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["Van Buren, Gene" <gene AT bnl.gov>]

Hi, Flemming

If I recall correctly, the TPC reconstruction software reads either the raw 
ADC information or the online-found clusters from the DAQ file, but not both. 
I think the TpxRaw option decides which. If the raw ADC information is 
selected, however, it is not used for anything unless the offline 
cluster-finder is run, via the TpxClu option. I am certain that the 
reconstruction would speed up dramatically if we left off "TpxClu" as there 
would be no tracking in the reconstruction of the ADC files, which could be 
our desired mode of processing if our needs are served sufficiently that way.

-Gene

> On May 22, 2023, at 5:09 PM, videbaek <videbaek AT bnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hi Gene,
> 
> A second thought on this why do we reconstruct the clusters. I thought that 
> the daq files with adc information
> should also contain the clusters. They certainly did when I developed the 
> QA that was used for run 18 thru 22.
> Of course I am ignorant on the basic reading within the BFC.
> 
> 
> best F.
> 
> 
> On 2023-05-22 16:33, Tonko Ljubicic wrote:
>> Well, sorry, this is "live code" which changes by the hour so various
>> logging pieces were
>> enabled at the time of git-commit (or whatever that procedure
>> is called for git/github/star). I think the online codes which pick
>> up stuff from CVS are newer anyway.
>> I committed the last changes to CVS just now.
>>          -- Tonko
>> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:56 PM videbaek via Star-tpc-l
>> <star-tpc-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:
>>> Hi Gene
>>> //added Jeff to list
>>> I looked at the code in GITHUB. The last change in code was en entry
>>> from Jeff saying 'removing' debugging messages
>>> I guess these are the TERR stream. I saw e.g that for line 1253 which is
>>> in the log output, unlike other cases is not commented out. This is the
>>> reason for these message I believe. Clearly the github code needs update
>>> to get rid of the msg to TERR stream.
>>> Are there any way to set flags to enable/disable different stream?
>>> -F
>>> On 2023-05-22 15:21, Van Buren, Gene via Star-tpc-l wrote:
>>> > Hello, TPC-ers
>>> >
>>> > We are currently processing ADC files in FastOffline with the offline
>>> > cluster finder (chain options TpxRaw, TpxClu), which is enabling the
>>> > QA of FEE and RDO statuses that Flemming, Isaac Mooney, and Tommy
>>> > Tsang have worked on. I would like to make sure that people here are
>>> > aware that these particular reconstruction jobs are generating HUGE
>>> > standard error output files, on the order of ~1-3 GB
>>> > _after_gzip_compression_! It would be good if someone can find a way
>>> > to get rid of these messages as they are steadily filling up our
>>> > lproduction og disks.
>>> >
>>> > Most of the error messages are of the form:
>>> > Tonko: .sl73_gcc485/obj/StRoot/RTS/src/DAQ_TPC23/tpc23_base.cxx
>>> > [line...
>>> > or
>>> > Tonko: .sl73_gcc485/obj/StRoot/RTS/src/DAQ_ITPC/itpcFCF.cxx [line ...
>>> >
>>> > If anyone would like to take a look at these, here are a couple
>>> > examples:
>>> >
>>> > Small and rare at ~30 MB compressed, this one can be opened in an
>>> > editor:
>>> > /star/rcf/prodlog/dev/log/daq/st_forphoto_adc_24141039_raw_0000005.err.gz
>>> >
>>> > And at the other end, here's one over 3.6 GB compressed:
>>> > /star/rcf/prodlog/dev/log/daq/st_physics_adc_24142001_raw_1900009.err.gz
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > -Gene
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>>> videbaek @ bnl.gov
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> -- 
> Flemming Videbaek
> senior scientist, emeritus
> videbaek @ bnl.gov
> Brookhaven National Lab
> Physics Department
> Bldg 510D
> Upton, NY 11973
> 
> phone: 631-344-4106
> cell     :  631-681-1596