Electromagnetic Calorimeter Raw Data Format

Abstract

This document describes the Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) raw data format, which is generated by the ECAL Data Concentrator Card (DCC) sitting on the ECAL Off-Detector electronics crates. The DCC actions in response to possible errors in the input data are discussed. A software package responsible for the event decoding and data integrity monitoring, developed for the ECAL On-line and Off-line systems, is presented