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  10   16 Jul 2019 HassanBug ReportCannot find dictionary modules
Hello,

We've been attempting to make and run the executables in the
/packages/rootana/examples directory and have come across the same/similar
errors for each of them regarding missing dictionary modules:

[lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./ana.exe 
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
Using THttpServer in read/write mode
================================================================================
[lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./anaDisplay.exe 
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
TDT724Waveform done init...... 
Create Histos
Create Histos
Adding new canvas in tab named 'V1720 Waveforms'
Adding new canvas in tab named 'V1720 Correlations'
Adding new canvas in tab named 'DT724 Waveforms'
Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Histograms'
Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Fine Histograms'
Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Diff Histograms'
===============================================================================
[lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./midas2root.exe 
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
Create main window!
==============================================================================
[lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./root_server.exe 
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
Using THttpServer in read/write mode

Please can you help us locate these modules?

Thanks!
  11   16 Jul 2019 Konstantin OlchanskiBug ReportCannot find dictionary modules
> [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./ana.exe 
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm

It is a problem inside ROOT. The pcm files replaced the dict.h files during the switch from CINT in 
ROOTv5 to LLVM in ROOTv6. But they have a mistake and use the wrong path for finding these files. 
I.e. search for "cannot find dictionary module" on the ROOT forum https://root-forum.cern.ch

K.O.
  12   16 Jul 2019 Thomas LindnerBug ReportCannot find dictionary modules
Hi,

I just wanted to be certain about how serious this problem is.  These error message always happens for me when I 
run on macos machine as well.  But the errors don't seem to have any real effect; my programs still run fine.

Is that the case for you too?  You get the error messages, but everything still works?

If so, then I agree that it would be nice to fix, but it is less critical; I will try to get to it.

Cheers,
Thomas

> Hello,
> 
> We've been attempting to make and run the executables in the
> /packages/rootana/examples directory and have come across the same/similar
> errors for each of them regarding missing dictionary modules:
> 
> [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./ana.exe 
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> Using THttpServer in read/write mode
> ================================================================================
> [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./anaDisplay.exe 
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> TDT724Waveform done init...... 
> Create Histos
> Create Histos
> Adding new canvas in tab named 'V1720 Waveforms'
> Adding new canvas in tab named 'V1720 Correlations'
> Adding new canvas in tab named 'DT724 Waveforms'
> Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Histograms'
> Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Fine Histograms'
> Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Diff Histograms'
> ===============================================================================
> [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./midas2root.exe 
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> Create main window!
> ==============================================================================
> [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./root_server.exe 
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> Using THttpServer in read/write mode
> 
> Please can you help us locate these modules?
> 
> Thanks!
  13   18 Jul 2019 HassanBug ReportCannot find dictionary modules
Hi,
We are getting these warning of dictionary modules missing and nothing happens. I would have expected some graphical
interface to load up. I have tried copying these .pcm files from the packages/rootana/obj folder to
packages/rootana/examples, now the missing dictionary module complaint goes away but no graphical interface loads up.
Could you please assist with this?

Kind regards,
Hassan

> Hi,
> 
> I just wanted to be certain about how serious this problem is.  These error message always happens for me when I 
> run on macos machine as well.  But the errors don't seem to have any real effect; my programs still run fine.
> 
> Is that the case for you too?  You get the error messages, but everything still works?
> 
> If so, then I agree that it would be nice to fix, but it is less critical; I will try to get to it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > We've been attempting to make and run the executables in the
> > /packages/rootana/examples directory and have come across the same/similar
> > errors for each of them regarding missing dictionary modules:
> > 
> > [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./ana.exe 
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> > Using THttpServer in read/write mode
> > ================================================================================
> > [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./anaDisplay.exe 
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> > TDT724Waveform done init...... 
> > Create Histos
> > Create Histos
> > Adding new canvas in tab named 'V1720 Waveforms'
> > Adding new canvas in tab named 'V1720 Correlations'
> > Adding new canvas in tab named 'DT724 Waveforms'
> > Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Histograms'
> > Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Fine Histograms'
> > Adding new canvas in tab named 'TRB3 Diff Histograms'
> > ===============================================================================
> > [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./midas2root.exe 
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> > Create main window!
> > ==============================================================================
> > [lm17773@it038146 examples]$ ./root_server.exe 
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> > Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module
> > TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
> > Using THttpServer in read/write mode
> > 
> > Please can you help us locate these modules?
> > 
> > Thanks!
  14   24 Jul 2019 Paolo BaessoBug ReportROOTANA installation fails (ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL); not declared)

Good afternoon, I am following the instructions provided here to install ROOTANA (and MIDAS, more in general). When I try to make I get the following error

libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx: In member function ‘bool TMidasOnline::sleep(int)’: libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx:194:3: error: ‘ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc’ was not declared in this scope
ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx:194:3: note: suggested alternative: ‘ss_suspend_set_rpc_thread’
ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ss_suspend_set_rpc_thread
Makefile:339: recipe for target 'obj/TMidasOnline.o' failed make: *** [obj/TMidasOnline.o] Error 1

 

And the compilation stops. Is this a known issue?
My system is Ubuntu 18 and I am running ROOT 6.18.00

  15   08 Aug 2019 Lauren MantonBug ReportROOTANA installation fails (ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL); not declared)

Hi,

Thank you, commenting out the line worked and we can now compile the code. However, when we try to run ana.exe or anaDisplay.exe, we get the following errors:

Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm

 

We see that the files are in /rootana/obj but we cannot find a way to point the compiler to them.

Could you please advise how to proceed,

Many thanks

Paolo Baesso wrote:

Good afternoon, I am following the instructions provided here to install ROOTANA (and MIDAS, more in general). When I try to make I get the following error

libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx: In member function ‘bool TMidasOnline::sleep(int)’: libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx:194:3: error: ‘ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc’ was not declared in this scope
ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx:194:3: note: suggested alternative: ‘ss_suspend_set_rpc_thread’
ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ss_suspend_set_rpc_thread
Makefile:339: recipe for target 'obj/TMidasOnline.o' failed make: *** [obj/TMidasOnline.o] Error 1

 

And the compilation stops. Is this a known issue?
My system is Ubuntu 18 and I am running ROOT 6.18.00

 

  16   08 Aug 2019 Thomas LindnerBug ReportROOTANA installation fails (ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL); not declared)

Hi Lauren,

Do you see an actual problem that results from those error messages?  As I mentioned before [1] I get that error message, but it doesn't seem to actually cause a problem.  

Thomas

[1] https://midas.triumf.ca/elog/Rootana/12

Lauren Manton wrote:

Hi,

Thank you, commenting out the line worked and we can now compile the code. However, when we try to run ana.exe or anaDisplay.exe, we get the following errors:

Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module TRootanaDisplayDict_rdict.pcm
Error in <TCling::RegisterModule>: cannot find dictionary module TFancyHistogramCanvasDict_rdict.pcm

 

We see that the files are in /rootana/obj but we cannot find a way to point the compiler to them.

Could you please advise how to proceed,

Many thanks

Paolo Baesso wrote:

Good afternoon, I am following the instructions provided here to install ROOTANA (and MIDAS, more in general). When I try to make I get the following error

libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx: In member function ‘bool TMidasOnline::sleep(int)’: libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx:194:3: error: ‘ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc’ was not declared in this scope
ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
libMidasInterface/TMidasOnline.cxx:194:3: note: suggested alternative: ‘ss_suspend_set_rpc_thread’
ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ss_suspend_set_rpc_thread
Makefile:339: recipe for target 'obj/TMidasOnline.o' failed make: *** [obj/TMidasOnline.o] Error 1

 

And the compilation stops. Is this a known issue?
My system is Ubuntu 18 and I am running ROOT 6.18.00

 

 

  17   14 Aug 2019 Konstantin OlchanskiBug ReportROOTANA installation fails (ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc(NULL); not declared)
(please send elog messages in "plain text" mode, otherwise I cannot quote your text)

The problem with missing ss_suspend_set_dispatch_ipc() is now fixed, rootana commit 
https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/rootana/commits/52fdedb5745fa9b6739a16a6faab8b9d40108045

If you run rootana online in graphical mode (or call TMidasOnline::sleep() yourself), you may re-encounter
the problem of recursive calls to the event handler, depending on which version of MIDAS you use. The
probability of this problem happening is probably reduced to zero in all 2019 MIDAS releases and it is
definitely fixed in the most recent commits to MIDAS (this will be the midas-2019-09 release, most likely).

Read more here:
https://midas.triumf.ca/elog/Midas/1663

K.O.
  18   14 Aug 2019 Konstantin OlchanskiBug Reportcannot find dictionary module TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm
> cannot find dictionary module TMainDisplayWindowDict_rdict.pcm

this problem is not unique to ROOTANA and ROODY, take a search for this problem (and solutions) on the ROOT forum...

K.O.
  Draft   22 Oct 2019 Lukas GerritzenBug Report 
  23   12 Jul 2020 Thomas LindnerBug ReportCompiling rootana on Macos 10.15.4
I had some trouble building rootana on my new laptop, running MacOS 10.15.4 (Xcode 11.5).

Most of rootana compiled fine, but the steps with rootcint fail.  For instance:

rootcint -f obj/TMainDisplayWindowDict.cxx -DHAVE_ROOT   -DOS_LINUX -DOS_DARWIN -I./include 
include/TMainDisplayWindow.hxx include/TMainDisplayWindow_LinkDef.h
In file included from input_line_12:12:
In file included from ./include/TMainDisplayWindow.hxx:4:
In file included from /Applications/root_v6.18.99/include/TGClient.h:27:
In file included from /Applications/root_v6.18.99/include/TString.h:26:
In file included from /Applications/root_v6.18.99/include/TMathBase.h:32:
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cmath:317:9: error: no member named 
'signbit' in the global namespace
using ::signbit;
      ~~^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cmath:318:9: error: no member named 
'fpclassify' in the global namespace
using ::fpclassify;
      ~~^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cmath:319:9: error: no member named 
'isfinite' in the global namespace
using ::isfinite;
      ~~^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cmath:320:9: error: no member named 'isinf' 
in the global namespace
using ::isinf;
      ~~^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/../include/c++/v1/cmath:321:9: error: no member named 'isnan' 
in the global namespace

This is probably a problem with my Xcode installation.  But I found a work-around, which was explicitly 
defining CPATH before the rootcint command in the Makefile:
obj/TMainDisplayWindowDict.cxx obj/TRootanaDisplayDict.cxx obj/TFancyHistogramCanvasDict.cxx: 
obj/%Dict.cxx:
    CPATH=/usr/local/include rootcint -f $@ $(CXXFLAGS_ROOTCINT) -I./include include/$*.hxx 
include/$*_LinkDef.h

obj/TNetDirectoryDict.cxx: obj/%Dict.cxx:
    CPATH=/usr/local/include rootcint -f $@ $(CXXFLAGS_ROOTCINT) -I./include include/$*.h 
include/$*_LinkDef.h

As I say, this is probably a problem with my installation; but I include the work-around in case it is helpful.

In the medium term we will try to remove the dependence on the old, ugly rootcint, since it often has 
problems.
  63   15 Dec 2023 Art OlinBug Reportoptions offered in help
In running alphaAnalysis.exe, a instance of manalyser, I would like to use the ---usetimerange option. When I include it on the commandline I get back the messages including this option which suggests that it is input incorrectly, but I also don't see it anymore in the manalyzer.cxx code.
Has it been deliberately removed, and, if so, should not the help be amended to reflect this. This option would be highly useful to me.
  25   07 Dec 2020 Isaac Labrie BoulayForumThe FIXED format.
Hi folks,

I am thinking of using the FIXED format event to avoid the overhead of the bank 
structure. The Wiki says under "FIXED Format Event" that the standard MIDAS 
analyzer cannot work with this format. What exactly is meant by this? Is it saying 
that the specific ROOTANA analyzer template will not work with the event format? 

Thanks for helping me out!

Isaac
  26   10 Dec 2020 Isaac Labrie BoulayForumROOTANA MidasWiki
Hi folks,

I'm currently looking at the ROOTANA wiki. I will be building an online MIDAS 
analyzer and I'm wondering if the wiki still contains useful information if I want 
to use the more recent 'manalyzer' template.

Thanks!

Isaac
  28   16 Dec 2020 Konstantin OlchanskiForumThe FIXED format.
> I am thinking of using the FIXED format event to avoid the overhead of the bank 
> structure. The Wiki says under "FIXED Format Event" that the standard MIDAS 
> analyzer cannot work with this format. What exactly is meant by this? Is it saying 
> that the specific ROOTANA analyzer template will not work with the event format? 

I am not sure if current code can deal with anything other than MIDAS data that uses 
the bank format. (even bk_init32a() support is incomplete in ROOTANA!).

I am curious why you have a problem with the bank format.

For bank overhead, there are several solutions:

a) if you have 1000 banks, 1 data word in each bank, you can create 1 MIDAS bank, store 
your data inside using your own optimized data format. (MIDAS overhead reduces from 
4000 words to 4 words, overhead from your custom data format goes from 0 to ???, so you 
may not gain much).

b) if you have 1000 data events, 1 data word in each event. Overhead is crazy: many 
words of event header, many words of bank header, etc. I would solve this storing
all your events inside one single midas event (say, 1000 data events per 1 midas 
event). Each data event can be stored in a midas bank (it is okey to have 1000 banks 
named "AAAA"), or you use solution (a). The m-analyzer is especially suitable for 
working with such "super events". In the unpacking module, AnalyzeEvent() would unpack 
each data event into a FlowEvent, in all the other modules, your FlowEvent-encapsulated 
data events will show up in the AnalyzeFlowEvent() method.

Next time I work on the midasio library and the TMEvent class I should check that it 
works with and that is usable with non-midas-bank data.

K.O.
  29   16 Dec 2020 Konstantin OlchanskiForumROOTANA MidasWiki
> I'm currently looking at the ROOTANA wiki. I will be building an online MIDAS 
> analyzer and I'm wondering if the wiki still contains useful information if I want 
> to use the more recent 'manalyzer' template.

All the documentation for manalyzer is in it's README.md file. I am not sure if the ROOTANA wiki makes 
correct reference to this.

The big idea is to make manalyzer part of midas, as replacement to the old mana.c analyzer.

For now, I plan to make manalyzer into a git submodule in midas and rootana (same as mjson, mvodb and 
midasio).

K.O.
  30   16 Dec 2020 Isaac Labrie BoulayForumThe FIXED format.
> > I am thinking of using the FIXED format event to avoid the overhead of the bank 
> > structure. The Wiki says under "FIXED Format Event" that the standard MIDAS 
> > analyzer cannot work with this format. What exactly is meant by this? Is it saying 
> > that the specific ROOTANA analyzer template will not work with the event format? 
> 
> I am not sure if current code can deal with anything other than MIDAS data that uses 
> the bank format. (even bk_init32a() support is incomplete in ROOTANA!).
> 
> I am curious why you have a problem with the bank format.
> 
> For bank overhead, there are several solutions:
> 
> a) if you have 1000 banks, 1 data word in each bank, you can create 1 MIDAS bank, store 
> your data inside using your own optimized data format. (MIDAS overhead reduces from 
> 4000 words to 4 words, overhead from your custom data format goes from 0 to ???, so you 
> may not gain much).
> 
> b) if you have 1000 data events, 1 data word in each event. Overhead is crazy: many 
> words of event header, many words of bank header, etc. I would solve this storing
> all your events inside one single midas event (say, 1000 data events per 1 midas 
> event). Each data event can be stored in a midas bank (it is okey to have 1000 banks 
> named "AAAA"), or you use solution (a). The m-analyzer is especially suitable for 
> working with such "super events". In the unpacking module, AnalyzeEvent() would unpack 
> each data event into a FlowEvent, in all the other modules, your FlowEvent-encapsulated 
> data events will show up in the AnalyzeFlowEvent() method.
> 
> Next time I work on the midasio library and the TMEvent class I should check that it 
> works with and that is usable with non-midas-bank data.
> 
> K.O.

Hey,

Yeah I had not yet really dove into the Event Structure documentation at the time that I 
wrote this email. The BANK format and I get along now. No problem there anymore.

Thanks for getting back to me sir.

Isaac
  31   18 Jan 2021 Isaac Labrie BoulayForumWarning: the time for this bank is more than 10 sec older than current time.
Hi all,

I get this warning when I run anaDisplay.exe (analyzer display mode) of the old 
Rootana analyzer. It seems to be because the analyzer cannot keep up with the data 
gathered by my frontend. The same issue seems to happen when I run the newer 
"manalyzer_example_root_graphic.exe" in graphical mode (-g). Is my computer cpu 
just not powerful enough to run both the data acquisition and the graphical 
analyzer simultaneously? Both the frontend and analyzer run on the same PC.

As always, thanks for the help!

Isaac the intern
  32   21 Jan 2021 Thomas LindnerForumWarning: the time for this bank is more than 10 sec older than current time.
> Hi all,
> 
> I get this warning when I run anaDisplay.exe (analyzer display mode) of the old 
> Rootana analyzer. It seems to be because the analyzer cannot keep up with the data 
> gathered by my frontend. The same issue seems to happen when I run the newer 
> "manalyzer_example_root_graphic.exe" in graphical mode (-g). Is my computer cpu 
> just not powerful enough to run both the data acquisition and the graphical 
> analyzer simultaneously? Both the frontend and analyzer run on the same PC.
> 
> As always, thanks for the help!
> 
> Isaac the intern

Hi Isaac,

It is certainly possible that your analyzer cannot keep up with the data taking.  It will depend (at least partly) on what you are trying to do in your analyzer.  Suppose you are taking 1000Hz of events from some waveform digitizer.  If you are trying to do something simple (like count how many bytes are in each data packet) then your analyzer will probably be able to keep up with the data taking.  But if you are trying to do some very complicated maximum likelihood fit to each waveform, then it is possible that your computer (or any computer) would not be able to keep up with the data taking.  In that case maybe your analyzer is only able to process 100Hz of data or 10% of the events (for example).

But it is not always a problem if your analyzer can't keep up.  The goal of the online analyzer is to allow you to check data in real time.  If you wanted to calculate the pulse height distribution of hits in your waveforms, then it is probably fine that you are only able to process 10% of the events online.  It might take you a little longer to accumulate your statistics for your online plots, but your online analyzer data is still useful.

On the other hand, there is other types of online analysis where it is important to process every event.  For instance, suppose you are trying to calculate online the rate of a certain type of event that involves making cuts in your online analysig. In that case you will want to be analyzing every event; missing 10% or 90% of events will bias your online analysis.

So that message is a warning; if you are doing an online analysis where it is critical that you process every event, then you have a problem if you see that message.  In that case you need to figure out how to speed up your online analysis.  You will need to use a profiler or some other tool to optimize your code.

It should be noted that the display itself can often be a limiting part of the online analyzer.  You might be able to process 1000Hz of waveform data, but you certainly can't update your plots at 1000Hz; so you need to take care with the updating and display of your plots if you really care about speed.
  33   21 Jan 2021 Isaac Labrie BoulayForumWarning: the time for this bank is more than 10 sec older than current time.
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I get this warning when I run anaDisplay.exe (analyzer display mode) of the old 
> > Rootana analyzer. It seems to be because the analyzer cannot keep up with the data 
> > gathered by my frontend. The same issue seems to happen when I run the newer 
> > "manalyzer_example_root_graphic.exe" in graphical mode (-g). Is my computer cpu 
> > just not powerful enough to run both the data acquisition and the graphical 
> > analyzer simultaneously? Both the frontend and analyzer run on the same PC.
> > 
> > As always, thanks for the help!
> > 
> > Isaac the intern
> 
> Hi Isaac,
> 
> It is certainly possible that your analyzer cannot keep up with the data taking.  It will depend (at least partly) on what you are trying to do in your analyzer.  Suppose you are taking 1000Hz of events from some waveform digitizer.  If you are trying to do something simple (like count how many bytes are in each data packet) then your analyzer will probably be able to keep up with the data taking.  But if you are trying to do some very complicated maximum likelihood fit to each waveform, then it is possible that your computer (or any computer) would not be able to keep up with the data taking.  In that case maybe your analyzer is only able to process 100Hz of data or 10% of the events (for example).
> 
> But it is not always a problem if your analyzer can't keep up.  The goal of the online analyzer is to allow you to check data in real time.  If you wanted to calculate the pulse height distribution of hits in your waveforms, then it is probably fine that you are only able to process 10% of the events online.  It might take you a little longer to accumulate your statistics for your online plots, but your online analyzer data is still useful.
> 
> On the other hand, there is other types of online analysis where it is important to process every event.  For instance, suppose you are trying to calculate online the rate of a certain type of event that involves making cuts in your online analysig. In that case you will want to be analyzing every event; missing 10% or 90% of events will bias your online analysis.
> 
> So that message is a warning; if you are doing an online analysis where it is critical that you process every event, then you have a problem if you see that message.  In that case you need to figure out how to speed up your online analysis.  You will need to use a profiler or some other tool to optimize your code.
> 
> It should be noted that the display itself can often be a limiting part of the online analyzer.  You might be able to process 1000Hz of waveform data, but you certainly can't update your plots at 1000Hz; so you need to take care with the updating and display of your plots if you really care about speed.

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for the thorough answer. I can now see how this feature is important. Also, I was getting turtle speeds for my analysis rate. 
I found out that it was because I was 'drawing/updating' my histograms for every event. I'm new to ROOT and I didn't realize how badly these 
functions slow down your system.

Cheers.

Isaac
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