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+To connect from JET to IPP with mdsplus:
+
+need 2 windows
+
+1st window, create tunneling with slogin:
+
+slogin -losauter -L 8001:seaug.ipp.mpg.de:8000 gate1.aug.ipp.mpg.de
+(mdsplus too slow now)
+
+In other window, open matlab and do:
+mdsconnect('localhost:8001')
+
+To check the connection:
+mdsvalue('1+2')
+
+zmag.data=mdsvalue('_zmag=augsignal(shot,"FPG","Zmag")');
+zmag.t=mdsvalue('dim_of(_aa,0)');
+