Release "dev" -> "new" tagged as SL98g

Sept. 2, 1998 (morning) ==> "dev" version of STAR Library was tagged as SL98g

Sept. 3, 1998 ~ 16:00 ==> SL98g was released as "new"

Sept. 3, 1998 ~ 16:00 ==> version SL98h created for "dev"

This release of SL98g will have bugs fixed and then migrated to "pro" in the next few days. It will be used for the first part of MDC.

• change to tdm so that character values can be put in to tables correctly

• pams/global - in dst package, the following modules were updated, corrected and/or finalized
  1. fill_dst_event_summary
  2. particle_dst_filler
  3. fill_dst_event_summary
  4. fill_dst_run_summary
  5. dst_mon_soft_filler
  6. dst_run_header
• pams/global/tkf module - updated to use new table names,locations
• pams/tpc packages updated:
  1. tcl,tfs,tpt,tss - modules had small corrections or protections put in
  2. tpt - sector number 1-24 was restored in tphit.row
  3. tpg - trigger offset parameter was put in

The parameter file $STAR/params/tpc/tpg_pars.xdf was updated along with the corresponding package so that it as the trigger offset value in. Because of this fix to the geometry, you must make sure any input data files with tpc info are processed with the corresponding version of STAF code.

KUMACS

• Changes to PAM kumacs in pams/*domain*/kumac
  1. pams/global/kumac files changed to correspond to new versions of pams code (see above)
  2. break up pams/global/kumac/*init.kumac and into separate run and init macros
  3. init_ev0,init_egr - new values of parameters are written over default ones which are automatically loaded
  
  
• Changes to steering kumacs under kumacs/*domain*/
  
  1. $STAR/kumacs/global/run_global now working
• Changes to BFC & UTIL kumacs
  
  1. The bfc kumacs were changed so that they now don't read in the run/params/global and run/params/svt tables in the initialization and instead use the tables loaded by par2mem.
     
  2. aliases added to setup.kumac which are needed to fill dst_run_summary table
  3. output data file structure changed==> now run tables are written out at beginning AND end of run.
  
  
• New/Corrected chain variables available in BFC
  1. dehd - dst event header (new)
  2. drhd - dst run header (new)
  3. drsum - dst run summary now implemented correctly at run finish
  
  
• New example chain kumacs available. These are to be used instead of looking in bfc.kumac for examples.
  1. call_bfc_gstar_g2t.kumac
  2. call_bfc_svt_fast_sim_tracker.kumac
  3. call_bfc_readfz_g2t_sim.kumac
  4. call_bfc_tpc_fast_sim_tracker.kumac
  5. call_bfc_reco.kumac
  6. call_bfc_tpc_slow_sim_tracker.kumac
  7. call_bfc_reco_ftpc.kumac
  8. call_bfc_tpc_svt_sim_global.kumac
  9. call_bfc_reco_global.kumac
  10. call_bfc_txt_gstar_g2t.kumac
  11. call_bfc_reco_trk.kumac
  12. call_t3e_tss.kumac
  
  
• How to Run:
  You can use one of the example call_bfc*.kumac files and copy to your area and run. Or you can create your own call_bfc*.kumac file in your area with the chain you want. To run do:
    starnew
    staf
    exec call_bfc_choice
  

...Kathy, Lidia, Torre