1. What do you want? What are you willing to do to get it?
Software discussion
What do you want?
What are you willing to do to get it?
J. Arrington, Argonne National Lab Hall C collaboration mtg, Jan 2010

2. Data Analysis Hall C analysis “engine” well suited to SHMS
Identical (fortran-based) code used for HMS and SOS hodoscopes, chambers, calorimeters
Built-in calibration codes for some detectors; options for outputting calibration data
Very easy to incorporate SHMS
Trivial changes for geometry, channel differences
Minor modifications for fly’s eye calorimeter
Small changes for new ADC/TDC modules
Want to develop C++/ROOT based analyzer
More advanced programming language
More direct connection to ROOT data presentation/analysis tools (including Hall A)
Easier inclusion of new detectors, third arms ?

3. Plan under discussion (default option)
Develop C++/Root analyzer
Use Hall A version
New framework?
Update the fortran “engine” as backup option
Easy to update; most of work is to decode ADC/TDC/scalar info
Ready to go if needed. Realistically, once C++/Root analyzer is working, all engine support disappears

4. Current efforts, short-term plans
Start work in preparation of analysis updates
Document current codes, algorithms
Lay out work needed to adopt PODD or make new framework
Put SHMS into engine (identify areas needing new code)
Volunteers
G. Niculescu: Document engine, start on new analyzer
M. Jones: Coordinate initial efforts
E. Brash, J. Reinhold, W. Boeglin: make time/students available in the summer
Interested (but not yet useful) parties: S. Wood and myself
Looking for user input, more interested and/or useful parties
Do we have real PODD experts in Hall C?

5. Questions Is any of this what we want actually want?
What else do we want/need?
New/different capabilities for analyzer?
Have SIMC/single-arm with SHMS model
Need GEANT4 simulation? [G. Huber looking at 1st efforts]
Small packages for individual detectors?
Global detector hut simulation?
Full spectrometer (hall) model?