Index: /fact/tools/rootmacros/SaveToCsv.C
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--- /fact/tools/rootmacros/SaveToCsv.C	(revision 13432)
+++ /fact/tools/rootmacros/SaveToCsv.C	(revision 13432)
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include "SaveToCsv.h"
+#include <TROOT.h>
+#include <TH1F.h>
+#include <TString.h>
+
+TString
+BuildPath(
+        TString         path,
+        const char*     csv_file_name,
+        int             pixel
+        )
+{
+    path += csv_file_name;
+    path += "_";
+
+    if (pixel = -1)
+        path += "AllPixel";
+    else
+        path += pixel;
+    path += ".csv";
+
+    return path;
+}
+
+
+void
+WritePixelTemplateToCsv(
+        TH1*            phInputHistogram,
+        TString         path,
+        const char*     csv_file_name,
+        const char*     overlay_method,
+        int             pixel,
+        int             verbosityLevel
+        )
+{
+    path = BuildPath(path, csv_file_name, pixel); //if want to write ALL pixel= -1
+
+    Int_t nbins = phInputHistogram->GetXaxis()->GetNbins();
+
+    if (verbosityLevel > 0)
+    {
+        cout << "writing point-set to csv file: " ;
+        cout << path << endl;
+        cout << "...opening file" << endl;
+    }
+    if (verbosityLevel > 2) cout << "...number of bins " << nbins << endl;
+
+    ofstream out;
+    out.open( path );
+
+    out << "### point-set of a single photon pulse template" << endl
+        << "### template determined with pulse overlay at: "
+        << overlay_method;
+    if ( pixel = -1 )
+        out << "of all Pixels";
+    else
+        out << endl;
+    out << "### Slice's Amplitude determined by calculating the " << endl
+        << "### value of maximum propability of slice -> Amplitude1 " << endl
+        << "### mean of slice -> Amplitude2 " << endl
+        << "### median of slice -> Amplitude3 " << endl
+        << "### for each slice" << endl
+        << "### Pixel number (CHid): " << pixel << endl
+        << endl
+        << "time [slices],Amplitude1 [mV],Amplitude2 [mV],Amplitude3 [mV]" << endl;
+
+    for (int TimeSlice=1;TimeSlice<=nbins;TimeSlice++)
+    {
+        out << TimeSlice
+            << "," << phInputHistogram->GetBinContent(TimeSlice);
+//            << "," << hPixelMean[0]->GetBinContent(TimeSlice);
+//            << "," << hPixelMedian[0]->GetBinContent(TimeSlice) << endl;
+    }
+
+    out.close();
+    if (verbosityLevel > 0) cout << "...file closed" << endl;
+}
+