All aspects of the spectrometer operation are controlled from the  operator console. The design and implementation of experiments as well as the analysis of data are controlled by commands entered by the operator at the console. The sub components of the operator console are as follows:

 Host computer: This is a Personal Computer. The host computer runs the TopSpin program and handles all the data analysis and storage. All operations relevant to data acquisition are controlled by a second computing system called the IPSO (Intelligent Pulse Sequence Organizer) housed within the console itself.

 Ethernet connection from host computer to IPSO: This is used to transfer data and instructions between the host computer and the IPSO.