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1147719· OSTI ID:451922

Stillerman, J A; Fredian, T W ^[1]; Klare, K ^[2]; Manduchi, G ^[3]

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1. Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 01239 (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, Group P-24, Mail Stop E526, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
3. Instituto Gas Iowizzati del CNR-Corso Stati Uniti, 4, 35127 Camin, Padova (Italy)

MDSplus, a tree based, distributed data acquisition system, was developed in collaboration with the ZTH Group at Los Alamos National Lab and the RFX Group at CNR in Padua, Italy. It is currently in use at MIT, RFX in Padua, TCV at EPFL in Lausanne, and KBSI in South Korea. MDSplus is made up of a set of X/motif based tools for data acquisition and display, as well as diagnostic configuration and management. It is based on a hierarchical experiment description which completely describes the data acquisition and analysis tasks and contains the results from these operations. These tools were designed to operate in a distributed, client/server environment with multiple concurrent readers and writers to the data store. While usually used over a Local Area Network, these tools can be used over the Internet to provide access for remote diagnosticians and even machine operators. An interface to a relational database is provided for storage and management of processed data. IDL is used as the primary data analysis and visualization tool. IDL is a registered trademark of Research Systems Inc. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 451922
• Report Number(s): CONF-960543-; ISSN 0034-6748; TRN: 97:006279
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 68, Issue 1; Conference: 11. annual high-temperature plasma diagnostics conference, Monterey, CA (United States), 12-16 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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