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/* $Id$ */

//#include <Riostream.h>
//#include <stdio.h>
//#include <stdlib.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 "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 - 
// 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 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(AliShuttleInterface* shuttle) :
  AliPreprocessor("TOF", shuttle),
  fData(0),
  fCal(0),
  fNChannels(0),
  fStoreRefData(kTRUE),
  fFDRFlag(kFALSE),
  fStatus(0),
  fMatchingWindow(0)
{
  // constructor
  AddRunType("PHYSICS");
  AddRunType("PULSER");
  AddRunType("NOISE");

}

//_____________________________________________________________________________

AliTOFPreprocessor::~AliTOFPreprocessor()
{
  // destructor
}

//______________________________________________________________________________
void AliTOFPreprocessor::Initialize(Int_t run, UInt_t startTime,
	UInt_t endTime)
{
  // Creates AliTOFDataDCS object

  AliPreprocessor::Initialize(run, startTime, endTime);

	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)GetStartTimeDCSQuery()).AsString(), ((TTimeStamp)GetEndTimeDCSQuery()).AsString()));

	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::ProcessDCSDataPoints(TMap* dcsAliasMap)
{
  // Fills data into a AliTOFDataDCS object


  Log("Processing DCS DP");
  TH1::AddDirectory(0);

  Bool_t resultDCSMap=kFALSE;
  Bool_t resultDCSStore=kFALSE;

  // processing DCS

  fData->SetFDRFlag(fFDRFlag);
  
  if (!dcsAliasMap){
    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
    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;
}
//_____________________________________________________________________________

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;
  
  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;
					    
					    /* temporarly disable warnings */
					    AliLog::EType_t logLevel = (AliLog::EType_t)AliLog::GetGlobalLogLevel();
					    AliLog::SetGlobalLogLevel(AliLog::kError);

					    /* 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 */

					    /* re-enable warnings */
					    AliLog::SetGlobalLogLevel(logLevel);
					    
					  }

					  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;
	  }
  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 
  }

  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{
	  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;
	  }
	  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 
    }
  }
  
  daqFile=0;

  delete htofPulser;
  htofPulser = 0x0;

  if (fStatus){
    delete fStatus;
    fStatus = 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;
  }

  Float_t noiseThr = 1;   // setting default threshold for noise to 1 Hz
  // reading config map
  AliCDBEntry *cdbEntry = GetFromOCDB("Calib","ConfigNoise");
  if (!cdbEntry) {
	  Log(Form("No Configuration entry found in CDB, using default values: NoiseThr = %d",noiseThr));
  }
  else {
	  TMap *configMap = (TMap*)cdbEntry->GetObject();
	  if (!configMap){
		  Log(Form("No map found in Config entry in CDB, using default values: NoiseThr = %d", noiseThr));
	  }
	  else{
		  TObjString *strNoiseThr = (TObjString*)configMap->GetValue("NoiseThr");
		  if (strNoiseThr) {
			  TString tmpstr = strNoiseThr->GetString();
			  noiseThr = tmpstr.Atoi();
		  }
		  else {
			  Log(Form("No NoiseThr value found in Map from ConfigNoise entry in CDB, using default value: NoiseThr = %i",noiseThr));
		  }
	  }
  }

  delete cdbEntry;
  cdbEntry = 0x0;

  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;
  
  // useful counters
  Int_t nNoise = 0;
  Int_t nNoisyChannels = 0;
  Int_t nNotNoisyChannels = 0;
  Int_t nChannelsFromDA = 0;
  Int_t nMatchingWindowNullNonZero = 0;
  Int_t nMatchingWindowNullEqualZero = 0;

  // 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();
		  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){
						  nNoiseSource++;
						  // checking the matching window for current channel
						  if (fMatchingWindow[ibin] == 0){
							  Log(Form("Matching window for channel %i null, but the channel was read by the LDC! skipping channel, BUT Please check!",ibin));
							  if ((h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1))!=0) nMatchingWindowNullNonZero++;						
							  if ((h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1))==0) nMatchingWindowNullEqualZero++;						
							  continue;
						  }
						  if ((htofNoise->GetBinContent(ibin+1))==-1){
							  htofNoise->SetBinContent(ibin+1,h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1)/(fMatchingWindow[ibin]*1.E-9));
							  if ((h1->GetBinContent(ibin+1))!= 0) AliDebug(2,Form("Channel = %i, Matching window = %i, Content = %f", ibin, fMatchingWindow[ibin], htofNoise->GetBinContent(ibin+1)));
						  }
						  else {
							  Log(Form("Something strange occurred during Noise run, channel %i already read by another LDC, please check!",ibin));
						  }
					  }
				  }

				  Log(Form(" Number of channels processed during noise run from source %i = %i",jj, nNoiseSource));
				  daqFile->Close();
				  delete daqFile;
				  delete h1;
				  daqFile = 0x0;
				  h1 = 0x0;

			  }
			  else{
				  Log("The input data file from DAQ (noise) was not found, TOF exiting from Shuttle "); 
				  delete listNoise;
				  listNoise = 0x0;
				  delete htofNoise;
				  htofNoise = 0x0;
				  if (fStatus){
					  delete fStatus;
					  fStatus = 0;
				  }
				  if (fMatchingWindow){
					  delete [] fMatchingWindow;
					  fMatchingWindow = 0;
				  }
				  return 13;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
			  }
		  }		  
	  }
			  
  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;
	  }
	  if (fMatchingWindow){
		  delete [] fMatchingWindow;
		  fMatchingWindow = 0;
	  }
	  return 13;//return error code for failure in retrieving Ref Data 
  }	
  
  // elaborating infos to set NOISE status
  for (Int_t ich =0;ich<fNChannels;ich++){
	  if (htofNoise->GetBinContent(ich+1)== -1) continue;

	  nChannelsFromDA++;

	  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++;
	  if (htofNoise->GetBinContent(ich+1) >= noiseThr){
		  fStatus->SetNoiseStatus(ich,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFNoiseBad); // bad status for noise
		  AliDebug(3,Form( " channel %i noise status after noise = %i, with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetNoiseStatus(ich),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
		  nNoisyChannels++;
	  }
	  else {
		  fStatus->SetNoiseStatus(ich,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFNoiseOk); // good status for noise
		  AliDebug(3,Form(" channel %i noise status after noise = %i, with global status = %i",ich,(Int_t)fStatus->GetNoiseStatus(ich),(Int_t)fStatus->GetStatus(ich)));
		  nNotNoisyChannels++;
	  }
  }
  
  Log(Form(" Number of channels processed by DA during noise run, independetly from TOFFEE = %i",nChannelsFromDA));
  Log(Form(" Number of channels processed during noise run (that were ON according to TOFFEE) = %i",nNoise));
  Log(Form(" Number of noisy channels found during noise run = %i",nNoisyChannels));
  Log(Form(" Number of not noisy channels found during noise run = %i",nNotNoisyChannels));
  Log(Form(" Number of channels with matching window NULL (so skipped), but Non Zero content = %i",nMatchingWindowNullNonZero));
  Log(Form(" Number of channels with matching window NULL (so skipped), and Zero content = %i",nMatchingWindowNullEqualZero));

  delete listNoise;
  
  //daqFile=0;
  
  //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;
    }
    if (fMatchingWindow){
	    delete [] fMatchingWindow;
	    fMatchingWindow = 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;
      }
      if (fMatchingWindow){
	      delete [] fMatchingWindow;
	      fMatchingWindow = 0;
      }
      return 12;//return error code for failure in storing Ref Data 
    }
  }

  delete htofNoise;
  htofNoise = 0x0;

  if (fStatus){
    delete fStatus;
    fStatus = 0;
  }

  if (fMatchingWindow){
	  delete [] fMatchingWindow;
	  fMatchingWindow = 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 */
  
  fMatchingWindow = new Int_t[fNChannels];

  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)));
	  fMatchingWindow[iChannel] = feeReader.GetMatchingWindow(iChannel);
	  if (feeReader.IsChannelEnabled(iChannel)) {
		  hCurrentFEE.SetBinContent(iChannel + 1, 1);
		  if (fStatus->GetHWStatus(iChannel)!=AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWOk){
			  updateOCDB = kTRUE;
			  fStatus->SetHWStatus(iChannel,AliTOFChannelOnlineStatusArray::kTOFHWOk);
			  AliDebug(3,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(3,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;
}