#include <PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.h>

Inheritance diagram for PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb:

Public Member Functions
	PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb (const edm::ParameterSet &pset, DQMStore , SiStripConfigDb const )

void	uploadConfigurations () override

	~PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb () override

Public Member Functions inherited from CommissioningHistosUsingDb
	CommissioningHistosUsingDb (SiStripConfigDb *const, sistrip::RunType=sistrip::UNDEFINED_RUN_TYPE)

void	configure (const edm::ParameterSet &, const edm::EventSetup &) override

bool	doUploadAnal () const

void	doUploadAnal (bool)

bool	doUploadConf () const

void	doUploadConf (bool)

void	uploadToConfigDb ()

	~CommissioningHistosUsingDb () override

Public Member Functions inherited from CommissioningHistograms
	CommissioningHistograms (const edm::ParameterSet &pset, DQMStore *const, const sistrip::RunType &)

	CommissioningHistograms ()

void	createCollations (const std::vector< std::string > &)

virtual void	createSummaryHisto (const sistrip::Monitorable &, const sistrip::Presentation &, const std::string &top_level_dir, const sistrip::Granularity &)

void	extractHistograms (const std::vector< std::string > &)

virtual void	printSummary ()

void	remove (std::string pattern="")

void	save (std::string &filename, uint32_t run_number=0, std::string partitionName="")

virtual	~CommissioningHistograms ()

Public Member Functions inherited from PedsFullNoiseHistograms
void	histoAnalysis (bool debug) override

	PedsFullNoiseHistograms (const edm::ParameterSet &pset, DQMStore *)

void	printAnalyses () override

	~PedsFullNoiseHistograms () override

Private Member Functions
void	create (SiStripConfigDb::AnalysisDescriptionsV &, Analysis) override

void	update (SiStripConfigDb::FedDescriptionsRange)

Private Attributes
bool	allowSelectiveUpload_

bool	disableBadStrips_

float	highThreshold_

bool	keepStripsDisabled_

float	lowThreshold_

bool	skipEmptyStrips_

bool	uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_

bool	uploadPedsFullNoiseDBTable_

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from CommissioningHistograms
typedef std::map< uint32_t, CommissioningAnalysis * >	Analyses

typedef Analyses::iterator	Analysis

typedef SummaryPlotFactory< CommissioningAnalysis * >	Factory

typedef std::map< uint32_t, uint32_t >	FedToFecMap

typedef std::vector< Histo * >	Histos

typedef std::map< uint32_t, Histos >	HistosMap

Static Public Member Functions inherited from CommissioningHistograms
static void	copyCustomInformation (DQMStore *const, const std::vector< std::string > &)

static uint32_t	runNumber (DQMStore *const, const std::vector< std::string > &)

static sistrip::RunType	runType (DQMStore *const, const std::vector< std::string > &)

Protected Member Functions inherited from CommissioningHistosUsingDb
virtual void	addDcuDetIds ()

void	buildDetInfo ()

SiStripFedCabling *const	cabling () const

virtual void	createAnalyses (SiStripConfigDb::AnalysisDescriptionsV &)

SiStripConfigDb *const	db () const

std::pair< std::string, DetInfo >	detInfo (const SiStripFecKey &)

bool	deviceIsPresent (const SiStripFecKey &)

void	uploadAnalyses ()

Protected Member Functions inherited from CommissioningHistograms
DQMStore *const	bei () const

void	clearHistosMap ()

Analyses &	data (bool getMaskedData=false)

Factory *const	factory ()

TH1 *	histogram (const sistrip::Monitorable &, const sistrip::Presentation &, const sistrip::View &, const std::string &directory, const uint32_t &xbins, const float &xlow=1.sistrip::invalid_, const float &xhigh=1.sistrip::invalid_)

const HistosMap &	histos () const

const FedToFecMap &	mapping () const

void	printHistosMap ()

const edm::ParameterSet &	pset () const

const sistrip::RunType &	task () const

Protected Attributes inherited from CommissioningHistograms
std::unique_ptr< Factory >	factory_

Detailed Description

Definition at line 8 of file PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb	(	const edm::ParameterSet &	pset,
		DQMStore *	bei,
		SiStripConfigDb * const	db
	)

Definition at line 14 of file PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.cc.

References allowSelectiveUpload_, disableBadStrips_, edm::ParameterSet::existsAs(), edm::ParameterSet::getParameter(), highThreshold_, keepStripsDisabled_, LogTrace, lowThreshold_, sistrip::mlDqmClient_, CommissioningHistograms::pset(), skipEmptyStrips_, uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_, and uploadPedsFullNoiseDBTable_.

   : CommissioningHistograms(pset.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("PedsFullNoiseParameters"),bei,sistrip::PEDS_FULL_NOISE ),
     CommissioningHistosUsingDb(db,sistrip::PEDS_FULL_NOISE ),
     PedsFullNoiseHistograms( pset.getParameter<edm::ParameterSet>("PedsFullNoiseParameters"),bei )
 {
 
   LogTrace(mlDqmClient_) 
     << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
     << " Constructing object...";
 
   highThreshold_ = this->pset().getParameter<double>("HighThreshold");
   lowThreshold_  = this->pset().getParameter<double>("LowThreshold");
 
   LogTrace(mlDqmClient_)
     << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
     << " Set FED zero suppression high/low threshold to "
     << highThreshold_ << "/" << lowThreshold_;
 
   disableBadStrips_   = this->pset().getParameter<bool>("DisableBadStrips");
   keepStripsDisabled_ = this->pset().getParameter<bool>("KeepStripsDisabled");
   skipEmptyStrips_    = this->pset().getParameter<bool>("SkipEmptyStrips");
   uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_ = this->pset().getParameter<bool>("UploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit");
   uploadPedsFullNoiseDBTable_ = this->pset().getParameter<bool>("UploadPedsFullNoiseDBTable");
   
   LogTrace(mlDqmClient_)
     << "[PedestalsHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
     << " Disabling strips: " << disableBadStrips_
     << " ; keeping previously disabled strips: " << keepStripsDisabled_
     << " ; skip strips with no data: " << skipEmptyStrips_
     << " ; upload only bad channel bit: " << uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_;
 
   allowSelectiveUpload_ = this->pset().existsAs<bool>("doSelectiveUpload")?this->pset().getParameter<bool>("doSelectiveUpload"):false;
   LogTrace(mlDqmClient_)
     << "[PedestalsHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
     << " Selective upload of modules set to : " << allowSelectiveUpload_;    
 }

PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::~PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb ( )

override

Definition at line 55 of file PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.cc.

References LogTrace, and sistrip::mlDqmClient_.

                                                         {
   LogTrace(mlDqmClient_) 
     << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
     << " Destructing object...";
 }

Member Function Documentation

void PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::create	(	SiStripConfigDb::AnalysisDescriptionsV &	desc,
		Analysis	analysis
	)

overrideprivatevirtual

Reimplemented from CommissioningHistosUsingDb.

Definition at line 316 of file PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.cc.

                                                              {
 
   PedsFullNoiseAnalysis* anal = dynamic_cast<PedsFullNoiseAnalysis*>( analysis->second );
 
   if ( !anal ) { return; }
   
   SiStripFecKey fec_key( anal->fecKey() );
   SiStripFedKey fed_key( anal->fedKey() );
   
   for ( uint16_t iapv = 0; iapv < 2; ++iapv ) {
 
     // Create a description for the standard pedestal analysis                                                                                                                           
     PedestalsAnalysisDescription* pedestalDescription;
     pedestalDescription = new PedestalsAnalysisDescription(
                        anal->deadStripBit()[iapv],
                        anal->badStripBit()[iapv],
                        anal->pedsMean()[iapv],
                        anal->pedsSpread()[iapv],
                        anal->noiseMean()[iapv],
                        anal->noiseSpread()[iapv],
                        anal->rawMean()[iapv],
                        anal->rawSpread()[iapv],
                        anal->pedsMax()[iapv],
                        anal->pedsMin()[iapv],
                        anal->noiseMax()[iapv],
                        anal->noiseMin()[iapv],
                        anal->rawMax()[iapv],
                        anal->rawMin()[iapv],
                        fec_key.fecCrate(),
                        fec_key.fecSlot(),
                        fec_key.fecRing(),
                        fec_key.ccuAddr(),
                        fec_key.ccuChan(),
                        SiStripFecKey::i2cAddr( fec_key.lldChan(), !iapv ),
                        db()->dbParams().partitions().begin()->second.partitionName(),
                        db()->dbParams().partitions().begin()->second.runNumber(),
                        anal->isValid(),
                        "",
                        fed_key.fedId(),
                        fed_key.feUnit(),
                        fed_key.feChan(),
                        fed_key.fedApv()
                        );
 
     // Add comments                                                                                                                                                                                   
     typedef std::vector<std::string> Strings;
     Strings errors = anal->getErrorCodes();
     Strings::const_iterator istr = errors.begin();
     Strings::const_iterator jstr = errors.end();
     for ( ; istr != jstr; ++istr ) {pedestalDescription->addComments( *istr ); }
 
     // Store description                                                                                                                                                                              
     desc.push_back(pedestalDescription);
 
     // Create description                                         
     if(uploadPedsFullNoiseDBTable_){
       PedsFullNoiseAnalysisDescription* pedsFullNoiseDescription;
       pedsFullNoiseDescription = new PedsFullNoiseAnalysisDescription(
                                       anal->deadStrip()[iapv],
                                       anal->badStrip()[iapv],
                                       anal->shiftedStrip()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to offset
                                       anal->lowNoiseStrip()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to noise
                                       anal->largeNoiseStrip()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to noise
                                       anal->largeNoiseSignificance()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to noise significance
                                       anal->badFitStatus()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to fit status
                                       anal->badADProbab()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to AD probab
                                       anal->badKSProbab()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to KS probab 
                                       anal->badJBProbab()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to JB probab 
                                       anal->badChi2Probab()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to Chi2 probab 
                                       anal->badTailStrip()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to tail
                                       anal->badDoublePeakStrip()[iapv], // bad strip-id within an APV due to Double peaks                      
                                       anal->adProbab()[iapv], // one value oer strip
                                       anal->ksProbab()[iapv], // one value oer strip 
                                       anal->jbProbab()[iapv], // one value oer strip 
                                       anal->chi2Probab()[iapv], // one value oer strip 
                                       anal->residualRMS()[iapv],
                                       anal->residualSigmaGaus()[iapv],
                                       anal->noiseSignificance()[iapv],
                                       anal->residualSkewness()[iapv],
                                       anal->residualKurtosis()[iapv],
                                       anal->residualIntegralNsigma()[iapv],
                                       anal->residualIntegral()[iapv],
                                       fec_key.fecCrate(),
                                       fec_key.fecSlot(),
                                       fec_key.fecRing(),
                                       fec_key.ccuAddr(),
                                       fec_key.ccuChan(),
                                       SiStripFecKey::i2cAddr( fec_key.lldChan(), !iapv ),
                                       db()->dbParams().partitions().begin()->second.partitionName(),
                                       db()->dbParams().partitions().begin()->second.runNumber(),
                                       anal->isValid(),
                                       "",
                                       fed_key.fedId(),
                                       fed_key.feUnit(),
                                       fed_key.feChan(),
                                       fed_key.fedApv()
                                       );
       istr = errors.begin();
       jstr = errors.end();
       for ( ; istr != jstr; ++istr ) { 
     pedsFullNoiseDescription->addComments( *istr );
       }
       
       // Store description
       desc.push_back(pedsFullNoiseDescription);      
     }
   }
 }

void PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::update ( SiStripConfigDb::FedDescriptionsRange feds )

private

Definition at line 101 of file PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.cc.

References allowSelectiveUpload_, sistrip::APVS_PER_FEDCH, PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::badStrip(), CommissioningHistosUsingDb::cabling(), FedChannelConnection::ccuAddr(), FedChannelConnection::ccuChan(), CommissioningHistograms::data(), PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::deadStrip(), TauDecayModes::dec, CommissioningHistosUsingDb::deviceIsPresent(), disableBadStrips_, FedChannelConnection::fecCrate(), SiStripFedKey::feChan(), FedChannelConnection::fecRing(), FedChannelConnection::fecSlot(), FedChannelConnection::fedCh(), sistrip::FEDCH_PER_FED, SiStripFedKey::fedChannel(), SiStripFedCabling::fedConnection(), SiStripFedKey::fedId(), FedChannelConnection::fedId(), CommissioningAnalysis::fedKey(), SiStripFedKey::feUnit(), spr::find(), highThreshold_, sistrip::invalid_, edm::isDebugEnabled(), keepStripsDisabled_, SiStripKey::key(), FedChannelConnection::lldChannel(), LogTrace, lowThreshold_, sistrip::mlDqmClient_, PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::noise(), PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::peds(), PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::pedsMin(), skipEmptyStrips_, groupFilesInBlocks::temp, and uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_.

                                                                                   {
  
   // Iterate through feds and update fed descriptions
   uint16_t updated = 0;
   SiStripConfigDb::FedDescriptionsV::const_iterator ifed;
 
   for ( ifed = feds.begin(); ifed != feds.end(); ifed++ ) { // Loop on the FED for this partition
 
     for ( uint16_t ichan = 0; ichan < sistrip::FEDCH_PER_FED; ichan++ ) {
       // Build FED and FEC keys from the cabling object i.e. checking if there is a connection
       const FedChannelConnection& conn = cabling()->fedConnection( (*ifed)->getFedId(), ichan );
       if ( conn.fecCrate() == sistrip::invalid_ ||
            conn.fecSlot()  == sistrip::invalid_ ||
            conn.fecRing()  == sistrip::invalid_ ||
            conn.ccuAddr()  == sistrip::invalid_ ||
            conn.ccuChan()  == sistrip::invalid_ ||
            conn.lldChannel() == sistrip::invalid_ ) 
     continue; 
 
       // build the FED and FEC key from the connection object
       SiStripFedKey fed_key( conn.fedId(), 
                              SiStripFedKey::feUnit( conn.fedCh() ),
                              SiStripFedKey::feChan( conn.fedCh() ) );
 
       SiStripFecKey fec_key( conn.fecCrate(),
                              conn.fecSlot(),
                              conn.fecRing(),
                              conn.ccuAddr(),
                              conn.ccuChan(),
                              conn.lldChannel() );
 
       // Locate appropriate analysis object --> based on FEC keys cause they are per lldChannel
       Analyses::const_iterator iter = data(allowSelectiveUpload_).find( fec_key.key() );
       if ( iter != data(allowSelectiveUpload_).end() ) {
     
         PedsFullNoiseAnalysis* anal = dynamic_cast<PedsFullNoiseAnalysis*>( iter->second );
 
         if ( !anal ) { 
           edm::LogError(mlDqmClient_)
             << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
             << " NULL pointer to analysis object!";
           continue; 
         }
 
         // Determine the pedestal shift to apply --> this is standard in the pedestal paylaod to avoid loss of signal from common-mode subtraction
         uint32_t pedshift = 127;
         for ( uint16_t iapv = 0; iapv < sistrip::APVS_PER_FEDCH; iapv++ ) {
           uint32_t pedmin = (uint32_t) anal->pedsMin()[iapv];
           pedshift = pedmin < pedshift ? pedmin : pedshift;
         }
 
         // Iterate through APVs and strips
         for ( uint16_t iapv = 0; iapv < sistrip::APVS_PER_FEDCH; iapv++ ) {
           for ( uint16_t istr = 0; istr < anal->peds()[iapv].size(); istr++ ) { // Loop on the pedestal for each APV
 
             if ( not uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_ and anal->peds()[iapv][istr] < 1. ) { //@@ ie, zero                                                                                       
           edm::LogWarning(mlDqmClient_)
                 << "[PedestalsHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
                 << " Skipping ZERO pedestal value (ie, NO UPLOAD TO DB!) for FedKey/Id/Ch: "
                 << hex << setw(8) << setfill('0') << fed_key.key() << dec << "/"
                 << (*ifed)->getFedId() << "/"
                 << ichan
                 << " and device with FEC/slot/ring/CCU/LLD "
                 << fec_key.fecCrate() << "/"
                 << fec_key.fecSlot() << "/"
                 << fec_key.fecRing() << "/"
                 << fec_key.ccuAddr() << "/"
                 << fec_key.ccuChan() << "/"
                 << fec_key.channel();
               continue; //@@ do not upload                                                                                                                                                             
             }
 
             // get the information on the strip as it was on the db
             Fed9U::Fed9UAddress addr( ichan, iapv, istr );
             Fed9U::Fed9UStripDescription temp = (*ifed)->getFedStrips().getStrip( addr );
 
             // determine whether we need to disable the strip
             bool disableStrip = false;
         std::stringstream ss_disable;
 
         if(temp.getDisable()) { // strip already disabled in the database
           ss_disable<<"Already Disabled: "<<conn.fecCrate()
             <<" "<<conn.fecSlot()
             <<" "<<conn.fecRing()
             <<" "<<conn.ccuAddr()
             <<" "<<conn.ccuChan()
             <<" "<<conn.lldChannel()
             <<" "<<iapv<<" "<<istr<<std::endl;
           if(keepStripsDisabled_) disableStrip = true; // in case one wants to keep them disabled
             }
 
         // to disable new strips
         if(disableBadStrips_){      
           SiStripFedKey fed_key(anal->fedKey());              
           PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::VInt dead = anal->deadStrip()[iapv];
           if (not skipEmptyStrips_ and  // if one don't want to skip dead strips
           find( dead.begin(), dead.end(), istr ) != dead.end() ) {
         disableStrip = true;
         ss_disable<<"Disabling Dead Strip: "<<conn.fecCrate()           
               <<" "<<conn.fecSlot()
               <<" "<<conn.fecRing()
               <<" "<<conn.ccuAddr()
               <<" "<<conn.ccuChan()
               <<" "<<conn.lldChannel()
               <<" "<<iapv<<" "<<istr<<std::endl;
           }
           
           PedsFullNoiseAnalysis::VInt badcChan = anal->badStrip()[iapv]; // new feature --> this is the sample of the whole bad strips from the analysis
           if(not disableStrip){
         if ( find( badcChan.begin(), badcChan.end(), istr ) != badcChan.end() ) {
           disableStrip = true;
           ss_disable<<"Disabling Bad strip: "<<conn.fecCrate()
                 <<" "<<conn.fecSlot()
                 <<" "<<conn.fecRing()
                 <<" "<<conn.ccuAddr()
                 <<" "<<conn.ccuChan()
                 <<" "<<conn.lldChannel()
                 <<" "<<iapv<<" "<<istr<<std::endl;
 
         }
           }
         }
 
         if(edm::isDebugEnabled())
           LogTrace(mlDqmClient_) << ss_disable.str();
 
         uint32_t pedestalVal = 0;
             float    noiseVal = 0;
             float    lowThr   = 0;
             float    highThr  = 0;
         
         // download the previous pedestal/noise payload from the DB
         if(uploadOnlyStripBadChannelBit_){ 
           pedestalVal = static_cast<uint32_t>(temp.getPedestal());
               noiseVal    = static_cast<float>(temp.getNoise());
               lowThr      = static_cast<float>(temp.getLowThresholdFactor());
               highThr     = static_cast<float>(temp.getHighThresholdFactor());
         }
         else{         
           pedestalVal = static_cast<uint32_t>(anal->peds()[iapv][istr]-pedshift);
               noiseVal    = anal->noise()[iapv][istr];
               lowThr      = lowThreshold_;
               highThr     = highThreshold_;       
         }
         
             Fed9U::Fed9UStripDescription data(pedestalVal,highThr,lowThr,noiseVal,disableStrip);
 
             std::stringstream ss;
             if ( data.getDisable() && edm::isDebugEnabled() ) {
               ss << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
                  << " Disabling strip in Fed9UStripDescription object..." << std::endl
                  << " for FED id/channel and APV/strip : "
                  << fed_key.fedId() << "/"
                  << fed_key.fedChannel() << " "
                  << iapv << "/"
                  << istr << std::endl 
                  << " and crate/FEC/ring/CCU/module    : "
                  << fec_key.fecCrate() << "/"
                  << fec_key.fecSlot() << "/"
                  << fec_key.fecRing() << "/"
                  << fec_key.ccuAddr() << "/"
                  << fec_key.ccuChan() << std::endl 
                  << " from ped/noise/high/low/disable  : "
          << static_cast<uint32_t>( temp.getPedestal() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<float>( temp.getHighThresholdFactor() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<float>( temp.getLowThresholdFactor() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<float>( temp.getNoise() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<uint16_t>( temp.getDisable() ) << std::endl;
             }
 
             (*ifed)->getFedStrips().setStrip( addr, data );
 
             if ( data.getDisable() && edm::isDebugEnabled() ) {
               ss << " to ped/noise/high/low/disable    : "
                  << static_cast<uint32_t>( data.getPedestal() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<float>( data.getHighThresholdFactor() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<float>( data.getLowThresholdFactor() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<float>( data.getNoise() ) << "/"
                  << static_cast<uint16_t>( data.getDisable() ) << std::endl;
               LogTrace(mlDqmClient_) << ss.str();
             }       
           } // end loop on strips
         } // end loop on apvs
         updated++;
       }
       else { // device not found in the analysis    
         if ( deviceIsPresent(fec_key) ) {
           edm::LogWarning(mlDqmClient_) 
             << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
             << " Unable to find pedestals/noise for FedKey/Id/Ch: " 
             << hex << setw(8) << setfill('0') << fed_key.key() << dec << "/"
             << (*ifed)->getFedId() << "/"
             << ichan
             << " and device with FEC/slot/ring/CCU/LLD " 
             << fec_key.fecCrate() << "/"
             << fec_key.fecSlot() << "/"
             << fec_key.fecRing() << "/"
             << fec_key.ccuAddr() << "/"
             << fec_key.ccuChan() << "/"
             << fec_key.channel();
         }
       }
     }
   }
   
   edm::LogVerbatim(mlDqmClient_) 
     << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
     << " Updated FED pedestals/noise for " 
     << updated << " channels";
 
 }

void PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::uploadConfigurations ( )

overridevirtual

Reimplemented from CommissioningHistosUsingDb.

Definition at line 63 of file PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb.cc.

References CommissioningHistosUsingDb::db(), CommissioningHistosUsingDb::doUploadConf(), SiStripConfigDb::getFedDescriptions(), LogTrace, sistrip::mlDqmClient_, update(), and SiStripConfigDb::uploadFedDescriptions().

                                                       {
 
   LogTrace(mlDqmClient_) 
     << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]";
 
   if ( !db() ) {
     edm::LogError(mlDqmClient_) 
       << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
       << " NULL pointer to SiStripConfigDb interface!"
       << " Aborting upload...";
     return;
   }
   
   // Update FED descriptions with new peds/noise values
   SiStripConfigDb::FedDescriptionsRange feds = db()->getFedDescriptions(); 
   update( feds );
   if (doUploadConf()) {  // check whether the upload HD config is set to true
 
     edm::LogVerbatim(mlDqmClient_) 
       << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
       << " Uploading pedestals/noise to DB...";
 
     db()->uploadFedDescriptions(); // change the FED version
 
     edm::LogVerbatim(mlDqmClient_) 
       << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
       << " Completed database upload of " << feds.size() 
       << " FED descriptions!";
   } 
   else {
     edm::LogWarning(mlDqmClient_) 
       << "[PedsFullNoiseHistosUsingDb::" << __func__ << "]"
       << " TEST! No pedestals/noise values will be uploaded to DB...";
   }  
 }