(Last update 01/09/2004)

Older ORCA Test-Beam Software

• TestBeams/X5Boctober2001:  This software is being used for the analysis of the X5 test-beam data taken in Oct. 2001. This test-beam consisted of 6 identical silicon modules in a 25ns beam. 
       The code should be checked out from the head version of ORCA.  Basic descriptions of what the existing software does can be found in the subdirectory test/README.HELP . The software does (or will provide) the following functionality: read data in ZEBRA format, perform pedestal and common-mode noise subtraction, reconstruct clusters and perform a straight line track fit. A more sophisticated tracking + alignment package Tracker/TestBeamPattern, based on the Kalman filter, will also be implemented (CMS note ?). The pedestal/CMN/clustering code used is that used in previous test-beams. i.e., TestBeams/TRackerAnalysis (described below), or a more recent version of the same code prepared for the 2001 (?) PSI 50 MHz test-beam, which is described in talk (19/6/01). 
  

• TestBeams/TRackerAnalysis: Performs APV frame recognition, pedestal and CMN subtraction and cluster reconstruction (although the latter is based on Fortran code). Currently compiles only with ORCA_3_2_1 and reads data from OO-database. However, an interface to this code which compiles with ORCA_5_3_1 can be found in TestBeams/X5Boctober2001, as mentioned above. A published analysis of the Aug. 1999 X5 test-beam data, using this code, can be found in  CMS-NOTE-2000/050 (18/9/2000).
  

• TestBeams/TRAnalysis + TRMonitor: Used to provide on-line monitoring of pedestals/noise/signals etc. via a graphical (Qt) interface. (But can also be run without the graphical interface.) Currently compiles only with ORCA_3_2_1 and reads the data from an OO-database. Documentation exists (23/5/00).
  

• TestBeams/TRFastCheck: Used to identify and diagnose problems with the tracker readout electronics. Produces an ntuple containing details information about APV pipe-line addresses, error flags, FED event counters etc. Also provides classes for accessing the data from an OO-database. Documentation exists (14/3/01).
  

• Fortran Analysis Software: Still useful (and used in Oct. 2001 X5 beam-test). Provides pedestal/noise/CMN/clustering analysis of data read in ZEBRA format. Documentation exists, which also says where the software can be found (via afs).

A description of the C++ classes used in the above packages can also be found in the ORCA Reference Manual