release 2.5.1. of ESPACE is ready. You can download the source
distribution from the ESPACE Web page
http://www.cebaf.gov/Hall-A/data_reduc/calibrations/software.html
It has also been installed in /work/halla/software on the jlabxx machines
and in the adaq account on the adaqxx online machines.
A new version was necessary because of a bug in v2.5.0 which caused
ESPACE to abort when using certain detector map files. This bug was
present in all versions, but did not show up on Sun machines because
of a bug in the Sun f77 compiler. So far, it does not appear that
any analysis results are affected by this, so you probably don't
need to redo any replay you have done, but to be safe you should
check. Please discard version 2.5.0.
A few reminders regarding the detector configuration data:
The official map file can always be found in
~adaq/detmap/detmap.config
on any adaqxx online machine. Note, however, that the information from
this file is also available in the data stream, and so it is normally
not necessary (and not recommended) for you to copy this file to your
analysis directory in order to replay data with ESPACE.
Here is how to access the information in the run data:
You analysis kumac might contain a statement like
set/file/detmap my_detmap.config
which tells ESPACE to use 'my_detmap.config' as the detector map.
If you delete this statement, ESPACE will use the detector map contained
in the run file that you are analyzing. Under normal circumstances,
this will be the correct detector configuration for that run.
Exceptions may apply for runs taken in the summer of 97 and earlier.
If you haven't already done so, I strongly suggest that you modify
your analysis to use the detector map from the data stream.
Ole Hansen