Detectors cannot be properly configured for sBit Threshold scans

[ElizabethRoseStarling]

Problem summary

The QC8 detectors cannot be properly configured for sBit Threshold scans as a result of the generated chConfig files using strings instead of integers.

Types of issue

• [X] Bug report (report an issue with the code)
• [ ] Feature request (request for change which adds functionality)

Expected Behavior

The chConfig.txt files should use "0" and "1" in place of "False" and "True".

Current Behavior

Currently, attempting to follow the instructions in the QC8 shifter instructions results in a problem when configuring the chambers for the sBit threshold scan after the daily S-Curves are taken.

confAllChambers.py --shelf=1 --chConfig --applyMasks --run

results in

Caught Exception can only convert an array of size 1 to a Python scalar, terminating workers

unless the following commands are issued first:

sed -i 's/False/0/' /data/bigdisk/GEM-Data-Taking/GE11_QC8/*/scurve/2020.01.29.09.59/SCurveData/chConfig.txt

sed -i 's/True/1/' /data/bigdisk/GEM-Data-Taking/GE11_QC8/*/scurve/2020.01.29.09.59/SCurveData/chConfig.txt

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. From the gem904qc8daq machine, run confAllChambers.py --shelf=1 --chConfig --applyMasks --run

Possible Solution (for bugs)

Either make the above fixing commands included in the configuring script, or make the chConfig files use ints instead of strings by default.

Context (for feature requests)

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[lpetre-ulb]

Duplicate of #278 which has been fixed in #279. The bugfix is not yet deployed on the QC8 DAQ machine though.