Maintaining the Trigger Replay App

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The Trigger Replay App is a tool for running the trigger system in isolation from the rest of the DAQ apps.
replay_tp_to_chain

It accepts input file(s) that are simple '.txt' TPs and runs your configured algorithm over them. These could be real streamed TPs (from the cold-box for example) or simulated ones, maybe in LArSoft.
How to use:

• python -m trigger.replay_tp_to_chain runs the configuration generation code here
• -s 10 slows down the input by a factor 10 (by decreasing the clock rate by that factor) which is useful when outputting
  large logs/debugging information for example
• --trigger-activity-plugin specifies the name of the TAMaker you
  would like to use
• --trigger-candidate-plugin identifies the TCMaker
• --trigger-activity-config provides a dictionary, which maps the configuration for your specified TAMaker, triggering thresholds etc. This can be done for the TCMaker too
• -l specifies the number of times you would like to play the data file through the system
• --input-file points to your input TPs file, which have the standard format:

A good sample of real TPs taken from the March 2023 Vertical Drift ColdBox (VDCB) runs can be found on the DUNE GPVMS [here](/nashome/c/cbatchel/Public/tp dataset run020472 60s.txt). These are 60 seconds of streamed TPs directly from readout, on CRP 004, across all induction and collection channels.

Example code to run:

python -m trigger.replay_tp_to_chain -s 10 --trigger-activity-plugin TriggerActivityMakerHorizontalMuonPlugin --trigger-activity-config
‘dict(adjacency_threshold=100, window_length=10000, adj_tolerance=20)‘ --trigger-candidate-plugin
TriggerCandidateMakerHorizontalMuonPlugin --trigger-activity-config ‘dict(adjacency_threshold=100, window_length=10000, adj_tolerance=20)‘ -l 1 --input-file $TPDATA/run_020472_tps_2seconds.txt json

There are several tasks that are required for the replay app:

• Make sure the hardware map is overwritten (or give a warning)
• Multiple APAs? E.g. 5 APAs, 10 links each (so 10 Zippers, ActivityMaker)
• Add the .dot graph generation to the replay app