Shift the first orbit along with the ITS ramp-up start of run

MC/bin/o2dpg_sim_workflow_anchored.py

@@ -320,6 +320,24 @@ def retrieve_ITS_RampDuration(ccdbreader, timestamp):
     print("WARNING: ITS ramp duration vector is empty, using 0")
     return 0
 
+def milliseconds_to_orbits(milliseconds):
+    """
+    Number of complete LHC orbits contained in a time span given in milliseconds.
+    Rounded up, so that a span used to skip something is never cut short.
+    """
+    return int(math.ceil(1000. * milliseconds / LHCOrbitMUS))
+
+def shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(run_start, first_orbit, ITS_rampup):
+    """
+    Moves the anchoring point past the ITS ramp-up period, in both of its
+    coordinates, and returns the pair (start of run in ms, first orbit).
+    The two have to move together: the timeframes a job simulates are placed by
+    orbit (first orbit plus the production offset), so shifting only the
+    timestamp leaves a job at production offset 0 inside the ramp, where the ITS
+    time-dead map masks every chip.
+    """
+    return run_start + ITS_rampup, first_orbit + milliseconds_to_orbits(ITS_rampup)
+
 def retrieve_MinBias_CTPScaler_Rate(raw_rate_at, finaltime, trig_eff_arg, NBunches, ColSystem, eCM, run_number = -1):
     """
     Turns the raw CTP counting rate at finaltime (in milliseconds) into the interaction rate for
@@ -590,10 +608,10 @@ def main():
     run_start = GLOparams["SOR"]
     run_end = GLOparams["EOR"]
 
-    # Adjust start of run using ITS ramp-up period
+    # Adjust the anchoring point using the ITS ramp-up period
     ITS_rampup = retrieve_ITS_RampDuration(ccdbreader, run_start)
     print(f"ITS ramp-up time: {ITS_rampup} ms")
-    effective_run_start = run_start + ITS_rampup
+    effective_run_start, effective_first_orbit = shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(run_start, GLOparams["FirstOrbit"], ITS_rampup)
     mid_run_timestamp = (effective_run_start + run_end) // 2
 
     # --------
@@ -676,6 +694,7 @@ def main():
 
     # this is anchored to
     print ("Determined start-of-run to be: ", effective_run_start)
+    print ("Determined first orbit to be: ", effective_first_orbit)
     print ("Determined end-of-run to be: ", run_end)
     print ("Determined timestamp to be : ", timestamp)
     print ("Determined offset to be : ", prod_offset)
@@ -721,7 +740,7 @@ def main():
     # needs to be handled as further below:
     energyarg = (" -eCM " + str(eCM)) if A1 == A2 else (" -eA " + str(eA) + " -eB " + str(eB))
     forwardargs += " -tf " + str(args.tf) + " --sor " + str(effective_run_start) + " --timestamp " + str(timestamp) + " --production-offset " + str(prod_offset) + " -run " + str(args.run_number) + " --run-anchored --first-orbit "       \
-                   + str(GLOparams["FirstOrbit"]) + " --orbitsPerTF " + str(GLOparams["OrbitsPerTF"]) + str(energyarg)
+                   + str(effective_first_orbit) + " --orbitsPerTF " + str(GLOparams["OrbitsPerTF"]) + str(energyarg)
     # the following options can be overwritten/influenced from the outside
     if not '-col' in forwardargs:
        forwardargs += ' -col ' + ColSystem

MC/bin/tests/test_anchoring_rampup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Offline test: the ITS ramp-up shift must move the first orbit, not only the timestamp."""
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(HERE))
+
+os.environ.setdefault("O2DPG_ROOT", os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(HERE))))
+
+try:
+    import o2dpg_sim_workflow_anchored as anchored     # needs ROOT
+except ImportError as exc:                             # pragma: no cover
+    anchored = None
+    IMPORT_ERROR = exc
+
+# Run 571781 of LHC26e9, whose SPLITID=1 job reconstructed no collisions at all:
+# the ITS time-dead map masks all 24120 chips up to orbit 20539968 and the job was
+# placed at the run's first orbit. See https://its.cern.ch/jira/browse/O2-6894
+FIRST_ORBIT = 20505888
+SOR = 1778806732526
+ITS_RAMPUP_MS = 5000
+FIRST_ALIVE_ORBIT = 20539968
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(anchored is None, "o2dpg_sim_workflow_anchored not importable (needs ROOT)")
+class TestRampUpShift(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_orbits_from_milliseconds(self):
+        orbit_ms = anchored.LHCOrbitMUS / 1000.
+        self.assertEqual(anchored.milliseconds_to_orbits(0), 0)
+        # a span of one orbit minus an epsilon still has to cover a full orbit
+        self.assertEqual(anchored.milliseconds_to_orbits(0.5 * orbit_ms), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(anchored.milliseconds_to_orbits(orbit_ms), 1)
+
+    def test_both_coordinates_move(self):
+        """A ramp-up of a few seconds must move the orbit as well as the timestamp."""
+        start, orbit = anchored.shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(SOR, FIRST_ORBIT, ITS_RAMPUP_MS)
+        self.assertEqual(start, SOR + ITS_RAMPUP_MS)
+        self.assertGreater(orbit, FIRST_ORBIT)
+
+    def test_nothing_moves_without_a_ramp(self):
+        self.assertEqual(anchored.shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(SOR, FIRST_ORBIT, 0),
+                         (SOR, FIRST_ORBIT))
+
+    def test_shifted_orbit_is_never_inside_the_ramp(self):
+        """The shifted orbit must sit at or after the shifted timestamp, never before."""
+        for ramp_ms in (0, 1, 500, ITS_RAMPUP_MS, 30000):
+            start, orbit = anchored.shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(SOR, FIRST_ORBIT, ramp_ms)
+            time_of_orbit = SOR + (orbit - FIRST_ORBIT) * anchored.LHCOrbitMUS / 1000.
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(time_of_orbit, start,
+                                    f"orbit shift falls short of the ramp for {ramp_ms} ms")
+
+    def test_shift_agrees_with_the_timestamp_to_orbit_conversion(self):
+        """Closure: the shifted orbit is what main() derives from the shifted timestamp."""
+        start, orbit = anchored.shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(SOR, FIRST_ORBIT, ITS_RAMPUP_MS)
+        # this is the conversion main() uses for the exclude_timestamp() check
+        derived = FIRST_ORBIT + int((start - SOR) / (anchored.LHCOrbitMUS / 1000.))
+        self.assertLessEqual(abs(orbit - derived), 1)
+
+    def test_split_id_one_clears_the_its_dead_window(self):
+        """Regression: the first job of a production must not sample the dead window."""
+        _, orbit = anchored.shift_anchor_past_ITS_rampup(SOR, FIRST_ORBIT, ITS_RAMPUP_MS)
+        self.assertGreater(orbit, FIRST_ALIVE_ORBIT)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()