Vsat-list.exe is used to convert the output file Misscass.txt from ODEN to a file called Vsat.txt, which is read by VSDIAG. The program scans through the Misscass.txt file and counts the number of missing cassettes in each fill. The output file Vsat.txt consists of pure numbers and can be read as a vector from PAW. This is very useful to spot any anomalies in the processing. The file contains the following information : Counting number, Fill number, DELANA version, Group number, Number of minibunches, Total number of cassettes, Number of missing cassettes, Mean energy of the Fill.
Except for the Group number and the number of minibunches all these numbers can be generated from the misscass.txt file. The group number and the number of minibunches are set to one. The shifter must then manually fill in these numbers when he assigns the grouping of the fills at the end of data taking.
After that the VSAT.TXT file has been updated, THOR executes two program called Merge-ntup and Sum-ntup. These take all the summary ntuples from the COMPACT and VSDIAG output respectively, and merge them together to two single files(ntsum.ntp and all.ntp). These files are then used in the quality checking program CHECK. Both Vsat-list, Sum-ntup and Merge-ntup can be executed manually simply by running their executables, without any logical name setup.