=============== Getting Started =============== 1) Get an account at the FACT data center at ISDC 2) Setup your environment variables 3) Checkout the pyfact software repository 4) Try a few examples 1. Important links ================================= **FACT data center at ISDC** ** here you find instructions how to get an account, how to set it up and how to use it **SVN repository** hosts all FACT software (including pyfact) **FACT run database** here you find information about all available runs **eLogbook** telescope logbook used since Dec. 1, 2012; for logbook information before this date have a look here: **FACT La Palma pages** plenty of information concerning the telescope in La Palma 2. Environment variables ======================== set the following env variables depending on the SHELL you are using, for instance in .bashrc or .tcshrc * **ROOTSYS**: /swdev_nfs/root_v5.28.00 * **PATH**: add $ROOTSYS/bin * **LD_LIBRARY_PATH**: add $ROOTSYS/lib * **PYTHONPATH**: $ROOTSYS/lib * **PYTHONPATH**: add all directories where python should search for modules. At least: * pyscripts/pyfact * **LD_LIBRARY_PATH**: add the path to pyfits_h.so * pyscripts/pyfact in many cases the absolute path depends on where you have checked (or will check) out the pyscripts repository example .bashrc:: # this is just a convenient shortcut export MY_PYFACT=/home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact # this is needed for ROOT only export ROOTSYS=/swdev_nfs/root_v5.28.00 export PATH=$ROOTSYS/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOTSYS/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH # this is needed for Python to find the pyfact classes and PyROOT export PYTHONPATH=$MY_PYFACT export PYTHONPATH=$ROOTSYS/lib:$PYTHONPATH #this is one of many possible ways, for ROOT to find pyfits_h.so export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MY_PYFACT 3. Check out the repository =========================== svn co https://fact.isdc.unige.ch/svn/fact/tools/pyscripts py 4. Create the needed *.so libs @ ISDC ====================================== FACT data are stored in (gzipped) fits files, but the data files are too large to be read by the existing tools: `pyfits ` which uses `cfitsio `_. To mitigate this problem a C++ class defined in fits.h [#f1]_ is used. A simple possibility to create an interface of this C++ class is to use ROOT and later to import it using the `pyroot `_ module. example:: neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyfact$ root -l -q makelibs.C root [0] Processing makelibs.C... Info in : creating shared library /home_nfs/isdc/neise/test_py/pyfact/./izstream_h.so Info in : creating shared library /home_nfs/isdc/neise/test_py/pyfact/./factfits_h.so [... quite some warnings ...] neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyfact$ ls *.so calfactfits_h.so factfits_h.so izstream_h.so 5. Test if everything is running ================================= each module in pyfact should have some test methods implemented. In case one would like to test the module *pyfact*, one can simple execute the module source file. The module pyfact implements the classes *RawData* and *SlowData*, but only *RawData* is currently te neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyfact$ pyfact.py showing test of iterator of RawData class in order to test the SlowData classe please use: ./pyfact.py fits-file-name ev 1 data[0,0] = -7.68806196438 start_cell[0] = 426 trigger type = 416 ev 2 data[0,0] = 0.792280672486 start_cell[0] = 437 trigger type = 416 ev 3 data[0,0] = 54.9490855517 start_cell[0] = 449 trigger type = 416 ev 4 data[0,0] = 3.9482592671 start_cell[0] = 461 trigger type = 416 ev 5 data[0,0] = -66.4329317281 start_cell[0] = 474 trigger type = 416 ev 6 data[0,0] = 8.2917625181 start_cell[0] = 485 trigger type = 416 ev 7 data[0,0] = -41.6565116079 start_cell[0] = 498 trigger type = 416 ev 8 data[0,0] = 33.4668984163 start_cell[0] = 509 trigger type = 416 ev 9 data[0,0] = -28.520090549 start_cell[0] = 522 trigger type = 416 ev 10 data[0,0] = -20.4925692795 start_cell[0] = 533 trigger type = 416 This should work at ISDC only, but if it does not work, please ask somebody for help. 6. Old way of creating the so files =================================== -----------This is a depricated section--------------- FACT data are stored in (gzipped) fits files, but the data files are too large to be read by the existing tools: `pyfits ` which uses `cfitsio `_. To mitigate this problem a C++ class defined in fits.h [#f1]_ is used. A simple possibility to create an interface of this C++ class is to use ROOT and later to import it using the `pyroot `_ module. example:: neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyscripts/pyfact$ root ROOT 5.28/00 (trunk@37585, Dec 14 2010, 15:20:27 on linuxx8664gcc) CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.18.00, July 2, 2010 Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements. Enclose multiple statements between { }. root [0] .L pyfits.h++ Info in : creating shared library /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits_h.so In file included from /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/pyfits_h_ACLiC_dict.h:34, from /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/pyfits_h_ACLiC_dict.cxx:17: /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits.h: In member function »size_t std::fits::Table::GetN(const std::string&) const«: /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits.h:442: Warnung: Deklaration von »it« überdeckt einen vorhergehenden lokalen Bezeichner /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits.h:437: Warnung: Verdeckte Deklaration ist hier root [1] .q check if it worked:: neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyscripts/pyfact$ ls pyfits* pyfits.h pyfits_h.d pyfits_h.so This might not work for whatenver reason then you can try this:: $rootcint -f my_dict.C -c pyfits.h izstream.h $g++ -fPIC -c -I$ROOTSYS/include my_dict.C -o my_dict.o $g++ -o pyfits_h.so -shared my_dict.o In case one uses root 5.32 instead of root 5.28, one should do:: neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyscripts/pyfact$ root -b ******************************************* * * * W E L C O M E to R O O T * * * * Version 5.32/00 2 December 2011 * * * * You are welcome to visit our Web site * * http://root.cern.ch * * * ******************************************* ROOT 5.32/00 (tags/v5-32-00@42375, Dec 02 2011, 12:42:25 on linuxx8664gcc) CINT/ROOT C/C++ Interpreter version 5.18.00, July 2, 2010 Type ? for help. Commands must be C++ statements. Enclose multiple statements between { }. root [0] gSystem->Load("/usr/lib64/libz.so") (int)0 root [1] .L pyfits.h++ Info in : creating shared library /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits_h.so In file included from /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/pyfits_h_ACLiC_dict.h:34, from /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/pyfits_h_ACLiC_dict.cxx:17: /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits.h: In member function »size_t std::fits::Table::GetN(const std::string&) const«: /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits.h:442: Warnung: Deklaration von »it« überdeckt einen vorhergehenden lokalen Bezeichner /home_nfs/isdc/neise/py/pyscripts/pyfact/./pyfits.h:437: Warnung: Verdeckte Deklaration ist hier root [2] .q neise@isdc-viewer00:~/py/pyscripts/pyfact$ ls pyfits* pyfits.h pyfits_h.d pyfits_h.so .. rubric:: Footnotes .. [#f1] fits.h (here named pyfits.h) is part of MARS and was written by T.Bretz, it was added to this repository for convienience