Index: ct/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/qw.py
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--- /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/qw.py	(revision 13408)
+++ 	(revision )
@@ -1,35 +1,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python -itt
-
-
-from factfits import FactFits
-from ROOT import TCanvas, TGraph
-
-#define filenames
-data_filename_1 =
-"/fact/aux/2012/04/17/20120417_030.FTM_CONTROL_TRIGGER_RATES.fits"
-#data_filename_2 =
-"/fact/aux/2012/04/17/20120417_031.FTM_CONTROL_TRIGGER_RATES.fits"
-
-file_handle_1 = FactFits(data_filename_1)
-#file_handle_2 = FactFits(data_filename_2)
-
-file_handle_1.register("TriggerRate")
-file_handle_1.register("Time")
-#file_handle_2.register("TriggerRate")
-#file_handle_2.register("Time")
-
-trigger_rate_array = []
-time_array = []
-
-for row in file_handle_1:
-    trigger_rate_array.append(row.TriggerRate)
-    time_array.append(row.Time)
-
-#for row in file_handle_2:
-#    trigger_rate_array.append(row.TriggerRate)
-#    time_array.append(row.Time)
-
-canv = TCanvas("canv","title",10,10,600,400)
-graph = TGraph(len(trigger_rate_array),time_array,trigger_rate_array)
-graph.Draw("ap")
-
Index: /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/weitzel/plot_trigger_rate.py
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--- /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/weitzel/plot_trigger_rate.py	(revision 13409)
+++ /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/weitzel/plot_trigger_rate.py	(revision 13409)
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -itt
+
+##############################################
+# by Q. Weitzel and T. Kraehenbuehl
+# plot trigger rates for all runs of one night
+# adapt base_path to select the night
+# (and change title and zoom of the graph)
+##############################################
+
+from array import array
+import os
+import re
+
+from factfits import FactFits
+
+from ROOT import TCanvas, TGraph
+from ROOT import gROOT
+from ROOT import gStyle
+
+gROOT.SetStyle("Plain")
+
+filelist = []
+base_path = "/fact/aux/2012/04/16/"
+
+for base,subdirs,files in os.walk(base_path):
+    for filename in files:
+        #include only run files
+        regex = re.search(r'_\d\d\d\.FTM_CONTROL_TRIGGER_RATES',filename)
+        #include run files and also the nightly file
+        #regex = re.search(r'FTM_CONTROL_TRIGGER_RATES',filename)
+        if regex:
+            filelist.append(os.path.join(base,filename))
+
+#alternatively, select slow data files directly for the file list
+#filelist = ["/fact/aux/2012/04/16/20120416_030.FTM_CONTROL_TRIGGER_RATES.fits",
+#            "/fact/aux/2012/04/16/20120416_040.FTM_CONTROL_TRIGGER_RATES.fits"]
+
+trigger_rate_array = array("d",[])
+time_array = array("d",[])
+
+for filename in filelist:
+
+    print filename
+
+    file_handle = FactFits(filename)
+
+    file_handle.register("TriggerRate")
+    file_handle.register("Time")
+    file_handle.register("FTMtimeStamp")
+
+    ftm_ts_old = 1E10
+
+    for row in file_handle:
+        if row.FTMtimeStamp>ftm_ts_old:#needed to remove negative rate in first report
+            trigger_rate_array.append(float(row.TriggerRate))
+            time_array.append(float(row.Time)*24*3600)
+        ftm_ts_old = row.FTMtimeStamp
+
+canv = TCanvas("canv","title",50,50,1500,800)
+graph = TGraph(len(trigger_rate_array),time_array,trigger_rate_array)
+
+#change the time format to human readable
+graph.GetXaxis().SetTimeDisplay(1);
+#graph.GetXaxis().SetTimeFormat("%d.%m.  %H:%M%F1970-01-01 00:00:00");
+graph.GetXaxis().SetTimeFormat("%H:%M%F1970-01-01 00:00:00")
+
+graph.SetMarkerStyle(7)
+graph.SetMarkerSize(1)
+graph.SetMarkerColor(2)
+graph.SetTitle("Night 16.04.2012")
+graph.GetYaxis().SetRangeUser(0,250)#zoom to be adapted for each night
+graph.GetXaxis().SetTitleOffset(1.2)
+graph.GetXaxis().SetTitle("UTC+4h  (hh:mm)")#for summer time
+graph.GetYaxis().SetTitle("Trigger Rate (Hz)")
+graph.Draw("ap")