> Unfortunately I again cannot reproduce this:
> 
> $ python ~/DAQ/midas_latest/python/examples/basic_hist_script.py
> Valid events are:
> * Run transitions
> * test_slow/data
> Enter event name: test_slow/data
> Valid tags for test_slow/data are:
> * data
> Enter tag name: data
> Event/tag test_slow/data/data has 1 elements
> How many hours: 1
> Interval in seconds: 1
> 78 entries found
> 2025/03/17 17:00:56 => 98.097391
> 2025/03/17 17:00:57 => 98.982151
> 2025/03/17 17:00:58 => 99.589187
> 2025/03/17 17:00:59 => 99.926821
> 2025/03/17 17:01:00 => 99.989878
> 2025/03/17 17:01:01 => 99.778216
> 2025/03/17 17:01:02 => 99.292485
> .......
> 
> 
> I want to narrow down whether the issue is in the basic_hist_script.py or the lower-level code. So there are a few steps of debugging to do.
> 
> 
> 
> 1) Run code directly in the python interpreter: 
> 
> Can you run the following and send the output please?
> 
> ```
> import midas.client
> c = midas.client.MidasClient("history_test")
> data = c.hist_get_recent_data(1,1,"test_slow/data","data")
> print(f"event_name='{data[0]['event_name']}', tag_name='{data[0]['tag_name']}', num_entries={data[0]['num_entries']}, status={data[0]['status']}, arrlen={len(data[0]['values'])}")
> ```
> 
> For me, I get:
> event_name='test_slow/data', tag_name='data', num_entries=441, status=1, arrlen=441
> 
> 
> 
> 2) If things look sensible for you (status=1, non-zero num_entries), then the problem is in the basic_hist_script.py. Can you add the same print() statement in basic_hist_script.py immediately after the call to hist_get_recent_data(), then run that script again and send the output of that?
> 
> 
> 
> 3) Debug the python/C conversions.
> 
> In midas/client.py add the following line to hist_get_data() immediately before the call to self.lib.c_hs_read():
> 
> ```
>         print(f"c_start_time={c_start_time.value}, c_end_time={c_end_time.value}, c_interval={c_interval.value}, c_event_name={c_event_name.value}, c_tag_name={c_tag_name.value}")
> ```
> 
> Then run the following and send the output:
> 
> ```
> import midas.client
> c = midas.client.MidasClient("history_test")
> data = c.hist_get_recent_data(1,1,"test_slow/data","data")
> ```
> 
> For me, I get:
> c_start_time=1742254428, c_end_time=1742258028, c_interval=1, c_event_name=b'test_slow/data', c_tag_name=b'data'
> 
> I want to check that the UNIX timestamps match what you expect for your server, and that nothing weird is going on with the python/C string conversions.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben

Hi, thank you for the support!

1)
event_name='test_slow/data', tag_name='data', num_entries=0, status=1, arrlen=0
2)
The number of entries is zero
3)
I get
c_start_time=1742275653, c_end_time=1742279253, c_interval=1, c_event_name=b'test_slow/data', c_tag_name=b'data'