]> git.uio.no Git - u/mrichter/AliRoot.git/blobdiff - TOF/AliTOFPreprocessor.cxx
Fixing coding violations
[u/mrichter/AliRoot.git] / TOF / AliTOFPreprocessor.cxx
index 0368ca3887dab7825dac7dc64937735999fe6afa..b03617880c3f9d1dc209a2ba0780f48df5355c87 100644 (file)
  * provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.                  *
  **************************************************************************/
 
-/*
-$Log$
-Revision 1.1  2006/10/26 09:09:29  arcelli
-prototype for the TOF Shuttle preprocessor (C.Zampolli)
+/* $Id$ */
 
-*/  
+//#include <Riostream.h>
+//#include <stdio.h>
+//#include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "AliTOFPreprocessor.h"
+#include <TFile.h>
+#include <TH2S.h>
+#include <TMath.h>
+#include <TObjArray.h>
+#include <TObjString.h>
+#include <TTimeStamp.h>
 
 #include "AliCDBMetaData.h"
+#include "AliCDBEntry.h"
 #include "AliLog.h"
+#include "AliTOFChannelOnlineArray.h"
+#include "AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray.h"
 #include "AliTOFDataDCS.h"
-#include "TFile.h"
-#include "TObjArray.h"
-#include "TObjString.h"
-#include "AliTOFCalOnline.h"
-#include "AliTOFChannelOnline.h"
-#include "AliTOFGeometryV5.h"
-#include "TTimeStamp.h"
-#include "TH1F.h"
-
-class TF1;
-class AliDCSValue;
-class AliTOFGeometry;
+#include "AliTOFGeometry.h"
+#include "AliTOFPreprocessor.h"
+#include "AliTOFFEEReader.h"
+#include "AliTOFRawStream.h"
+#include "AliTOFCableLengthMap.h"
+
 
 // TOF preprocessor class.
 // It takes data from DCS and passes them to the class AliTOFDataDCS, which
 // processes them. The result is then written to the CDB.
-// analogously, it takes data form DAQ (both at Run level and inclusive - 
+// Analogously, it takes data form DAQ (both at Run level and inclusive - 
 // of all the runs - level, processes them, and stores both Reference Data
 // and Online Calibration files in the CDB. 
+// Processing of Pulser/Noise Run data and of TOF FEE DCS map included also.
 
+// return codes:
+// return=0 : all ok
+// return=1 : no DCS input data Map
+// return=2 : no DCS input data processing
+// return=3 : no DCS processed data was stored in Ref Data
+// return=4 : no DAQ input for Ref Data
+// return=5 : failed to store DAQ Ref Data
+// return=6 : failed to retrieve DAQ data for calibration 
+// return=7 : problems in processing histos in the input DAQ file 
+// return=8 : failed to store Online Delays
+// return=9 : failed to store Reference Data for Pulser
+// return=10: failed to retrieve Pulser data 
+// return=11: failed to store Pulser map in OCDB
+// return=12: failed to store Reference Data for Noise
+// return=13: failed to retrieve Noise data 
+// return=14: failed to store Noise map in OCDB
+// return=15: failed to retrieve FEE data from FXS
+// return=16: failed to retrieve FEE data from OCDB
+// return=17: failed to store FEE data in OCDB
+// return=18: failed to store FEE reference data in OCDB
+// return=20: failed in retrieving status variable
 
 ClassImp(AliTOFPreprocessor)
 
-const Int_t AliTOFPreprocessor::fgkBinRangeAve    = 13; // number of bins where to calculate the mean 
+const Int_t    AliTOFPreprocessor::fgkBinRangeAve = 13;    // number of bins where to calculate the mean 
+const Double_t AliTOFPreprocessor::fgkIntegralThr = 100;   // min number of entries to perform computation of delay per channel 
+const Double_t AliTOFPreprocessor::fgkThrPar      = 0.013; // parameter used to trigger the calculation of the delay
 
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
 
-AliTOFPreprocessor::AliTOFPreprocessor(const char* detector, AliShuttleInterface* shuttle) :
-  AliPreprocessor(detector, shuttle),
+AliTOFPreprocessor::AliTOFPreprocessor(AliShuttleInterface* shuttle) :
+  AliPreprocessor("TOF", shuttle),
   fData(0),
-  fArray(0),
   fCal(0),
-  fTOFGeometry(0)
+  fNChannels(0),
+  fStoreRefData(kTRUE),
+  fFDRFlag(kFALSE),
+  fStatus(0)
 {
   // constructor
+  AddRunType("PHYSICS");
+  AddRunType("PULSER");
+  AddRunType("NOISE");
+
 }
 
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
@@ -77,164 +108,963 @@ void AliTOFPreprocessor::Initialize(Int_t run, UInt_t startTime,
 
   AliPreprocessor::Initialize(run, startTime, endTime);
 
-       AliInfo(Form("\n\tRun %d \n\tStartTime %s \n\tEndTime %s", run,
+       AliInfo(Form("\n\tRun %d \n\tStartTime %s \n\tEndTime %s \n\tStartTime DCS Query %s \n\tEndTime DCS Query %s", run,
                TTimeStamp(startTime).AsString(),
-               TTimeStamp(endTime).AsString()));
+               TTimeStamp(endTime).AsString(), ((TTimeStamp)GetStartTimeDCSQuery()).AsString(), ((TTimeStamp)GetEndTimeDCSQuery()).AsString()));
 
-       fData = new AliTOFDataDCS(fRun, fStartTime, fEndTime);
-       fArray = 0x0;
-       fTOFGeometry = new AliTOFGeometryV5();
-       fCal = new AliTOFCalOnline(fTOFGeometry);
-       fCal->CreateArray();
+       fData = new AliTOFDataDCS(fRun, fStartTime, fEndTime, GetStartTimeDCSQuery(), GetEndTimeDCSQuery());
+       fNChannels = AliTOFGeometry::NSectors()*(2*(AliTOFGeometry::NStripC()+AliTOFGeometry::NStripB())+AliTOFGeometry::NStripA())*AliTOFGeometry::NpadZ()*AliTOFGeometry::NpadX();
 }
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
+Bool_t AliTOFPreprocessor::ProcessDCS(){
 
+  // check whether DCS should be processed or not...
+
+  TString runType = GetRunType();
+  Log(Form("RunType %s",runType.Data()));
+
+  if (runType != "PHYSICS"){
+    return kFALSE;
+  }
+
+  return kTRUE;
+}
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
 
-UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::Process(TMap* dcsAliasMap)
+UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::ProcessDCSDataPoints(TMap* dcsAliasMap)
 {
   // Fills data into a AliTOFDataDCS object
 
-  UInt_t resultDCS=0;
-  UInt_t resultDAQ=0;
-  UInt_t resultDAQRef=0;
-  UInt_t result=0;
+
+  Log("Processing DCS DP");
+  TH1::AddDirectory(0);
+
+  Bool_t resultDCSMap=kFALSE;
+  Bool_t resultDCSStore=kFALSE;
 
   // processing DCS
 
+  fData->SetFDRFlag(fFDRFlag);
+  
   if (!dcsAliasMap){
-    AliInfo(Form("No DCS map found "));
+    Log("No DCS map found: TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+    if (fData){
+           delete fData;
+           fData = 0;
+    }
+    return 1;// return error Code for DCS input data not found 
   }
   else {
+
   // The processing of the DCS input data is forwarded to AliTOFDataDCS
-    fData->ProcessData(*dcsAliasMap);
-    AliCDBMetaData metaDataDCS;
-    metaDataDCS.SetBeamPeriod(0);
-    metaDataDCS.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
-    metaDataDCS.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFDataDCS object.");     resultDCS = Store("Calib","DCSData",fData, &metaDataDCS);
-    result+=resultDCS;
-    if (!resultDCS){
-      AliInfo(Form("some problems occurred while storing DCS data processing results"));
+    resultDCSMap=fData->ProcessData(*dcsAliasMap);
+    if(!resultDCSMap){
+      Log("Some problems occurred while processing DCS data, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+      if (fData){
+             delete fData;
+             fData = 0;
+      }
+      return 2;// return error Code for processed DCS data not stored 
+    }
+    else{
+      AliCDBMetaData metaDataDCS;
+      metaDataDCS.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+      metaDataDCS.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+      metaDataDCS.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFDataDCS object.");
+      AliInfo("Storing DCS Data");
+      resultDCSStore = StoreReferenceData("Calib","DCSData",fData, &metaDataDCS);
+      if (!resultDCSStore){
+       Log("Some problems occurred while storing DCS data results in Reference Data, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+       if (fData){
+               delete fData;
+               fData = 0;
+       }
+       return 3;// return error Code for processed DCS data not stored 
+                // in reference data
+       
+      }
     }
   }
+  if (fData){
+         delete fData;
+         fData = 0;
+  }
+  
+  return 0;
+}
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
 
-  // processing DAQ
+UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::ProcessOnlineDelays()
+{
+  // Processing data from DAQ for online calibration 
 
+  Log("Processing DAQ delays");
+
+  // reading configuration map 
+  TString compDelays = "kFALSE";
+  Int_t deltaStartingRun = fRun;
+  Int_t startingRun = fRun-deltaStartingRun;
+  Int_t binRangeAve = fgkBinRangeAve;
+  Double_t integralThr = fgkIntegralThr;
+  Double_t thrPar = fgkThrPar;
+
+  AliCDBEntry *cdbEntry = GetFromOCDB("Calib","Config");
+  if (!cdbEntry) {
+         Log(Form("No Configuration entry found in CDB, using default values: ComputingDelays = %s, StartingRun = %i",compDelays.Data(), startingRun));
+  }
+  else {
+         TMap *configMap = (TMap*)cdbEntry->GetObject();
+         if (!configMap){
+                 Log(Form("No map found in Config entry in CDB, using default values: ComputingDelays = %s, StartingRun = %i",compDelays.Data(), startingRun));
+         }
+         else{
+                 TObjString *strDelays = (TObjString*)configMap->GetValue("ComputingDelays");
+                 if (strDelays) {
+                         compDelays = (TString) strDelays->GetString();
+                 }
+                 else {
+                         Log(Form("No ComputingDelays value found in Map from Config entry in CDB, using default value: ComputingDelays =  %s",compDelays.Data()));
+                 }
+                 TObjString *strRun = (TObjString*)configMap->GetValue("StartingRun");
+                 if (strRun) {
+                         TString tmpstr = strRun->GetString();
+                         startingRun = tmpstr.Atoi();
+                         deltaStartingRun = fRun - startingRun;
+                 }
+                 else {
+                         Log(Form("No StartingRun value found in Map from Config entry in CDB, using default value: StartingRun = %i",startingRun));
+                 }
+                 TObjString *strBinRangeAve = (TObjString*)configMap->GetValue("BinRangeAve");
+                 if (strBinRangeAve) {
+                         TString tmpstr = strBinRangeAve->GetString();
+                         binRangeAve = tmpstr.Atoi();
+                 }
+                 else {
+                         Log(Form("No BinRangeAve value found in Map from Config entry in CDB, using default value: BinRangeAve = %i",binRangeAve));
+                 }
+                 TObjString *strIntegralThr = (TObjString*)configMap->GetValue("IntegralThr");
+                 if (strIntegralThr) {
+                         TString tmpstr = strIntegralThr->GetString();
+                         integralThr = tmpstr.Atof();
+                 }
+                 else {
+                         Log(Form("No IntegralThr value found in Map from Config entry in CDB, using default value: IntegralThr = %i",integralThr));
+                 }
+                 TObjString *strThrPar = (TObjString*)configMap->GetValue("ThrPar");
+                 if (strThrPar) {
+                         TString tmpstr = strThrPar->GetString();
+                         thrPar = tmpstr.Atof();
+                 }
+                 else {
+                         Log(Form("No ThrPar value found in Map from Config entry in CDB, using default value: ThrPar = %i",thrPar));
+                 }
+         }
+  }
+  if (compDelays == "kTRUE") fFDRFlag = kFALSE;
+  else fFDRFlag = kTRUE;
+
+  delete cdbEntry;
+  cdbEntry = 0x0;
+
+  Log(Form("ComputingDelays = %s, StartingRun = %i",compDelays.Data(),startingRun));
+
+  fCal = new AliTOFChannelOnlineArray(fNChannels);
+
+  TH1::AddDirectory(0);
+
+  Bool_t resultDAQRef=kFALSE;
+  Bool_t resultTOFPP=kFALSE;
+  TH2S *h2 = 0x0;
+  // processing DAQ
+  
   TFile * daqFile=0x0;
-  TList* list = GetFileSources(kDAQ, "DELAYS");
-
-  if (list)
-    {
-      AliInfo("The following sources produced files with the id DELAYS");
-      list->Print();
-      for (Int_t jj=0;jj<list->GetEntries();jj++){
-       TObjString * str = dynamic_cast<TObjString*> (list->At(jj));
-       AliInfo(Form("found source %s", str->String().Data()));
-       // file to be stored run per run
-       const char* fileNameRun = GetFile(kDAQ, "RUNLevel", str->GetName());
-       if (fileNameRun){
-         AliInfo(Form("Got the file %s, now we can store the Reference Data for the current Run.", fileNameRun));
-         daqFile = new TFile(fileNameRun,"READ");
-         fArray = (TObjArray*) daqFile->Get("ciccio");
-         AliCDBMetaData metaDataHisto;
-         metaDataHisto.SetBeamPeriod(0);
-         metaDataHisto.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
-         metaDataHisto.SetComment("This preprocessor stores the array of histos object as Reference Data.");
-         resultDAQRef = StoreReferenceData("Calib","DAQData",fArray, &metaDataHisto);
-         result+=resultDAQRef*2;
-         if (!resultDAQRef){
-           AliInfo(Form("some problems occurred::No Reference Data stored"));
+  
+  if(fStoreRefData){
+    //retrieving data at Run level
+         TList* list = GetFileSources(kDAQ, "RUNLevel");
+         if (list !=0x0 && list->GetEntries()!=0)
+                 {
+                         AliInfo("The following sources produced files with the id RUNLevel");
+                         list->Print();
+                         for (Int_t jj=0;jj<list->GetEntries();jj++){
+                                 TObjString * str = dynamic_cast<TObjString*> (list->At(jj));
+                                 AliInfo(Form("found source %s", str->String().Data()));
+                                 // file to be stored run per run
+                                 TString fileNameRun = GetFile(kDAQ, "RUNLevel", str->GetName());
+                                 if (fileNameRun.Length()>0){
+                                         AliInfo(Form("Got the file %s, now we can store the Reference Data for the current Run.", fileNameRun.Data()));
+                                         daqFile = new TFile(fileNameRun.Data(),"READ");
+                                         h2 = (TH2S*) daqFile->Get("htof");
+                                         AliCDBMetaData metaDataHisto;
+                                         metaDataHisto.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+                                         metaDataHisto.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+                                         metaDataHisto.SetComment("This preprocessor stores the array of histos object as Reference Data.");
+                                         AliInfo("Storing Reference Data");
+                                         resultDAQRef = StoreReferenceData("Calib","DAQData",h2, &metaDataHisto);
+                                         if (!resultDAQRef){
+                                                 Log("some problems occurred::No Reference Data stored, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+                                                 delete h2;
+                                                 delete list;
+                                                 delete fCal;
+                                                 fCal=0x0;
+                                                 return 5;//return error code for failure in storing Ref Data 
+                                         }
+                                         daqFile->Close();
+                                         delete daqFile;
+                                 }
+                                 
+                                 else{
+                                         Log("The input data file from DAQ (run-level) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
+                                         delete list;
+                                         delete fCal;
+                                         fCal=0x0;
+                                         return 4;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
+                                 }
+                         }
+                         delete list;
+                 }
+         else{
+                 Log("The input data file list from DAQ (run-level) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
+                 delete fCal;
+                 fCal=0x0;
+                 return 4;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
+         }     
+  }
+
+
+  //Total files, with cumulative histos
+  
+  TList* listTot = GetFileSources(kDAQ, "DELAYS");
+  if (listTot !=0x0 && listTot->GetEntries()!=0)
+         {
+                 AliInfo("The following sources produced files with the id DELAYS");
+                 listTot->Print();
+                 for (Int_t jj=0;jj<listTot->GetEntries();jj++){
+                         TObjString * str = dynamic_cast<TObjString*> (listTot->At(jj));
+                         AliInfo(Form("found source %s", str->String().Data()));
+                         
+                         // file with summed histos, to extract calib params
+                         TString fileName = GetFile(kDAQ, "DELAYS", str->GetName());
+                         if (fileName.Length()>0){
+                                 AliInfo(Form("Got the file %s, now we can extract some values.", fileName.Data()));
+                                 
+                                 daqFile = new TFile(fileName.Data(),"READ");
+                                 if (h2) delete h2;
+                                 h2 = (TH2S*) daqFile->Get("htoftot");
+                                 if (!h2){
+                                         Log("some problems occurred:: No histo retrieved, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+                                         delete listTot;
+                                         delete daqFile;
+                                         delete fCal;
+                                         fCal=0x0;
+                                         return 7; //return error code for histograms not existing/junky
+                                 }
+                                 else {
+                                         static const Int_t kSize=h2->GetNbinsX();
+                                         static const Int_t kNBins=h2->GetNbinsY();
+                                         static const Double_t kXBinmin=h2->GetYaxis()->GetBinLowEdge(1);
+                                         if (kSize != fNChannels){
+                                                 Log(" number of bins along x different from number of pads, found only a subset of the histograms, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+                                                 delete listTot;
+                                                 delete h2;
+                                                 delete daqFile;
+                                                 delete fCal;
+                                                 fCal=0x0;
+                                                 return 7; //return error code for histograms not existing/junky
+                                         }
+                                         Int_t nNotStatistics = 0; // number of channel with not enough statistics
+
+ /* FDR flag set. do not compute delays, use nominal cable delays */
+                                         if (fFDRFlag) {
+
+                                           Log(" Not computing delays according to flag set in Config entry in OCDB!");
+                                           Log(" Using nominal cable delays.");
+                                           
+                                           AliTOFRawStream tofrs;
+                                           Int_t det[5], dummy, index;
+                                           Float_t cableTimeShift;
+                                           
+                                           /* loop over EO indeces */
+                                           for (Int_t iddl = 0; iddl < 72; iddl++)
+                                             for (Int_t islot = 3; islot <= 12; islot++)
+                                               for (Int_t ichain = 0; ichain < 2; ichain++)
+                                                 for (Int_t itdc = 0; itdc < 15; itdc++)
+                                                   for (Int_t ichannel = 0; ichannel < 8; ichannel++) {
+                                                     
+                                                     /* get DO index */
+                                                     tofrs.EquipmentId2VolumeId(iddl, islot, ichain, itdc, ichannel, det);
+                                                     
+                                                     /* swap det[3] and det[4] indeces (needed to obtain correct channel index) */
+                                                     dummy = det[3];
+                                                     det[3] = det[4];
+                                                     det[4] = dummy;
+                                                     
+                                                     /* check DO index */
+                                                     if (det[0] < 0 || det[0] > 17 ||
+                                                         det[1] < 0 || det[1] > 4 ||
+                                                         det[2] < 0 || det[2] > 18 ||
+                                                         det[3] < 0 || det[3] > 1 ||
+                                                         det[4] < 0 || det[4] > 47)
+                                                       continue;
+                                                     
+                                                     /* get channel index */
+                                                     index = AliTOFGeometry::GetIndex(det);
+                                                     
+                                                     /* get cable time shift */
+                                                     cableTimeShift = AliTOFCableLengthMap::GetCableTimeShift(iddl, islot, ichain, itdc);
+                                                     
+                                                     /* set delay */
+                                                     if (index<fNChannels) {
+                                                       fCal->SetDelay(index,cableTimeShift);  // delay in ns
+                                                       AliDebug(2,Form("Setting delay %f (ns) for channel %i",cableTimeShift,index));
+                                                     }
+                                                     
+                                                   } /* loop over EO indeces */
+                                         }
+
+                                         else {  // computing delays if not in FDR runs
+                                                 for (Int_t ich=0;ich<kSize;ich++){
+                                                         /* check whether channel has been read out during current run.
+                                                          * if the status is bad it means it has not been read out.
+                                                          * in this case skip channel in order to not affect the mean */ 
+                                                         if (fStatus->GetHWStatus(ich) == AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWBad){
+                                                                 AliDebug(2,Form(" Channel %i found bad according to FEEmap, (HW status = %i), skipping from delay computing",ich, (Int_t)fStatus->GetHWStatus(ich)));
+                                                                 continue;
+                                                         }
+                                                         AliDebug(2,Form(" Channel %i found ok according to FEEmap, starting delay computing",ich));
+                                                         TH1S *h1 = new TH1S("h1","h1",kNBins,kXBinmin-0.5,kNBins*1.+kXBinmin-0.5);
+                                                         for (Int_t ibin=0;ibin<kNBins;ibin++){
+                                                                 h1->SetBinContent(ibin+1,h2->GetBinContent(ich+1,ibin+1));
+                                                         }
+                                                         if(h1->Integral()<integralThr) {
+                                                                 nNotStatistics++;
+                                                                 Log(Form(" Not enough statistics for bin %i, skipping this channel",ich));  // printing message only if not in FDR runs
+                                                                 delete h1;
+                                                                 h1=0x0;
+                                                                 continue;
+                                                         }
+                                                         Bool_t found=kFALSE; 
+                                                         Float_t minContent=h1->Integral()*thrPar; 
+                                                         Int_t nbinsX = h1->GetNbinsX();
+                                                         Int_t startBin=1;
+                                                         for (Int_t j=1; j<=nbinsX; j++){
+                                                                 if ((
+                                                                      h1->GetBinContent(j) +     
+                                                                      h1->GetBinContent(j+1)+
+                                                                      h1->GetBinContent(j+2)+ 
+                                                                      h1->GetBinContent(j+3))>minContent){
+                                                                         found=kTRUE;
+                                                                         startBin=j;
+                                                                         break;
+                                                                 }
+                                                         }
+                                                         if(!found) AliInfo(Form("WARNING!!! no start of fit found for histo # %i",ich));
+                                                         // Now calculate the mean over the interval. 
+                                                         Double_t mean = 0;
+                                                         Double_t sumw2 = 0;
+                                                         Double_t nent = 0;
+                                                         for(Int_t k=0;k<binRangeAve;k++){
+                                                                 mean=mean+h1->GetBinCenter(startBin+k)*h1->GetBinContent(startBin+k);                 
+                                                                 nent=nent+h1->GetBinContent(startBin+k);                 
+                                                                 sumw2=sumw2+(h1->GetBinCenter(startBin+k))*(h1->GetBinCenter(startBin+k))*(h1->GetBinContent(startBin+k));
+                                                         }
+                                                         mean= mean/nent; //<x>
+                                                         sumw2=sumw2/nent; //<x^2>
+                                                         Double_t rmsmean= 0;
+                                                         rmsmean = TMath::Sqrt((sumw2-mean*mean)/nent);
+                                                         if (ich<fNChannels) {
+                                                                 Float_t delay = mean*AliTOFGeometry::TdcBinWidth()*1.E-3; // delay in ns
+                                                                 fCal->SetDelay(ich,delay);  // delay in ns
+                                                                 AliDebug(2,Form("Setting delay %f (ns) for channel %i",delay,ich));
+                                                         }
+                                                         delete h1;
+                                                         h1=0x0;
+                                                 }
+                                         }
+                                         if (nNotStatistics!=0) Log(Form("Too little statistics for %d channels!",nNotStatistics)); 
+                                 }
+                                 delete h2;
+                                 daqFile->Close();
+                                 delete daqFile;
+                         }
+                         else{
+                                 Log("The Cumulative data file from DAQ does not exist, TOF exiting from Shuttle"); 
+                                 delete listTot;
+                                 delete fCal;
+                                 fCal=0x0;
+                                 return 6;//return error code for problems in retrieving DAQ data 
+                         }
+                 }
+                 delete listTot;
          }
-         daqFile->Close();
-         delete daqFile;
-       }
+  else{
+    Log("Problem: no list for Cumulative data file from DAQ was found, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+    delete fCal;
+    fCal=0x0;
+    return 6; //return error code for problems in retrieving DAQ data 
+  }
 
-       else{
-         AliError(Form("The file %s does not exist",fileNameRun)); 
-       }
-       
-       // file with summed histos, to extract calib params
-       const char *fileName = GetFile(kDAQ, "DELAYS", str->GetName());
-       if (fileName){
-         AliInfo(Form("Got the file %s, now we can extract some values.", fileName));
-
-         daqFile = new TFile(fileName,"READ");
-         fArray = (TObjArray*) daqFile->Get("ciccio");
-         if (!fArray){
-           AliInfo(Form("some problems occurred:: No histo array retrieved"));
+  daqFile=0;
+  AliCDBMetaData metaData;
+  metaData.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+  metaData.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+  metaData.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFChannelOnlineArray object for online calibration - delays.");
+  AliInfo("Storing Calibration Data");
+  resultTOFPP = Store("Calib","ParOnlineDelay",fCal, &metaData,deltaStartingRun,kTRUE);
+  if(!resultTOFPP){
+    Log("Some problems occurred while storing online object resulting from DAQ data processing");
+    delete fCal;
+    fCal=0x0;
+    return 8;//return error code for problems in storing DAQ data 
+  }
+
+  if (fCal){
+    delete fCal;
+    fCal = 0;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
+
+UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::ProcessPulserData()
+{
+  // Processing Pulser Run data for TOF channel status
+
+  Log("Processing Pulser");
+
+  if (fStatus==0x0){
+         AliError("No valid fStatus found, some errors must have occurred!!");
+         return 20;
+  }
+
+  TH1::AddDirectory(0);
+  
+  Bool_t resultPulserRef=kFALSE;
+  Bool_t resultPulser=kFALSE;
+  
+  static const Int_t kSize = AliTOFGeometry::NPadXSector()*AliTOFGeometry::NSectors();
+  TH1S * htofPulser = new TH1S("hTOFpulser","histo with signals on TOF during pulser", kSize,-0.5,kSize-0.5);
+  for (Int_t ibin =1;ibin<=kSize;ibin++){
+         htofPulser->SetBinContent(ibin,-1);
+  }
+  
+  // processing pulser
+  
+  TFile * daqFile=0x0;
+  TH1S *h1=0x0;
+  
+  //retrieving Pulser data 
+  TList* listPulser = GetFileSources(kDAQ, "PULSER");
+  if (listPulser !=0x0 && listPulser->GetEntries()!=0)
+         {
+                 AliInfo("The following sources produced files with the id PULSER");
+                 listPulser->Print();
+                 Int_t nPulser = 0;
+                 for (Int_t jj=0;jj<listPulser->GetEntries();jj++){
+                         Int_t nPulserSource = 0;
+                         TObjString * str = dynamic_cast<TObjString*> (listPulser->At(jj));
+                         AliInfo(Form("found source %s", str->String().Data()));
+                         // file to be stored run per run
+                         TString fileNamePulser = GetFile(kDAQ, "PULSER", str->GetName());
+                         if (fileNamePulser.Length()>0){
+                                 // storing refernce data
+                                 AliInfo(Form("Got the file %s, now we can process pulser data.", fileNamePulser.Data()));
+                                 daqFile = new TFile(fileNamePulser.Data(),"READ");
+                                 h1 = (TH1S*) daqFile->Get("hTOFpulser");
+                                 for (Int_t ibin=0;ibin<kSize;ibin++){
+                                         if ((h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1))!=-1){
+                                                 if ((htofPulser->GetBinContent(ibin+1))==-1){
+                                                         htofPulser->SetBinContent(ibin+1,h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1));
+                                                 }
+                                                 else {
+                                                         Log(Form("Something strange occurred during Pulser run, channel %i already read by another LDC, please check!",ibin));
+                                                 }
+                                         }
+                                 }
+                                 
+                                 // elaborating infos
+                                 Double_t mean =0;
+                                 Int_t nread=0;
+                                 Int_t nreadNotEmpty=0;
+                                 for (Int_t ientry=1;ientry<=h1->GetNbinsX();ientry++){
+                                         
+                                         AliDebug(3,Form(" channel %i pulser status before pulser = %i, with global status = %i",ientry,(Int_t)fStatus->GetPulserStatus(ientry),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ientry)));
+                                         /* check whether channel has been read out during current run.
+                                          * if the status is bad it means it has not been read out.
+                                          * in this case skip channel in order to not affect the mean */ 
+                                         if (fStatus->GetHWStatus(ientry-1) == AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWBad)
+                                                 continue;
+                                         nPulser++;
+                                         nPulserSource++;
+                                         if (h1->GetBinContent(ientry)==-1) continue;
+                                         else {
+                                                 if (h1->GetBinContent(ientry)>0) {
+                                                         nreadNotEmpty++;
+                                                         AliDebug(2,Form(" channel %i is ok with entry = %f; so far %i channels added ",ientry-1,h1->GetBinContent(ientry),nreadNotEmpty));
+                                                 }
+                                                 mean+=h1->GetBinContent(ientry);
+                                                 nread++;
+                                         }
+                                 }
+                                 if (nread!=0) {
+                                         mean/=nread;
+                                         AliDebug(2,Form(" nread =  %i , nreadNotEmpty = %i, mean = %f",nread,nreadNotEmpty,mean));
+                                         for (Int_t ich =0;ich<fNChannels;ich++){
+                                                 if (h1->GetBinContent(ich+1)==-1) continue;
+                                                 AliDebug(3,Form(" channel %i pulser status before pulser = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetPulserStatus(ich)));
+                                                 
+                                                 /* check whether channel has been read out during current run.
+                                                  * if the status is bad it means it has not been read out.
+                                                  * in this case skip channel in order to leave its status 
+                                                  * unchanged */
+                                                 if (fStatus->GetHWStatus(ich) == AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWBad)
+                                                         continue;
+                                                 
+                                                 if (h1->GetBinContent(ich+1)<0.05*mean){
+                                                         fStatus->SetPulserStatus(ich,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFPulserBad);  // bad status for pulser
+                                                         AliDebug(2,Form( " channel %i pulser status after pulser = %i (bad, content = %f), with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetPulserStatus(ich),h1->GetBinContent(ich+1),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
+                                                 }
+                                                 else {
+                                                         fStatus->SetPulserStatus(ich,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFPulserOk);  // good status for pulser
+                                                         AliDebug(2,Form( " channel %i pulser status after pulser = %i (good), with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetPulserStatus(ich),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
+                                                 }
+                                         }
+                                 }
+                                 else {
+                                         Log("No channels read!! No action taken, keeping old status");
+                                 }
+                                 
+                                 daqFile->Close();
+                                 delete daqFile;
+                                 delete h1;
+                         }
+                         
+                         else{
+                                 Log("The input data file from DAQ (pulser) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
+                                 delete listPulser;
+                                 delete htofPulser;
+                                 htofPulser = 0x0;
+                                 if (fStatus){
+                                         delete fStatus;
+                                         fStatus = 0;
+                                 }
+                                 return 10;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
+                         }
+                         AliDebug(2,Form(" Number of channels processed during pulser run from source %i = %i",jj, nPulserSource));             
+                 }
+                 AliDebug(2,Form(" Number of channels processed during pulser run = %i",nPulser));
+                 delete listPulser;
          }
-         
-         else {
-           Int_t nentries=(Int_t)fArray->GetEntries();
-           AliInfo(Form(" il numero di entries e' = %i ", nentries)); 
-           Int_t npads = fCal->NPads();
-           for (Int_t i=0 ; i<nentries; i++){
-             Bool_t found=kFALSE; 
-             TH1F * h1 = (TH1F*)fArray->At(i);
-             Float_t minContent=h1->Integral()*0.01; //for the time being 
-             //we use integral() since we simulate landau distribution
-             //Float_t minContent=h1->GetEntries()*0.01;
-             Int_t nbinsX = h1->GetNbinsX();
-             Int_t startBin=1;
-             for (Int_t j=1; j<=nbinsX; j++){
-               if ((
-                    h1->GetBinContent(j) +     
-                    h1->GetBinContent(j+1)+
-                    h1->GetBinContent(j+2)+ 
-                    h1->GetBinContent(j+3))>minContent){
-                 found=kTRUE;
-                 startBin=j;
-                 break;
-               }
-             }
-             if(!found) AliInfo(Form("WARNING!!! no start of fit found for histo # %i",i));
-             // Now calculate the mean over the interval. 
-             Double_t mean = 0;
-             Double_t sumw2 = 0;
-             Double_t nent = 0;
-             for(Int_t k=0;k<fgkBinRangeAve;k++){
-               mean=mean+h1->GetBinCenter(startBin+k)*h1->GetBinContent(startBin+k);                 
-               nent=nent+h1->GetBinContent(startBin+k);                 
-               sumw2=sumw2+(h1->GetBinCenter(startBin+k))*(h1->GetBinCenter(startBin+k))*(h1->GetBinContent(startBin+k));
-             }
-             
-             mean= mean/nent; //<x>
-             sumw2=sumw2/nent; //<x^2>
-             Double_t rmsmean= 0;
-             rmsmean = TMath::Sqrt((sumw2-mean*mean)/nent);
-             if (i<npads) {
-               AliTOFChannelOnline * ch = fCal->GetChannel(i);
-               ch->SetDelay(mean);
-             }
-           }
+  
+  else{
+         Log("The input data file list from DAQ (pulser) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
+         delete htofPulser;
+         htofPulser = 0x0;
+         if (fStatus){
+                 delete fStatus;
+                 fStatus = 0;
          }
-         daqFile->Close();
-         delete daqFile;
-         AliCDBMetaData metaData;
-         metaData.SetBeamPeriod(0);
-         metaData.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
-         metaData.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFCal object.");
-         resultDAQ = Store("Calib","OnlineDelay",fCal, &metaData);
-         result+=resultDAQ*2*2;
-       }
-       else{
-         AliError(Form("The file %s does not exist",fileName)); 
-       }
+         return 10;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
+  }    
+  
+  //storing in OCDB  
+  
+  AliCDBMetaData metaData;
+  metaData.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+  metaData.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+  metaData.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray object after a Pulser run.");
+  AliInfo("Storing Calibration Data from Pulser Run");
+  resultPulser = Store("Calib","Status",fStatus, &metaData,0,kTRUE);
+  if(!resultPulser){
+    Log("Some problems occurred while storing online object resulting from Pulser data processing");
+    delete htofPulser;
+    htofPulser = 0x0;
+    if (fStatus){
+           delete fStatus;
+           fStatus = 0;
+    }
+    return 11;//return error code for problems in storing Pulser data 
+  }
+
+  if(fStoreRefData){
+    
+    AliCDBMetaData metaDataHisto;
+    metaDataHisto.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+    metaDataHisto.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+    char comment[200];
+    sprintf(comment,"This preprocessor stores the Ref data from a pulser run.");
+    metaDataHisto.SetComment(comment);
+    AliInfo("Storing Reference Data");
+    resultPulserRef = StoreReferenceData("Calib","PulserData",htofPulser, &metaDataHisto);
+    if (!resultPulserRef){
+      Log("some problems occurred::No Reference Data for pulser stored, TOF exiting from Shuttle");
+      delete htofPulser;
+      htofPulser = 0x0;
+      if (fStatus){
+             delete fStatus;
+             fStatus = 0;
       }
+      return 9;//return error code for failure in storing Ref Data 
     }
-  else{
-    AliInfo(Form("Problem: no list found"));
+  }
+  
+  daqFile=0;
+
+  delete htofPulser;
+  htofPulser = 0x0;
+
+  if (fStatus){
+    delete fStatus;
+    fStatus = 0;
   }
 
-  delete list;
-  list = 0;
+  return 0;
+}
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
+
+UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::ProcessNoiseData()
+{
+
+  // Processing Noise Run data for TOF channel status
+
+  Log("Processing Noise");
+
+  if (fStatus==0x0){
+         AliError("No valid fStatus found, some errors must have occurred!!");
+         return 20;
+  }
+
+  TH1::AddDirectory(0);
+
+  Bool_t resultNoiseRef=kFALSE;
+  Bool_t resultNoise=kFALSE;
+
+  static const Int_t kSize = AliTOFGeometry::NPadXSector()*AliTOFGeometry::NSectors();
+  TH1F * htofNoise = new TH1F("hTOFnoise","histo with signals on TOF during noise", kSize,-0.5,kSize-0.5);
+  for (Int_t ibin =1;ibin<=kSize;ibin++){
+         htofNoise->SetBinContent(ibin,-1);
+  }
+  
+  // processing noise
+  
+  TFile * daqFile=0x0;
+  TH1F * h1=0x0;
+  
+  //retrieving Noise data 
+  TList* listNoise = GetFileSources(kDAQ, "NOISE");
+  if (listNoise !=0x0 && listNoise->GetEntries()!=0)
+         {
+                 AliInfo("The following sources produced files with the id NOISE");
+                 listNoise->Print();
+                 Int_t nNoise = 0;
+                 for (Int_t jj=0;jj<listNoise->GetEntries();jj++){
+                         Int_t nNoiseSource = 0;
+                         TObjString * str = dynamic_cast<TObjString*> (listNoise->At(jj));
+                         AliInfo(Form("found source %s", str->String().Data()));
+                         // file to be stored run per run
+                         TString fileNameNoise = GetFile(kDAQ, "NOISE", str->GetName());
+                         if (fileNameNoise.Length()>0){
+                                 // storing reference data
+                                 AliInfo(Form("Got the file %s, now we can process noise data.", fileNameNoise.Data()));
+                                 daqFile = new TFile(fileNameNoise.Data(),"READ");
+                                 h1 = (TH1F*) daqFile->Get("hTOFnoise");
+                                 for (Int_t ibin=0;ibin<kSize;ibin++){
+                                         if ((h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1))!=-1){
+                                                 if ((htofNoise->GetBinContent(ibin+1))==-1){
+                                                         htofNoise->SetBinContent(ibin+1,h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1));
+                                                 }
+                                                 else {
+                                                         Log(Form("Something strange occurred during Noise run, channel %i already read by another LDC, please check!",ibin));
+                                                 }
+                                         }
+                                 }
+                                 // elaborating infos
+                                 for (Int_t ich =0;ich<fNChannels;ich++){
+                                         if (h1->GetBinContent(ich+1)==-1) continue;
+                                         AliDebug(3,Form(" channel %i noise status before noise = %i, with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetNoiseStatus(ich),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
+                                         //AliDebug(2,Form( " channel %i status before noise = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetNoiseStatus(ich)));
+                                         
+                                         /* check whether channel has been read out during current run.
+                                          * if the status is bad it means it has not been read out.
+                                          * in this case skip channel in order to leave its status 
+                                          * unchanged */
+                                         if ((fStatus->GetHWStatus(ich)) == AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWBad)
+                                                 continue;
+                                         
+                                         nNoise++;
+                                         nNoiseSource++;
+                                         if (h1->GetBinContent(ich+1)>=1){  // setting limit for noise to 1 Hz
+                                                 fStatus->SetNoiseStatus(ich,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFNoiseBad); // bad status for noise
+                                                 AliDebug(2,Form( " channel %i noise status after noise = %i, with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetNoiseStatus(ich),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
+                                         }
+                                         else {
+                                                 fStatus->SetNoiseStatus(ich,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFNoiseOk); // good status for noise
+                                                 AliDebug(2,Form(" channel %i noise status after noise = %i, with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetNoiseStatus(ich),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
+                                         }
+                                 }
+                                 
+                                 daqFile->Close();
+                                 delete daqFile;
+                                 delete h1;
+                                 
+                         }
+                         
+                         else{
+                                 Log("The input data file from DAQ (noise) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
+                                 delete listNoise;
+                                 delete htofNoise;
+                                 htofNoise = 0x0;
+                                 if (fStatus){
+                                         delete fStatus;
+                                         fStatus = 0;
+                                 }
+                                 return 13;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
+                         }
+                         
+                         AliDebug(2,Form(" Number of channels processed during noise run from source %i = %i",jj, nNoiseSource));
+                 }
+                 AliDebug(2,Form(" Number of channels processed during noise run = %i",nNoise));
+                 delete listNoise;
+         }
+  else{
+         Log("The input data file list from DAQ (noise) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
+         delete htofNoise;
+         htofNoise = 0x0;
+         if (fStatus){
+                 delete fStatus;
+                 fStatus = 0;
+         }
+         return 13;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
+  }    
+  
   daqFile=0;
-  delete fData;
-  fData = 0;
-  delete fCal;
-  fCal = 0;
-  delete fArray;
-  fArray = 0;
-  return result;
+  
+  //storing in OCDB
+  
+  AliCDBMetaData metaData;
+  metaData.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+  metaData.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+  metaData.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray object after a Noise run.");
+  AliInfo("Storing Calibration Data from Noise Run");
+  resultNoise = Store("Calib","Status",fStatus, &metaData,0,kTRUE);
+  if(!resultNoise){
+    Log("Some problems occurred while storing online object resulting from Noise data processing");
+    delete htofNoise;
+    htofNoise = 0x0;
+    if (fStatus){
+           delete fStatus;
+           fStatus = 0;
+    }
+    return 14;//return error code for problems in storing Noise data 
+  }
+
+  if(fStoreRefData){
+    
+    AliCDBMetaData metaDataHisto;
+    metaDataHisto.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+    metaDataHisto.SetResponsible("Chiara Zampolli");
+    char comment[200];
+    sprintf(comment,"This preprocessor stores the Ref data from a noise run. ");
+    metaDataHisto.SetComment(comment);
+    AliInfo("Storing Reference Data");
+    resultNoiseRef = StoreReferenceData("Calib","NoiseData",htofNoise, &metaDataHisto);
+    if (!resultNoiseRef){
+      Log("some problems occurred::No Reference Data for noise stored");
+      delete htofNoise;
+      htofNoise = 0x0;
+      if (fStatus){
+             delete fStatus;
+             fStatus = 0;
+      }
+      return 12;//return error code for failure in storing Ref Data 
+    }
+  }
+
+  delete htofNoise;
+  htofNoise = 0x0;
+
+  if (fStatus){
+    delete fStatus;
+    fStatus = 0;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
+
+UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::ProcessFEEData()
+{
+  // Processing Pulser Run data for TOF channel status
+  // dummy for the time being
+
+  Log("Processing FEE");
+
+  Bool_t updateOCDB = kFALSE;
+  AliTOFFEEReader feeReader;
+
+  TH1C hCurrentFEE("hCurrentFEE","histo with current FEE channel status", fNChannels, 0, fNChannels);
+  
+  /* load current TOF FEE config from DCS FXS, parse, 
+   * fill current FEE histogram and set FEE status */
+  
+  const char * nameFile = GetFile(kDCS,"TofFeeMap",""); 
+  AliInfo(Form("nameFile = %s",nameFile));
+  if (nameFile == NULL) {
+         return 15;
+  } 
+  feeReader.LoadFEEConfig(nameFile);
+  Int_t parseFee = feeReader.ParseFEEConfig();
+  AliDebug(2,Form("%i enabled channels found in FEE configuration",parseFee));
+  /* load stored TOF FEE from OCDB and compare it with current FEE.
+   * if stored FEE is different from current FEE set update flag.
+   * if there is no stored FEE in OCDB set update flag */
+  
+  AliCDBEntry *cdbEntry = GetFromOCDB("Calib","Status");
+  if (!cdbEntry) {
+         /* no CDB entry found. set update flag */
+         Log("     ************ WARNING ************");
+         Log("No CDB Status entry found, creating a new one!");
+         Log("     *********************************");
+         fStatus = new AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray(fNChannels);
+         updateOCDB = kTRUE;
+  }
+  else {
+         if (cdbEntry) cdbEntry->SetOwner(kFALSE);
+         /* CDB entry OK. loop over channels */
+         fStatus = (AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray*) cdbEntry->GetObject();
+         delete cdbEntry;
+         cdbEntry = 0x0;
+  }
+  for (Int_t iChannel = 0; iChannel < fNChannels; iChannel++){
+         //AliDebug(2,Form("********** channel %i",iChannel));
+         /* compare current FEE channel status with stored one 
+          * if different set update flag and break loop */
+         //AliDebug(2,Form( " channel %i status before FEE = %i",iChannel,(Int_t)fStatus->GetHWStatus(iChannel)));
+         if (feeReader.IsChannelEnabled(iChannel)) {
+                 hCurrentFEE.SetBinContent(iChannel + 1, 1);
+                 if (fStatus->GetHWStatus(iChannel)!=AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWOk){
+                         updateOCDB = kTRUE;
+                         fStatus->SetHWStatus(iChannel,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWOk);
+                         AliDebug(2,Form( " changed into enabled: channel %i status after FEE = %i",iChannel,(Int_t)fStatus->GetHWStatus(iChannel)));
+                 }
+         }
+         else {
+                 if (fStatus->GetHWStatus(iChannel)!=AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWBad){
+                         updateOCDB = kTRUE;
+                         fStatus->SetHWStatus(iChannel,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWBad);
+                         AliDebug(2,Form( " changed into disabled: channel %i status after FEE = %i",iChannel,(Int_t)fStatus->GetHWStatus(iChannel)));
+                 }
+         }
+  }
+
+
+  /* check whether we don't have to store reference data.
+   * in this case we return without errors. */
+  if (fStoreRefData) {
+         /* store reference data */
+         AliCDBMetaData metaDataHisto;
+         metaDataHisto.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+         metaDataHisto.SetResponsible("Roberto Preghenella");
+         metaDataHisto.SetComment("This preprocessor stores the FEE Ref data of the current run.");
+         AliInfo("Storing FEE reference data");
+         /* store FEE reference data */
+         if (!StoreReferenceData("Calib", "FEEData", &hCurrentFEE, &metaDataHisto)) {
+                 /* failed */
+                 Log("problems while storing FEE reference data");
+                 if (fStatus){
+                         delete fStatus;
+                         fStatus = 0;
+                 }
+                 return 18; /* error return code for problems while storing FEE reference data */
+         }
+  }
+
+  /* check whether we don't need to update OCDB.
+   * in this case we can return without errors and
+   * the current FEE is stored in the fStatus object. */
+  if (!updateOCDB) {
+    AliInfo("TOF FEE config has not changed. Do not overwrite stored file.");
+    return 0; /* return ok */
+  }
+
+  TString runType = GetRunType();
+  if (runType != "PHYSICS") {
+         AliInfo(Form("Run Type = %s, waiting to store status map",GetRunType()));
+    return 0; /* return ok */
+  }
+
+  /* update the OCDB with the current FEE since even 
+   * a little difference has been detected. */
+
+  AliCDBMetaData metaData;
+  metaData.SetBeamPeriod(0);
+  metaData.SetResponsible("Roberto Preghenella");
+  metaData.SetComment("This preprocessor fills an AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray object from FEE data.");
+  AliInfo("Storing Status data from current run after FEE parsing");
+  /* store FEE data */
+  if (!Store("Calib", "Status", fStatus, &metaData, 0, kTRUE)) {
+    /* failed */
+    Log("problems while storing FEE data object");
+    if (fStatus){
+           delete fStatus;
+           fStatus = 0;
+    }
+    return 17; /* return error code for problems  while storing FEE data */
+  }
+
+  /* everything fine. return */
+
+  if (fStatus){
+    delete fStatus;
+    fStatus = 0;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
+
+UInt_t AliTOFPreprocessor::Process(TMap* dcsAliasMap)
+{
+  //
+  //
+  //
+
+  TString runType = GetRunType();
+  Log(Form("RunType %s",runType.Data()));
+  
+  // processing 
+
+  /* always process FEE data */
+  Int_t iresultFEE = ProcessFEEData();
+  if (iresultFEE != 0)
+    return iresultFEE;
+
+  if (runType == "PULSER") {
+    Int_t iresultPulser = ProcessPulserData();
+    return iresultPulser; 
+  }
+
+  if (runType == "NOISE") { // for the time being associating noise runs with pedestal runs; proper run type to be defined 
+    Int_t iresultNoise = ProcessNoiseData();
+    return iresultNoise; 
+  }
+  
+  if (runType == "PHYSICS") {
+    Int_t iresultDAQ = ProcessOnlineDelays();
+    if (iresultDAQ != 0) {
+      return iresultDAQ;
+    }
+    else {
+      Int_t iresultDCS = ProcessDCSDataPoints(dcsAliasMap);
+      return iresultDCS;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // storing
+  return 0;
 }