The main window of pLUCAS is shown in Figure 11(a).
The user can select the PVM host file used to initialize the virtual machine as well as adding and removing hosts from this list via the Configure menu. This menu also allows the user to copy the data files to the remote hosts, remove these files and start and stop PVM. The large listbox in the center of the window displays scenarios which have been selected in the Add Scenario Window. Once all of the scenarios have been selected, the Run Scenarios pushbutton starts the virtual machine and calls the pLUCAS C++ program to manage the remote PVM tasks.