Cookbook for setting up dark/common mode correction

detailed information can be found at:
CsPad calibration in translator

generate dark

psana -c cspaddark.cfg xtcfile
psana config file

setup for translator

  • generate directories
    mkdir /reg/d/psdm/cxi/cxi49812/calib/CsPad::CalibV1/CxiSc1.0:Cspad2x2.0/common_mode
    mkdir /reg/d/psdm/cxi/cxi49812/calib/CsPad::CalibV1/CxiSc1.0:Cspad2x2.0/pedestals
    mkdir /reg/d/psdm/cxi/cxi49812/calib/CsPad::CalibV1/CxiSc1.0:Cspad2x2.0/filter
  • move dark
    cp mini_r212.dat /reg/d/psdm/cxi/cxi49812/calib/CsPad::CalibV1/CxiSc1.0:Cspad2x2.0/pedestals/0-10.data
  • set common mode parameters
    0-end.data should contain something like: 1 50 10
    that stands for 1 (correction actice) 50 (max common mode value) 10 (allowed sigma for histogram fit in common mode calculation)
  • set filter
    0-end.data data could look like one of these lines:
    1 100 1000 (100 strong spots required)
    1 500 100 (500 relatively weak spots required)
    1 100 10 (100 weak pixels required)
    1 10 10 (takes pretty much anything - for tests only)
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