How to plot data from the Profile database using JETDSP

Getting Ufiles from the ITER Profile Database

To get data from the Ufiles database click here and navigate to find the signals you require. Click on the signal and save it do disk.

Getting Started with JETDSP

To run JETDSP on a unix system, type 'jetdsp' at the Unix command line.

If this doesn't work please contact your systems administrator.

Reading and Plotting Ufile Signals

On starting JETDSP, the following blank table will appear:

To read a signal into the program, choose the Read Signal option from the File menu.   This presents you with a dialog into which you can type the various components needed to define a signal, by default only Ufiles can be read.

Click 'Read' after you have filled in the fields.  The program will warn you if the values you give do not define a signal that it can load.

When the signal has been read, its name will appear in the table. 

The 'Read a signal' dialog is still visible, should you wish to define further signals. Click 'Done' to dismiss it.

To plot all the signals, select 'Plot All Signals' from the 'Plot' menu. The signals will be plotted in a separate window. This is the View/Print window. The program can manage multiple copies of this window. Each time signals are plotted a new window is created.

See here for a sample plot image.

It is possible to plot only a subset of the signals. To do this mark the signals by clicking in the first column, (labelled 'M'), and then select 'Plot Marked Signals' from the 'Plot' menu.

Note that a signal can be hidden by setting its plot number to 0 .

To add a signal to the new window, choose 'Add Signal' from the window's 'File' menu.   It will also be added to the main table, and may be used in new windows.

Use MDS+ to access the data.

To find the available signals click on the 'Browse Tree' button.