Changeset 6584 for trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/include-MFadc

Timestamp:

02/18/05 10:24:51 (20 years ago)

Author:

moralejo

Message:

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Location:

trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/include-MFadc

Files:

• MFadc.cxx (modified) (8 diffs)
• MFadc.hxx (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/include-MFadc/MFadc.cxx

@@ -23 +23 @@
              Int_t shapeout, Float_t integralout, Float_t fwhmout, 
              Float_t trigger_delay, Float_t fadc_slices_per_ns,
-             Int_t fadc_slices_written) {
+             Int_t fadc_slices_written, Int_t gainswitchamp,
+             Int_t shiftfromswitch2lowgain) {
   //
   //  Constructor overloaded II 
@@ -52 +53 @@
   fFadcSlicesPerNanosec = fadc_slices_per_ns;
   fFadcSlices = fadc_slices_written;
+  fGainSwitchAmp = gainswitchamp;
+  fShiftFromSwitch2LowGain = shiftfromswitch2lowgain;
 
   fSlices_mFadc = (Int_t)(TOTAL_TRIGGER_TIME*fFadcSlicesPerNanosec);
@@ -102 +105 @@
   
   //
-  //    set up the response shape
+  // set up the response shape
   // 
 
@@ -701 +704 @@
   //    adds the noise due to optronics and electronics 
   //    to the signal. This is noise which comes before the FADC,
-  //    so it will be later scaled down in the low gain branch.
+  //    so it will be later scaled down in the low gain branch, if 
+  //    the switch to low gain occurs.
   //
   UInt_t startslice;
@@ -872 +876 @@
 //===========================================================================
 //
-// Next function generates one pure noise event for pixel "pix", then adds 
-// up the readouts of a number n_slices of its FADC slices, this being the 
-// return value.
+// Next function adds up the noise in pixel "pix", scaling down the part
+// of it which comes from before the receivers in the case we are dealing with
+// low gain (ishigh=0). The output is the sum of the readouts of a number 
+// n_slices of FADC slices. For the case of low gain, the FADC contents we add
+// are not what we would have in a real pedestal event, but nevertheless this 
+// is useful in the camera simulation to obtain what the pedestal fluctuations 
+// are for the low gain. This will be written to the camera output, in the 
+// MMcFadcHeader.
 //
 Float_t MFadc::AddNoiseInSlices( Int_t pix, Int_t ishigh, Int_t n_slices) {
@@ -888 +897 @@
   // If we deal with low gain, we have to scale the values in sig[][] by
   // the gain ratio (high2low_gain), since "sig" contains here the noise 
-  // produce before the receiver boards (for instance NSB noise)
+  // produced before the receiver boards (for instance NSB noise)
   //
   factor=(ishigh?1.0:high2low_gain);
@@ -949 +958 @@
           for ( Int_t i=0 ; i < fFadcSlices ; i++ ) 
             {
-              output[ip][i]= pedestal[ip];
-              output_lowgain[ip][i]= pedestal[ip];
+              output[ip][i] = pedestal[ip];
+              output_lowgain[ip][i] = pedestal[ip];
             }
           continue;
         }
 
+
+      // First put the high gain in the output slices:
+      i = 0;
+      Int_t switch_i = 0;
+      for ( Int_t is = iFirstSlice; is < (iFirstSlice+fFadcSlices); is++ ) 
+        {
+          if (is < (Int_t)fSlices_mFadc)
+            {
+              output[ip][i] = sig[ip][is];
+              
+              if (switch_i == 0) // Hi gain limit not yet surpassed before.
+                {
+                  if (output[ip][i] > fGainSwitchAmp)
+                    switch_i = i + fShiftFromSwitch2LowGain;
+                }
+            }
+
+          else // We are beyond the simulated signal history in sig[][]! Put just mean pedestal!
+            output[ip][i] = pedestal[ip];
+
+          i++;
+        }
+
+      // Now put the low gain:
       i=0;
       for ( Int_t is = iFirstSlice; is < (iFirstSlice+fFadcSlices); is++ ) 
@@ -960 +993 @@
           if (is < (Int_t)fSlices_mFadc)
             {
-              output[ip][i] = sig[ip][is];
-
-              // Low gain is scaled down by the factor high2low_gain:
-              output_lowgain[ip][i]= pedestal[ip] + (sig[ip][is]-pedestal[ip])/high2low_gain;
+              if (switch_i > 0 && (i+fFadcSlices) >= switch_i)
+                output_lowgain[ip][i] = pedestal[ip] + 
+                  (sig[ip][is]-pedestal[ip])/high2low_gain;
+              // Once the shift occurs, low gain is filled with the high
+              // gain signal scaled down by the factor high2low_gain
+
+              else
+                output_lowgain[ip][i] = sig[ip][is+fFadcSlices];
+              // Write out high gain into low gain slices if there was no 
+              // switch, or before the switch occurs.
             }
+
           else // We are beyond the simulated signal history in sig[][]! Put just mean pedestal!
             {
-              output[ip][i] = pedestal[ip];
               output_lowgain[ip][i]= pedestal[ip];
             }
           i++;
         }
+
     }
 }

trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/include-MFadc/MFadc.hxx

@@ -22 +22 @@
 #include "MFadcDefine.h"
 
-class MMcEvt  ; 
+class MMcEvt; 
 
 //==========
@@ -107 +107 @@
   Float_t *sing_resp_outer; // the shape of the phe_response function 
 
-
-  //
-  //   RandomGenerator for the Electonic Noise
+  Int_t fGainSwitchAmp; // Height of the high gain signal (in ADC counts) at which we decide
+                        // to fill the low gain with a scaled down version of the pulse in the
+                        // high gain. Else we put in the continuation of the high gain. 
+
+  Int_t fShiftFromSwitch2LowGain; 
+  // Distance in FADC slices from the slice in which the amplitude
+  // fGainSwitchAmp is reached to were the switch to low gain will happen.
+
+  //
+  //   RandomGenerator for the Electronic Noise
   //
 
@@ -129 +136 @@
         Float_t trig_delay = 0.,
         Float_t fadc_slices_per_ns = FADC_SLICES_PER_NSEC,
-        Int_t   fadc_slices_written = FADC_SLICES);
-  
+        Int_t   fadc_slices_written = FADC_SLICES,
+        Int_t   gainswitchamp = 120,
+        Int_t   shiftfromswitch2lowgain = 13);
+
   void SetSeed(UInt_t seed)  {GenElec->SetSeed(seed);}