Release Notes - HPS Java - Version 3.1

Jenkins Build

http://srs.slac.stanford.edu/hudson/view/HPS/job/hps-modules/1087/

Release Date

Feb 12 2014

LCSim Version

3.0.8

Comments

This release is intended for pass 1 reconstruction of ECAL Commissioning Run data at JLAB.

Some important updates include

fix to EVIO IO errors when building events
correct handling of shared hits in recon clustering
restructuring of ECAL clustering code into new ecal-recon package
removed usage of custom calorimeter Cluster classes in favor of using BaseCluster
ECAL running pedestal calibrations available
preliminary support for parsing new SVT EVIO format (not included in event building yet)
database conditions fully integrated
DQM system implemented
various updates and improvements to the data monitoring app

Resolved JIRA Items

https://jira.slac.stanford.edu/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=11570&version=15807

Bug

[HPSJAVA-295] - Test errors on HPSJAVA-255 branch
[HPSJAVA-301] - Fix TestRunEvioToLcio converter for Test Run data
[HPSJAVA-330] - New EVIO pre start bank of banks structure needs to be handled correctly
[HPSJAVA-334] - Add IFunction support to PlowInfoWindow
[HPSJAVA-335] - Plot axes not updated unless plot is clicked on in plot window
[HPSJAVA-350] - Wired crashes on apache class not found with new detector
[HPSJAVA-351] - Readout sim crashes on new detector
[HPSJAVA-352] - SVTHitWriter crashes when making FpgaData for engineering run detector
[HPSJAVA-359] - Stereo pairs are not created correctly
[HPSJAVA-397] - CalorimeterHit collection has duplicate hits
[HPSJAVA-398] - Time Stamps, EVIO's uint32
[HPSJAVA-412] - CalorimeterHit objects sometimes null in Cluster

Improvement

[HPSJAVA-240] - Add quiet or verbose setting to readout simulation drivers to suppress print outs
[HPSJAVA-296] - Simplify ConditionsRecord API and database table structure
[HPSJAVA-302] - Allow user supplied run number and detector name to conditions system in recon
[HPSJAVA-306] - Change event builder field from text field to combo box
[HPSJAVA-310] - Change detector field in monitoring app from text to combo box
[HPSJAVA-311] - Add beam conditions to API
[HPSJAVA-313] - Add command to CLI interface to register a conditions set
[HPSJAVA-319] - Conditions system improvements
[HPSJAVA-331] - Run number should be included in EVIO events
[HPSJAVA-337] - Properly handle overlapping conditions sets with the same name and type
[HPSJAVA-366] - Remove custom classes that extend BaseCluster
[HPSJAVA-370] - DatabaseConditionsManager should not keep connection open during job
[HPSJAVA-371] - Add additional configuration options to conditions XML config
[HPSJAVA-372] - Use annotations for ConditionsObject API
[HPSJAVA-373] - Automatically assign collection type of a ConditionsObject
[HPSJAVA-375] - Add type arguments to ConditionsSeries API
[HPSJAVA-386] - Order CalorimeterHit lists in Clusters by greatest to least energy with seed hit first
[HPSJAVA-402] - Add event and time update intervals
[HPSJAVA-411] - Update JEVIO version to 4.4.3

New Feature

[HPSJAVA-284] - Add support for detector aliasing
[HPSJAVA-309] - EVIO->LCIO conversion no longer drops FADC channels not in the DAQ map
[HPSJAVA-349] - Implement conversion of ECAL FADC mode 7 data to LCIO including correct persistency
[HPSJAVA-394] - Read EVIO TI Bank and persist in LCIO
[HPSJAVA-399] - Add support for initializing conditions from head bank in EVIO files

Task

[HPSJAVA-104] - Create EVIO to LCIO convertors for the new DAQ data formats
[HPSJAVA-148] - Data catalog deployment tasks
[HPSJAVA-170] - Change ECAL monitoring Drivers to use the database conditions system
[HPSJAVA-184] - New Test Run SVT geometry based on survey and drawings
[HPSJAVA-241] - Install conditions database at JLab
[HPSJAVA-250] - Make database conditions for SVT backward compatible with test run
[HPSJAVA-265] - Validate output of FADCPrimaryTriggerDriver
[HPSJAVA-272] - Merge the database conditions development branch (hps_java_trunk_HPSJAVA-255) with the trunk
[HPSJAVA-283] - Implement new 2014 SVT geometry
[HPSJAVA-299] - Remove deprecated SVT conditions classes
[HPSJAVA-342] - Zap most of the Drivers in org.hps.analysis.ecal with the delete wand
[HPSJAVA-346] - Remove deprecated SVT readout classes
[HPSJAVA-347] - Remove HPSCalorimeterHit
[HPSJAVA-361] - Move external conditions database to SLAC MySQL farm
[HPSJAVA-363] - Improve clustering API and class hierarchy
[HPSJAVA-364] - Remove QuietBaseLCSimEvent class
[HPSJAVA-368] - EcalClusterIC crashes in SIOCluster
[HPSJAVA-369] - Remove Resettable interface
[HPSJAVA-376] - Remove CalibrationDriver
[HPSJAVA-377] - Remove old conditions data files
[HPSJAVA-378] - Remove Redrawable interface
[HPSJAVA-379] - Cleanup ECAL analysis and monitoring Driver mess
[HPSJAVA-380] - Remove RunControlDriver and RunControlDialog
[HPSJAVA-381] - Move HPSSVTConstants class to tracking module
[HPSJAVA-382] - Remove deprecated ConditionsReader classes
[HPSJAVA-383] - Remove old EcalConditions class
[HPSJAVA-385] - Externalize cluster position and energy calculations
[HPSJAVA-387] - Remove HPSRawCalorimeterHit class
[HPSJAVA-388] - Make settable botton and top gap sizes for HPSEcal3 class
[HPSJAVA-389] - Fix or sandbox broken steering files
[HPSJAVA-393] - Remove old versions of clustering algorithms
[HPSJAVA-404] - Replace LegacyClusterer with GTPOnlineClusterer in monitoring steering files
[HPSJAVA-418] - Cleanup clustering API
[HPSJAVA-419] - Remove EcalDetectorSetup class and conditions methods in EcalCrystal API

Sub-task

[HPSJAVA-117] - Create DQM plots for ECAL
[HPSJAVA-126] - Choose DQM quantities for ECal monitoring
[HPSJAVA-132] - Setup DQM database table on the server
[HPSJAVA-152] - Create scripts to extract or determine meta data information for different file types
[HPSJAVA-153] - Determine the full set of meta data variables that should be associated to different file types
[HPSJAVA-162] - Determine folder and group structure for datasets
[HPSJAVA-207] - Implement straight track finding with simple linear fit
[HPSJAVA-248] - Create LCDD converter for 2014 geometry
[HPSJAVA-249] - Create Java converter for 2014 geometry
[HPSJAVA-253] - Add maximum number of records to be set in JobSettings after which the session will end
[HPSJAVA-273] - Change all steering files to use ConditionsDriver instead of HPSCalibrationsDriver.
[HPSJAVA-274] - Update the structure of test run conditions tables and then copy the records to the dev database
[HPSJAVA-275] - Create ECAL EVIO reader for the Engineering Run
[HPSJAVA-276] - Create SVT EVIO reader for the Engineering Run
[HPSJAVA-285] - Build L4-6 module local geometry.
[HPSJAVA-286] - Build magnet bore local geometry from drawings
[HPSJAVA-287] - Build base plate local volume from drawing
[HPSJAVA-288] - Build L1-3 U-support local geometry from drawings.
[HPSJAVA-289] - Build L4-6 U-support local geometry from drawings.
[HPSJAVA-290] - Build L1-3 module local geometry from drawings.
[HPSJAVA-291] - Build L4-6 half-module local geometry from drawings.
[HPSJAVA-292] - Build L4-6 module local geometry from drawings.
[HPSJAVA-294] - Fix local coordinate system w.r.t. lcsim SiSensor definition.
[HPSJAVA-314] - Bottom L4-6 support
[HPSJAVA-315] - Top L4-6 support
[HPSJAVA-316] - Bottom L1-3 support
[HPSJAVA-317] - Top L1-3 support
[HPSJAVA-318] - Implement test case for building LCDD and Java geometry.
[HPSJAVA-320] - Add menu item for resetting all AIDA plots
[HPSJAVA-326] - Position of L4-6 supports are wrong
[HPSJAVA-327] - Fix position of L1-3 support top
[HPSJAVA-339] - Add data rate monitoring to RunPanel
[HPSJAVA-340] - Cleanup and improve the EtSystemMonitor strip charts
[HPSJAVA-357] - Allow loading EVIO files from menu without an explicit .evio extension
[HPSJAVA-365] - Add methods to convert GenericObject back to SSPData