ACON: A Multipurpose Production Controller for Plasma Physics Codes

摘要

ACON is a BCON controller designed to run large production codes on the CTSS Cray-1 or the LTSS 7600 computers. ACON can also be operated interactively, with input from the user's terminal. The controller can run one code or a sequence of up to ten codes during the same job. Options are available to get and save Mass storage files, to perform Historian file updating operations, to compile and load source files, and to send out print and film files. Special features include ability to retry after Mass failures, backup options for saving files, startup messages for the various codes, and ability to reserve specified amounts of computer time after successive code runs. ACON's flexibility and power make it useful for running a number of different production codes. (ERA citation 08:019377)