diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/CMakeLists.txt b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b14ef1d6437339781884efd4cb18245fa4ce6191..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# $Id: CMakeLists.txt 773582 2016-09-16 12:12:10Z smh $
-################################################################################
-# Package: HLTRates2COOL
-################################################################################
-
-# Declare the package name:
-atlas_subdir( HLTRates2COOL )
-
-# External dependencies:
-find_package( Boost COMPONENTS program_options system )
-find_package( COOL COMPONENTS CoolKernel CoolApplication )
-find_package( CORAL COMPONENTS CoralBase CoralKernel RelationalAccess )
-find_package( ROOT COMPONENTS Core Hist )
-find_package( tdaq COMPONENTS cmdline rc_CmdLine rc_ItemCtrl oh ohroot owl omnithread omniORB4 is )
-find_package( tdaq-common COMPONENTS ers )
-find_package( TBB )
-
-# Component(s) in the package:
-atlas_add_library( HLTRates2COOL
-   HLTRates2COOL/*.h src/*.cxx
-   PUBLIC_HEADERS HLTRates2COOL
-   INCLUDE_DIRS ${COOL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CORAL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   ${TDAQ-COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${TDAQ_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${COOL_LIBRARIES} ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} ${TDAQ-COMMON_LIBRARIES}
-   ${TDAQ_LIBRARIES}
-   PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${CORAL_LIBRARIES} ${TBB_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} )
-
-atlas_add_executable( HLTCountsArchiver
-   src/test/HLTCountsArchiver.cxx
-   INCLUDE_DIRS ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${TDAQ-COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   ${TDAQ_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${TDAQ-COMMON_LIBRARIES}
-   ${TDAQ_LIBRARIES} HLTRates2COOL )
-
-atlas_add_executable( testHLTtoCOOL
-   src/test/testHLTtoCOOL.cxx
-   LINK_LIBRARIES HLTRates2COOL )
-
-atlas_add_executable( HLTRatesFromCOOL
-   src/test/HLTRatesFromCOOL.cxx
-   INCLUDE_DIRS ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${Boost_LIBRARIES} HLTRates2COOL )
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCoolFolderSpec.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCoolFolderSpec.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 368114328d85d07cc23eaadc7073aa8e75b4bad2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCoolFolderSpec.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#ifndef HLTRATES2COOL_HLTCOOLFOLDERSPEC
-#define HLTRATES2COOL_HLTCOOLFOLDERSPEC
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include "CoolKernel/DatabaseId.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/Exception.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabaseSvc.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabase.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/Record.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/RecordSpecification.h"
-
-/**@brief Definition of the COOL folder structure for the trigger configuration data*/
-
-namespace hltca {
-   class HLTCoolFolderSpec
-   {
-   public:
-  
-      /**@brief creates the folder structure in the COOL database
-       *
-       * @param db COOL database
-       *
-       * @returns pointer to the folder structure
-       */
-      static cool::IFolderSetPtr createFolderStructure(cool::IDatabasePtr db);
-  
-      /**@brief prints the folder structure that is in the COOL database
-       *
-       * @param db COOL database
-       *
-       * @param o output stream
-       *
-       * @returns pointer to the folder
-       */
-      static void printFolderStructure(cool::IDatabasePtr db, std::ostream & o);
-  
-  
-      /**@brief get a handle to the HLT Rates folder in the COOL db
-       *
-       * @param db COOL database
-       *
-       * @returns pointer to the folder
-       */
-      //  static cool::IFolderPtr getHLTRatesFolder(cool::IDatabasePtr db);
-  
-      static cool::IFolderPtr getL2CountersFolder(cool::IDatabasePtr db);
-
-      static cool::IFolderPtr getEFCountersFolder(cool::IDatabasePtr db);
-
-      static cool::Record createHLTCountersPayload(unsigned char format, const std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters, hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-
-      static void readHLTCountersPayload(const cool::IRecord & payload, std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters, hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-
-   private:
-
-      /**@brief default constructor*/
-      HLTCoolFolderSpec(){};
-  
-      /**@brief copy constructor*/
-      HLTCoolFolderSpec(const HLTCoolFolderSpec &) {};
-
-      static cool::RecordSpecification getHLTCountersFolderSpecification();
-
-      static void pack(unsigned char format, const std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters, cool::Blob64k& blob, hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-      static void unpack(unsigned char format, const cool::Blob64k& blob, std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters, hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-
-   };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index bcca70279e2865ca244b7ff8448ab117839c2d4a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-// -*-c++-*-
-#ifndef HLTRATES2COOL_HLTTOCOOLWRITER
-#define HLTRATES2COOL_HLTTOCOOLWRITER
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-#include "CoolKernel/DatabaseId.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/Exception.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabaseSvc.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabase.h"
-
-#include <string>
-#include <iostream>
-
-namespace hltca {
-   class HLTCountCoolWriter {
-   public:
-
-      /**@brief constructor
-       *
-       * @param dbId database connection string
-       *
-       * @param o output stream for all messages (defaults to cout)
-       */
-      HLTCountCoolWriter(const std::string& dbId, std::ostream & o = std::cout)  :
-         m_dbId(cool::DatabaseId(dbId)),
-         m_ostream(o)
-      {};
-    
-      /**@brief destructor*/
-      ~HLTCountCoolWriter(){};
-    
-  
-      /**@brief Create a new schema in the COOL database*/
-      void createSchema(bool print=false);
-
-      /**@brief Prints the schema in the COOL database
-       *
-       * @param o output stream
-       */
-      void printSchema();
-
-      /**@brief Enables the buffered writing of the counter folders*/      
-      void setupStorageBuffers();
-
-      /**@brief Enables the buffered writing of the counter folders*/      
-      void flushStorageBuffers();
-    
-      void writeHLTCountersPayload(unsigned int runNumber,
-                                   unsigned int lumiblockNumber,
-                                   const std::vector<HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                   HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level = HLTCounter::BOTH);
-  
-  
-      void writeHLTCountersPayload( cool::ValidityKey since,
-                                    cool::ValidityKey until,
-                                    const std::vector<HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                    HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level = HLTCounter::BOTH);
-
-      bool readHLTCountersPayload(unsigned int runNumber,
-                                  unsigned int lumiblockNumber,
-                                  std::vector< HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                  HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-
-
-
-      /**@brief open COOL db connection
-       * @param readOnly if @c true the db is opened in readonly mode
-       */
-      cool::IDatabasePtr openDb( bool readOnly = true );
-  
-      /**@brief check if db is open
-       */
-      bool dbIsOpen();
-  
-      /**@brief delete the COOL database*/
-      void dropDb();
-  
-      /**@brief close the COOL database*/
-      //void closeDb(cool::IDatabasePtr& db);
-      void closeDb();  // to be used
-
-   private:
-  
-      /**@brief get COOL db service
-       */
-      cool::IDatabaseSvc& databaseService();
-    
-      /**@brief create a new COOL database*/
-      cool::IDatabasePtr createDb();
-  
-      /**@brief create a new COOL database with prior deletion of the old one*/
-      cool::IDatabasePtr recreateDb();
-
-      // data members
-      // DB connection string: oracle://<server>;schema=<acc_name>;dbname=<db_name>;user=<acc_name>;password=<pwd>
-      cool::DatabaseId         m_dbId;  //< db connection string
-      cool::IDatabasePtr       m_dbPtr; //< COOL database pointer
-
-      std::ostream & m_ostream; //< output stream for all messages
-
-      void rangeInfo(const std::string& content, cool::ValidityKey since, cool::ValidityKey until);
-      
-      /**@brief Create a new schema in the COOL database with prior deletion of the old one*/
-      void recreateSchema(){};
-  
-   };
-
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index df95c2e4aa60e5b060034e4434b501ceefd53a46..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-// Dear emacs, this is -*-c++-*-
-#ifndef hltca_HLTCountOHReceiver
-#define hltca_HLTCountOHReceiver
-
-// This macro interferes with some tdaq headers:
-#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <owl/regexp.h>
-
-// OH include files
-#include <oh/OHRootReceiver.h>
-#include <oh/OHSubscriber.h>
-
-#include "TH2.h"
-
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE( hltca,
-                   HLTCountReceivingIssue,
-                   "HLTCountOHReceiver: " << explanation,
-                   ((const char*) explanation)
-                   )
-	 
-
-namespace hltca {
-
-   class HLTCountOHReceiver : public OHRootReceiver {
-   public:
-
-      HLTCountOHReceiver();    
-
-      using OHRootReceiver::receive;
-
-      void receive( OHRootHistogram & h);
-
-      void receive( std::vector<OHRootHistogram*> & )
-      {
-         std::cout << "receive( std::vector<OHRootHistogram*> & ) notification has been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-
-      int last_LB() const;
-      
-      const std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& hltCounters(int lumiblock, hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-
-      void ClearStorage();
-      
-   private:
-
-      struct Content {
-         Content(): h(0), valid(true), filled(false), sum(0) {}
-         ~Content() {delete h;}
-         TH2I * h;
-         std::vector<HLTCounter> counters;
-         bool valid; // true: content of h agrees with content of counters
-         bool filled; // true after the first histogram for is received
-         int sum;
-      };
-
-      void updateInternalStore(const OHRootHistogram & h);
-
-      void CopyHistContent(const TH2& src, TH2& dest);
-
-      void SetChainCounterBins(TAxis *axis, int level);
-
-      void updateHLTCounters(Content& c, HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level);
-
-      std::vector<Content> m_countStore[2];     // one store for each level
-      std::vector<int>     m_chainCounters[2];  // bin index for chain_counter
-
-
-   }; //end class HLTCountOHReceiver
-
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d80be010819a993bb527875c2564e815e29fa499..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-// -*-c++-*-
-#ifndef HLTRATES2COOL_HLTCOUNTER
-#define HLTRATES2COOL_HLTCOUNTER
-
-#include <string>
-#include <iostream>
-
-namespace hltca {
-   class HLTCounter;
-}
-
-class TAxis;
-class TH2;
-
-namespace hltca {
-   std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream &, const HLTCounter &);
-
-   class HLTCounter
-   {
-   public:
-   
-      enum TriggerLevel { UNKNOWN=0, BOTH=1, L2=2, EF=3 };
-
-      HLTCounter( unsigned int chainCounter,
-                  unsigned int input,
-                  unsigned int afterPrescale,
-                  unsigned int raw,
-                  unsigned int total,
-                  TriggerLevel lvl):
-         m_chainCounter(chainCounter),
-         m_input(input),
-         m_afterPS(afterPrescale),
-         m_raw(raw),
-         m_total(total),
-         m_lvl(lvl)
-      {};
-
-      HLTCounter( unsigned int chainCounter,
-                  TriggerLevel lvl):
-         m_chainCounter(chainCounter),
-         m_input(0),
-         m_afterPS(0),
-         m_raw(0),
-         m_total(0),
-         m_lvl(lvl)
-      {};
-
-    
-      unsigned int input()          const { return m_input; }
-      unsigned int chain_counter()  const { return m_chainCounter; }
-      unsigned int after_prescale() const { return m_afterPS; }
-      unsigned int raw()            const { return m_raw; }
-      unsigned int total()          const { return m_total; }
-      TriggerLevel trlevel()        const { return m_lvl; }
-      std::string level() const {
-         switch (m_lvl) {
-         case L2: return "L2"; break;
-         case EF: return "EF"; break;
-         case BOTH: return "BOTH"; break;
-         case UNKNOWN: return "UNKNOWN"; break;
-         }
-         return "";
-      }
-
-      void setContent(const TH2* h, int binx);
-
-      static bool hasBinsSet();
-      static bool setBins(TAxis * axis);
-  
-   private:
-      unsigned int m_chainCounter;
-      unsigned int m_input;
-      unsigned int m_afterPS;
-      unsigned int m_raw;
-      unsigned int m_total;
-      TriggerLevel m_lvl;
-
-      static int s_inputbin;
-      static int s_afterPSbin;
-      static int s_rawbin;
-      static int s_totalbin;
-
-      friend std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream &, const HLTCounter &);
-
-   };
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d53abd45e0670d00abe22eb28298c9eb3285e77b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/*
-
-* @file HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.h
-* @author Joerg Stelzer
-* $Author: stelzer $
-* $Revision: 1.1 $
-* $Date: 2010-02-05 $
-*
-* @brief the class for writing HLT trigger counts to COOL online
-*/
-
-#ifndef hltca_HLTCountsArchiverRCApp
-#define hltca_HLTCountsArchiverRCApp
-
-// This macro interferes with some tdaq headers:
-#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/JobConfig.h"
-#include "RunControl/Common/Controllable.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h"
-
-#include "ipc/core.h"
-
-namespace hltca {
-   class HLTCountsArchiverRCApp;
-   class HLTCountOHReceiver;
-   class JobConfig;
-}
-
-class IPCPartition;
-class OHSubscriber;
-
-class hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp : public daq::rc::Controllable {
-public:
-   /**
-    * Constructor.  Only the parameter name is required (this is the named published in IPC.)
-    */
-   HLTCountsArchiverRCApp(JobConfig& conf, IPCPartition* part, hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver * rec);
-   virtual ~HLTCountsArchiverRCApp() noexcept;
-
-   virtual void prepareForRun(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&);
-   virtual void stopArchiving(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&);
-
-   hltca::JobConfig& conf() { return m_jobConfig; }
-
-private:
-
-   void    writeToCool();  // writes the objects held by the receiver to cool
-
-   bool getRunNumberFromIS();
-
-   hltca::JobConfig             m_jobConfig; // object to hold different job configuration parameters
-   hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter    m_coolWriter; // the class that does the writing to COOL
-   IPCPartition*                m_IPCPartition; // the ipc partition object
-   hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver*   m_receiver;
-
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/JobConfig.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/JobConfig.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a4504adac21cebbdf61c21830a95d1acecca3e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/HLTRates2COOL/JobConfig.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#ifndef hltca_JobConfig
-#define hltca_JobConfig
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-namespace hltca {
-   class JobConfig;
-   std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const JobConfig& event );
-
-   class JobConfig {
-      friend std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& os, const JobConfig& event );
-   public:
-      JobConfig();
-      ~JobConfig();
-
-      std::string&     PartitionName()    { return m_partitionName; }
-      std::string&     CoolDb()           { return m_coolDb; }
-      std::string&     ISServer()         { return m_ISServer; }
-      std::string&     Provider(const std::string& lvl) { return m_provider[lvl=="L2"?0:1]; }
-      std::string&     Histogram(const std::string& lvl) { return m_histogram[lvl=="L2"?0:1]; }
-      uint32_t&        CurrentRunNumber() { return m_currentRunNumber; }
-      bool&            COOLconnStat()     { return m_COOLconnStat; }
-
-   private:
-      std::string        m_partitionName;
-      std::string        m_coolDb;
-      std::string        m_ISServer;
-      std::string        m_provider[2];
-      std::string        m_histogram[2];
-      uint32_t           m_currentRunNumber;
-      bool               m_COOLconnStat;
-   };
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/doc/README b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/doc/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 8500634775ac2596fef4f7532012bbcc7aefe952..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/doc/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-## How to  source tdaq-02-00-03
-source /afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/tdaq/cmt/bin/cmtsetup.sh tdaq-02-00-03 i686-slc4-gcc34-opt
-#export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/afs/cern.ch/atlas/offline/external/LCGCMT/LCGCMT_53f/InstallArea/i686-slc4-gcc34-opt/lib
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/AtlasTrigger/15.5.3/InstallArea/i686-slc4-gcc34-opt/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
-#Set the TDAQ partition name:
-export TDAQ_PARTITION=DQMD
-
-#Set the configuration file:
-export TDAQ_DB_DATA=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/tdaq/cmt/tdaq-02-00-02/installed/share/data/dqmf/examples/DQM_test_partition.data.xml
-
-#Start DQM partition:
-setup_daq $TDAQ_PARTITION
-
-
-
-## need additional file project.cmt  -why??
-cd users/risler
-mkdir cmt
-echo "use tdaq-02-00-03" > cmt/project.cmt
-
-## compile ...
-cd HLTtoCOOL/cmt
-cmt config
-. ./setup.sh
-gmake
-
-
-## testHLTtoCOOl
-
-
-## writeHLTtoCOOL
- source code writeHLTtoCOOl.cxx and MyReceiver.cxx 
-
-## publish_test_histo
- source code publish_test_histo2.cpp 
- read histos from debughist.root and publish them to OH, for different lumi blocks   
-
-start infrastructure:
-
- ipc_server &
- ipc_server -p MyTestPartition &
- 
- is_server -p MyTestPartition -n MyTest2  &
- is_server -p MyTestPartition -n Histogramming &
- is_server -p MyTestPartition -n LumiBlock &
-
-publish histos :
-
-../i686-slc4-gcc34-dbg/publish_test_histo -L EF -d 2 
-
-## receive_test_histo
- source code receive_test_histo.cpp
- receive the published histos :
-../i686-slc4-gcc34-dbg/receive_test_histo -p MyTestPartition -s Histogramming
-
-## publish_test_data
- source code publish_test_data.cpp
- publish L1 info IS_LB with increased counters TBP, TAP, TAV and turns for different lumi Blocks on server MyTest
- is_server -p MyTestPartition -n MyTest  &
- 
-## publish_test_runnr
- source code publish_test_runnr.cpp
-  publish CTP info LB_CTP_<runnr>_<LBnr>  (containing only 1 attribute, runnumber)
-## receive_test_runnr
- source code receive_test_runnr2.cpp
-  receive LB_CTP.* info and retreive the runnumber 
-## receive_test_keys
- source code receive_test_keys.cpp
-
-## create info
- source code create_info.cpp
-
-
-## browse test database file
-## https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/AtlCoolConsole
-AtlCoolConsole.py 'sqlite://;schema=testhltcounters.db;dbname=CONFTEST'
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCoolFolderSpec.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCoolFolderSpec.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index c117bf27e3b1737ee2fe3474c2f8186c20908970..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCoolFolderSpec.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,240 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-//
-// specification of the COOL folder format
-// author: Joerg Stelzer stelzer@cern.ch
-// author: Karsten Koenecke karsten.koenecke@cern.ch
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCoolFolderSpec.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h"
-
-#include <sstream>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <string>
-#include <iterator>
-#include <functional>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-#include "CoralBase/Attribute.h"
-#include "CoralBase/AttributeList.h"
-#include "CoralBase/Blob.h"
-
-#include "CoolKernel/FolderVersioning.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/FolderSpecification.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IFolder.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/StorageType.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/Record.h"
-
-
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// createLvl1MenuFolderSpecification
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-cool::RecordSpecification
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::getHLTCountersFolderSpecification()
-{
-  cool::RecordSpecification spec;
-  spec.extend( "Format", cool::StorageType::UChar );  
-  spec.extend( "Data" ,  cool::StorageType::Blob64k );
-  return spec;
-}
-
-
-cool::IFolderPtr
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::getL2CountersFolder(cool::IDatabasePtr db)
-{
-  return db->getFolder( "/TRIGGER/LUMI/LVL2COUNTERS");
-}
-
-
-cool::IFolderPtr
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::getEFCountersFolder(cool::IDatabasePtr db)
-{
-  return db->getFolder( "/TRIGGER/LUMI/EFCOUNTERS");
-}
-
-
-
-
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// createFolderStructure()
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-cool::IFolderSetPtr
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::createFolderStructure(cool::IDatabasePtr db)
-{
-  
-   //std::string singleChannelDesc = "<timeStamp>run-lumi</timeStamp><addrHeader><address_header service_type=\"71\" clid=\"40774348\" /></addrHeader><typeName>AthenaAttributeList</typeName>";
-   std::string multiChannelDesc  = "<timeStamp>run-lumi</timeStamp><addrHeader><address_header service_type=\"71\" clid=\"1238547719\" /></addrHeader><typeName>CondAttrListCollection</typeName>";
-
-   cool::IFolderSetPtr topFolder;
-   if( !db->existsFolderSet( "/TRIGGER" ) ) {
-      topFolder = db->createFolderSet( "/TRIGGER" );
-   }
-
-   if( !db->existsFolderSet( "/TRIGGER/LUMI" ) ) {
-      db->createFolderSet( "/TRIGGER/LUMI" );
-   }
-
-   if( !db->existsFolder( "/TRIGGER/LUMI/EFCOUNTERS" ) ) {
-      cool::IFolderPtr ptr = db->createFolder( "/TRIGGER/LUMI/EFCOUNTERS", cool::FolderSpecification(getHLTCountersFolderSpecification()));
-      ptr->setDescription(multiChannelDesc);
-   }
-
-   if( !db->existsFolder( "/TRIGGER/LUMI/LVL2COUNTERS" ) ) {
-      cool::IFolderPtr ptr = db->createFolder( "/TRIGGER/LUMI/LVL2COUNTERS", cool::FolderSpecification(getHLTCountersFolderSpecification()));
-      ptr->setDescription(multiChannelDesc);
-   }
-
-   return topFolder;
-}
-
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// printFolderStructure(cool::IDatabasePtr db)
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-void
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::printFolderStructure(cool::IDatabasePtr db, std::ostream & o)
-{
-
-   std::vector<std::string> nodes = db->listAllNodes();
-
-   std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator fIt = nodes.begin();
-   for(;fIt != nodes.end();fIt++) {
-      bool isFolderSet = db->existsFolderSet(*fIt);
-      o << "        " << *fIt;
-      if(isFolderSet) {
-         o << "/" << std::endl;
-      }
-      else {
-         cool::IFolderPtr folder = db->getFolder(*fIt);
-         bool isMultiVersion = (folder->versioningMode() == cool::FolderVersioning::MULTI_VERSION);
-         // const cool::IRecord & att = folder->folderAttributes();
-         // att.print(o);
-         const cool::IRecordSpecification & rspec = folder->payloadSpecification();
-
-
-         o << " (" << (isMultiVersion?"Multiversion":"Singleversion") << ")" << std::endl;
-
-         o.setf(std::ios::left);
-         for(uint i=0;i<rspec.size(); i++)
-            {
-               o << "            " << std::setw(30) << rspec[i].name() << "         (" << rspec[i].storageType().name() << ")" << std::endl;
-            }
-      } // End if(isFolderSet)/else
-
-   }
-   return;
-}
-
-
-
-cool::Record
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::createHLTCountersPayload(unsigned char format, const std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters, hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-
-   cool::Record payload = getHLTCountersFolderSpecification();
-
-   // fill the payload
-   payload["Format"].setValue<cool::UChar>(format);
-   cool::Blob64k blob;
-
-   // pack the counters
-   pack(format, counters, blob, level);
-
-   payload["Data"].setValue<cool::Blob64k>(blob);
-
-
-   return payload;
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::readHLTCountersPayload(const cool::IRecord & payload,
-                                                 std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters, 
-                                                 hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-
-   unsigned char packingFormat = payload["Format"].data<cool::UChar>();
-   cool::Blob64k blob = payload["Data"].data<cool::Blob64k>();
-   unpack(packingFormat, blob, counters, level);
-}
-
-    
-namespace {
-   struct levelfilter {
-      typedef hltca::HLTCounter               first_argument_type;
-      typedef hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel second_argument_type;
-      typedef bool                            result_type;
-      bool operator()(const hltca::HLTCounter& x, const hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel& level) const {
-         return x.trlevel()==level;
-      }
-   };
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::pack(unsigned char format,
-                               const std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters,
-                               cool::Blob64k& blob,
-                               hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-
-   int n_lvl = std::count_if(counters.begin(), counters.end(), std::bind2nd(levelfilter(),level));
-
-   std::cout << "Found " << n_lvl << " entries for level " << level << std::endl;
-
-   if(format==1) {
-      
-      const unsigned int NData = 5;
-
-      // required space
-      blob.resize( NData * sizeof(unsigned int) * n_lvl ); // NData unsigned integers per chain in this level
-
-      // starting point
-      unsigned int* p = static_cast<unsigned int*>(blob.startingAddress());
-
-      levelfilter lf;
-      for (std::vector<HLTCounter>::const_iterator c = counters.begin(); c != counters.end(); c++ ) {
-         
-         if (! lf(*c,level)) continue;
-         *(p++) = (*c).chain_counter();
-         *(p++) = (*c).input();
-         *(p++) = (*c).after_prescale();
-         *(p++) = (*c).raw();
-         *(p++) = (*c).total();
-      }
-   }
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCoolFolderSpec::unpack(unsigned char format,
-                                 const cool::Blob64k& blob,
-                                 std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                 hltca::HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-
-   std::cout << "format " << (unsigned int)format << std::endl;
-   std::cout << "blob size " << blob.size() << std::endl;
-
-
-   // don't clear the counters vector, new HLTCounters will be appended
-   if(format==1) {
-
-      const unsigned int NData = 5;
-
-      int n_lvl = blob.size() / ( NData * sizeof(unsigned int) ); // 4 unsigned integers per chain in this level
-      const unsigned int* p = static_cast<const unsigned int*>(blob.startingAddress());
-
-      for(int i=0; i<n_lvl; i++) {
-         unsigned int chain_counter  = *(p++);
-         unsigned int input          = *(p++);       
-         unsigned int after_prescale = *(p++);
-         unsigned int raw            = *(p++);
-         unsigned int total          = *(p++);
-         counters.push_back(HLTCounter(chain_counter, input, after_prescale, raw, total, level));
-      }
-   }
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountCoolWriter.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountCoolWriter.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8294d2fb9fe5f12669ed94ccd6a4affd24808cea..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountCoolWriter.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,408 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <stdexcept>
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCoolFolderSpec.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-#include "CoolApplication/Application.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/ValidityKey.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IFolder.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/Exception.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IObject.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IObjectIterator.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabaseSvc.h"
-#include "CoralKernel/Context.h"
-
-#include "RelationalAccess/ConnectionService.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/IConnectionService.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/IConnectionServiceConfiguration.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/ILookupService.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/IAuthenticationService.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/IAuthenticationCredentials.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/IDatabaseServiceDescription.h"
-#include "RelationalAccess/IDatabaseServiceSet.h"
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::createSchema(bool print) {
-
-   bool needToOpen = !dbIsOpen();
-
-   if(needToOpen) {
-      try {
-         openDb(false);
-      }
-      catch(cool::DatabaseDoesNotExist& e) {
-         m_ostream << "*** : " << e.what() << std::endl;
-         m_ostream << "Will create a new database: " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-         createDb();
-         openDb(false);
-      }
-      catch(cool::Exception& e) {
-         m_ostream << "*** COOL  exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-         m_ostream << "Coudn't create a new schema: " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-         throw;
-      }
-   } // End if(needToOpen)
-
-   try {
-      m_ostream << "Creating schema '" << m_dbId << "'" << std::endl;
-      HLTCoolFolderSpec::createFolderStructure(m_dbPtr);
-      if(print) printSchema();
-   }
-   catch(cool::Exception& e) {
-      m_ostream << "*** COOL  exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      m_ostream << "Coudn't create a new schema: " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-      throw;
-   }
-   if(needToOpen) { 
-      closeDb();
-   }
-
-   return;
-}
-
-
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------
-// printSchema(ostream &)
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::printSchema() {
-
-  bool needToOpen = !dbIsOpen();
-
-  bool readonly = true;
-  if(needToOpen) openDb(readonly);
-
-  HLTCoolFolderSpec::printFolderStructure(m_dbPtr, m_ostream);
-
-  if(needToOpen) closeDb();
-
-  return;
-}
-
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------
-// dbIsOpen()
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-bool
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::dbIsOpen() {
-  return m_dbPtr.use_count()>0 && m_dbPtr->isOpen();
-}
-
-
-
-
-cool::IDatabaseSvc&
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::databaseService()
-{
-   static cool::Application app;
-   return app.databaseService();
-}
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// dropDb()
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::dropDb()
-{
-//   m_ostream << "Dropping database '" << m_dbId << "'" << std::endl;
-//   try
-//     {
-//       cool::IDatabaseSvc& dbSvc = databaseService();
-//       dbSvc.dropDatabase( m_dbId ); // do nothing if the database does not exist
-//     }
-
-//   catch(std::exception& e)
-//     {
-//       m_ostream << "*** COOL  exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-//       m_ostream << "Couldn't drop conditions database: " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-//     }
-
-  return;
-}
-
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// openDb(bool readOnly)
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-cool::IDatabasePtr
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::openDb( bool readOnly )
-{
-   if(dbIsOpen())
-      return m_dbPtr;
-
-   cool::IDatabaseSvc& dbSvc = databaseService();
-  
-   try {
-      m_ostream << "Opening database '" << m_dbId << "'" << std::endl;
-      m_dbPtr = dbSvc.openDatabase( m_dbId, readOnly );   // If the database does not exist, an exception is thrown
-      return m_dbPtr;
-   } 
-   catch(cool::DatabaseDoesNotExist& e) {
-      if(readOnly) {
-         m_ostream << "Database '" << m_dbId << "' does not exist" << std::endl;
-         throw;
-      }
-      else {
-         m_ostream << "Database '" << m_dbId << "' does not exist, try to create it" << std::endl;
-         m_dbPtr = dbSvc.createDatabase( m_dbId );
-         m_ostream << "Created DB" << std::endl;
-         return m_dbPtr;
-      }
-   }
-   catch(cool::Exception& e) {
-      m_ostream << "*** COOL  exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      m_ostream << "Couldn't open database " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-      throw;
-   }
-}
-
-
-
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-// closeDb()
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::closeDb()
-{
-   if(dbIsOpen()) {
-      try {
-         m_ostream << "Closing database '" << m_dbId << std::endl;
-         m_dbPtr->closeDatabase();
-      }
-      catch(std::exception& e) {
-         m_ostream << "*** COOL  exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl
-                   << "Couldn't close conditions database: " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-      }
-   }
-   return;
-}
-
-
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------
-// createDb()
-// ------------------------------------------------------------
-cool::IDatabasePtr
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::createDb()
-{
-  m_ostream << "Creating database '" << m_dbId << "'" << std::endl;
-  try
-    {
-      cool::IDatabaseSvc& dbSvc = databaseService();
-      m_dbPtr = dbSvc.createDatabase( m_dbId );
-    }
-  catch(std::exception& e)
-    {
-      m_ostream << "*** COOL  exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      m_ostream << "Coudn't create a new conditions database: " << m_dbId << std::endl;
-      throw;
-    }
-
-  return m_dbPtr;
-}
-
-
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::rangeInfo(const std::string& content,
-                           cool::ValidityKey since,
-                           cool::ValidityKey until) 
-{
-   
-   if(since==cool::ValidityKeyMin && until==cool::ValidityKeyMax) {
-      std::cout << "Writing " << content 
-                << " for infinite range [0,oo]" 
-                << std::endl;
-      return;
-   }
-
-   unsigned long long lb[2];
-   unsigned long long run[2];
-
-   lb[0] = since & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-   lb[1] = until & 0xFFFFFFFF;
-
-   run[0] = since>>32;
-   run[0] &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
-   run[1] = until>>32;
-   run[1] &= 0x7FFFFFFF;
-
-   if(lb[0]==0 && lb[1]==0) {
-      unsigned int first = run[0];
-      unsigned int last  = run[1]-1;
-      if(first==last) {
-         std::cout << "IOV Info: writing " << content 
-                   << " for run " << first 
-                   << std::endl;
-      } else {
-         std::cout << "IOV Info: writing " << content 
-                   << " for run range [" << first << "," << last << "]" 
-                   << std::endl;
-      }
-   }
-   else {
-      if(run[0]==run[1]) {
-         if(lb[0]==lb[1]-1) {
-            std::cout << "IOV Info: writing " << content 
-                      << " for run " << run[0] 
-                      << " and LB " << lb[0] 
-                      << std::endl;
-         } else {
-            std::cout << "IOV Info: writing " << content 
-                      << " for run " << run[0] 
-                      << " and LB range [" << lb[0] << "," << lb[1]-1 << "]" 
-                      << std::endl;
-         }
-      } else {
-         std::cout << "IOV Info: writing " << content 
-                   << " for range [" << run[0] << "/" 
-                   << lb[0] << "," << run[1] << "/" << lb[1] << "[" 
-                   << std::endl;
-      }
-   }
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::writeHLTCountersPayload(unsigned int runNumber,
-                                                   unsigned int lumiblockNumber,
-                                                   const std::vector< HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                                   HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-  bool infiniteRange = (runNumber & 0x80000000) != 0; // highest bin==1 indicates infinite run range to be set (would not give valid iov anyway)
-  cool::ValidityKey since(runNumber);
-  cool::ValidityKey until(runNumber);
-  if(infiniteRange) {
-     since = cool::ValidityKeyMin;
-     until = cool::ValidityKeyMax;
-  } else {
-     since <<= 32;
-     until <<= 32;
-     since += lumiblockNumber;
-     until += lumiblockNumber+1;
-  }
-
-  bool needToOpen = !dbIsOpen();
-  if(needToOpen) openDb(false);
-  HLTCoolFolderSpec::createFolderStructure(m_dbPtr); // just in case it doesn't exist
-  writeHLTCountersPayload( since, until, counters, level );
-  if(needToOpen) closeDb();
-}
-
- 
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::writeHLTCountersPayload( cool::ValidityKey since,
-                                                    cool::ValidityKey until,
-                                                    const std::vector<HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                                    HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-
-   bool needToOpen = !dbIsOpen();
-   if(needToOpen) openDb(false);
-
-   // writing configuration keys and prescales
-   try {
-
-      unsigned char packingFormat(1);
-
-      if(level==HLTCounter::L2 || level==HLTCounter::BOTH) {
-         rangeInfo("L2 counts", since, until);
-         cool::IFolderPtr l2CountersFolder = HLTCoolFolderSpec::getL2CountersFolder(m_dbPtr);
-         cool::Record l2payload = HLTCoolFolderSpec::createHLTCountersPayload( packingFormat, counters, HLTCounter::L2);
-         l2CountersFolder->storeObject(since, until, l2payload, 0);
-      }
-
-      if(level==HLTCounter::EF || level==HLTCounter::BOTH) {
-         rangeInfo("EF counts", since, until);
-         cool::IFolderPtr efCountersFolder = HLTCoolFolderSpec::getEFCountersFolder(m_dbPtr);
-         cool::Record efpayload = HLTCoolFolderSpec::createHLTCountersPayload( packingFormat, counters, HLTCounter::EF);
-         efCountersFolder->storeObject(since, until, efpayload, 0);
-      }
-    
-   } 
-   catch( cool::Exception & e) {
-      m_ostream << "Caught cool::Exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      if(counters.size()>0) {
-         m_ostream << "Failed to write "<<(*counters.begin()).level()<<" counters to COOL" << std::endl;
-      } else {
-         m_ostream << "Failed to write "<<(*counters.begin()).level()<<" counters to COOL" << std::endl;
-      }
-      throw;
-   } 
-   catch(std::exception & e) {
-      m_ostream << "Caught std::exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      m_ostream << "Failed to write counters to COOL" << std::endl;
-      throw;
-   }
-
-   if(needToOpen) closeDb();
-}
-
-
-bool
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::readHLTCountersPayload(unsigned int runNumber,
-                                                  unsigned int lumiblockNumber,
-                                                  std::vector< HLTCounter>& counters,
-                                                  HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level)
-{
-
-   counters.clear();
-
-   cool::ValidityKey pointInTime(runNumber);
-   pointInTime <<= 32;
-   pointInTime += lumiblockNumber;
-
-   bool needToOpen = !dbIsOpen();
-   if(needToOpen) openDb(true);
-
-   // writing configuration keys and prescales
-   try {
-
-      cool::IFolderPtr f;
-      if(level==HLTCounter::L2) {
-         f = HLTCoolFolderSpec::getL2CountersFolder(m_dbPtr);
-      } else if(level==HLTCounter::EF) {
-         f = HLTCoolFolderSpec::getEFCountersFolder(m_dbPtr);
-      } else {
-         return false;
-      }
-
-      cool::IObjectPtr o = f->findObject( pointInTime, 0);
-      const cool::IRecord& payload = o->payload();
-      HLTCoolFolderSpec::readHLTCountersPayload(payload, counters, level);
-
-   } 
-   catch( cool::Exception & e) {
-      m_ostream << "Caught cool::Exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      m_ostream << "Failed to read counters from COOL" << std::endl;
-      throw;
-   } 
-   catch(std::exception & e) {
-      m_ostream << "Caught std::exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-      m_ostream << "Failed to read counters to COOL" << std::endl;
-      throw;
-   }
-
-   if(needToOpen) closeDb();
-   return  true;
-}
-
-
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::setupStorageBuffers() {
-   HLTCoolFolderSpec::getL2CountersFolder(m_dbPtr)->setupStorageBuffer();
-   HLTCoolFolderSpec::getEFCountersFolder(m_dbPtr)->setupStorageBuffer();
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter::flushStorageBuffers() {
-   HLTCoolFolderSpec::getL2CountersFolder(m_dbPtr)->flushStorageBuffer();
-   HLTCoolFolderSpec::getEFCountersFolder(m_dbPtr)->flushStorageBuffer();
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountOHReceiver.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountOHReceiver.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b0cc98e53a4dc89fc3463f8847258528137d677..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountOHReceiver.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h"
-
-#include "CoolKernel/DatabaseId.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/Exception.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabaseSvc.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IDatabase.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IFolder.h"
-#include "CoolKernel/IObject.h"
-
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-
-#include <owl/regexp.h>
-// OH include files
-#include <oh/OHRootReceiver.h>
-#include <oh/OHSubscriber.h>
-//IS
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-#include <is/infodynany.h>
-
-#include "TH2I.h"
-
-using namespace std;
-
-//todo need run number!!!
-
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::HLTCountOHReceiver() 
-{
-   // 6000 is the current maximum of LB's in one run
-   m_countStore[0].resize(6000);
-   m_countStore[1].resize(6000);
-}
-
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::receive( OHRootHistogram & h) {
-   //ERS_LOG( std::endl << "Receive histogram '" <<  h.getObject()->GetName() << "' with tag '" << h.tag << "'");
-   if(h.tag<=0) {
-      // ERROR
-   } else {
-      updateInternalStore(h);
-   }
-}
-
-
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::updateInternalStore(const OHRootHistogram & h) {
-   
-   //    ERS_LOG (std::endl
-   //             << "    name  : " << h.histogram->GetName() << std::endl
-   //             << "    title : " << h.histogram->GetTitle() << std::endl
-   //             << "    tag/lb: " << h.tag);
-   
-   // get the trigger level
-   unsigned int level = 0;
-   std::string histoname(h.histogram->GetName());
-   if( histoname.find("TrigSteer_EF") != std::string::npos) {
-      level=1;
-   } else if( histoname.find("TrigSteer_L2") == std::string::npos) {
-      hltca::HLTCountReceivingIssue issue(ERS_HERE,std::string("Did not find TrigSteer_L2/EF in the name of the histogram: ")+histoname, "Test");
-      ers::warning(issue);
-      return;
-   }
-
-   // store the histogram (
-   // - first time: clone
-   // - second time: update, if statistic increased
-   unsigned int lb = (unsigned int)h.tag;
-   TH2I* hist2d = (TH2I*)h.histogram.get();
-   Stat_t hsum = hist2d->GetSum();
-   std::cout << "   " << (level==0?"L2":"EF") << " sum for lb " << lb << " : " << hsum << std::endl;
-
-   Content& content = m_countStore[level][lb];
-   if(content.h==0) {
-      std::string newname(Form("SignatureAcceptance_%s_%i_store", (level==0?"L2":"EF"), lb));
-      content.h = (TH2I*) h.histogram->Clone(newname.c_str());
-      content.h->SetDirectory(0);
-      content.filled= true;
-      content.valid = false;
-   } else {
-      if( hsum > content.h->GetSum() ) {
-         CopyHistContent(*hist2d,*content.h);
-         content.valid = false;
-      } else if (hsum < content.h->GetSum()) {
-         // this just means that some notes have already moved farther ahead and are starting to delete this lumiblock
-      } else {
-         // No changes
-      }
-   }
-
-   // for the first histos some initialization has to be done
-   if(!HLTCounter::hasBinsSet())
-      HLTCounter::setBins(h.histogram->GetYaxis());
-
-   if(m_chainCounters[level].size()==0) {
-      SetChainCounterBins(h.histogram->GetXaxis(),level);
-   }
-
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::SetChainCounterBins(TAxis *axis, int level) {
-   int n(axis->GetLast());
-   m_chainCounters[level].resize(n+1,0);
-   for(int i=1; i<=n; ++i) {
-      const char * p(axis->GetBinLabel(i)); // label has the form "<ChainName>_ChCo_<chaincounter>"
-      if(*p!='L' and *p!='E') continue;
-      const char * u(p);
-      while(*++p!='\0') if(*p=='_') u=p;
-      int cc = atoi(++u);
-      m_chainCounters[level][i] = cc;
-   }
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::CopyHistContent(const TH2& src, TH2& dest) {
-   if(src.GetNbinsX()!=dest.GetNbinsX()) {
-      hltca::HLTCountReceivingIssue issue(ERS_HERE, "Updated histogram has different number of bins in X, will not use it");
-      ers::error(issue);
-      return;
-   }
-   if(src.GetNbinsY()!=dest.GetNbinsY()) {
-      hltca::HLTCountReceivingIssue issue(ERS_HERE, "Updated histogram has different number of bins in Y, will not use it");
-      ers::error(issue);
-      return;
-   }
-   for(Int_t x=src.GetNbinsX()+1; x>=0; --x)
-      for(Int_t y=src.GetNbinsY()+1; y>=0; --y)
-         dest.SetBinContent(x,y,src.GetBinContent(x,y));
-}
-
-
-// accessor to the store
-const vector<hltca::HLTCounter>&
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::hltCounters(int lumiblock, HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level) {
-   int levelIndex = (level==HLTCounter::L2)?0:1;
-   Content& c = m_countStore[levelIndex][lumiblock];
-   updateHLTCounters(c, level);
-   std::cout << "After updating LB " << lumiblock << " (level " << ((level==HLTCounter::L2)?"2":"3") << "): " << c.sum << std::endl;
-   return c.counters;
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::updateHLTCounters(Content& c, HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level) {
-   if(!c.filled || c.valid) return; // either not filled or already up-to-date
-   int levelIndex = (level==HLTCounter::L2)?0:1;
-   c.counters.clear();
-   for(int binx = 1; binx <= c.h->GetNbinsX(); binx++) {
-      int chain_counter = m_chainCounters[levelIndex][binx];
-      if(chain_counter==0) continue; // groups and streams
-      c.counters.push_back(HLTCounter(chain_counter,level));
-      c.counters.back().setContent(c.h, binx);
-   }
-   c.sum=c.h->GetSum();
-   c.valid=true;
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::ClearStorage() {
-   for(int i=0; i<2; ++i) {
-      m_countStore[i].clear();
-      m_chainCounters[i].clear();
-      m_countStore[i].resize(6000);
-   }
-}
-
-int
-hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver::last_LB() const {
-   int testlb = m_countStore[0].size()-1;
-   while(testlb>=0 && !m_countStore[0][testlb].filled) testlb--;
-   return testlb;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCounter.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCounter.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index bdaec7df2e6f4e2639cc0a9154b49a66279bf112..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCounter.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-#include "TAxis.h"
-#include "TH2.h"
-
-int hltca::HLTCounter::s_inputbin   = 0;
-int hltca::HLTCounter::s_afterPSbin = 0;
-int hltca::HLTCounter::s_rawbin     = 0;
-int hltca::HLTCounter::s_totalbin   = 0;
-
-bool
-hltca::HLTCounter::hasBinsSet() {
-   return s_inputbin != 0;
-}
-
-bool
-hltca::HLTCounter::setBins(TAxis * axis) {
-   int lastbin = axis->GetLast();
-   s_inputbin   = axis->FindBin("input");
-   s_afterPSbin = axis->FindBin("!PS rate");
-   s_rawbin     = axis->FindBin("raw rate");
-   s_totalbin   = axis->FindBin("total rate");
-   if(s_inputbin>lastbin) {
-      // ERROR
-      return false;
-   }
-   if(s_afterPSbin>lastbin) {
-      // ERROR
-      return false;
-   }
-   if(s_rawbin>lastbin) {
-      // ERROR
-      return false;
-   }
-   if(s_totalbin>lastbin) {
-      // ERROR
-      return false;
-   }
-   return true;
-}
-
-namespace {
-   int round_to_int(double v) {
-      return int(v+0.5);
-   }
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCounter::setContent(const TH2* h, int binx) {
-   m_input    = round_to_int(h->GetBinContent(binx, s_inputbin));
-   m_afterPS  = round_to_int(h->GetBinContent(binx, s_afterPSbin));
-   m_raw      = round_to_int(h->GetBinContent(binx, s_rawbin));
-   m_total    = round_to_int(h->GetBinContent(binx, s_totalbin));
-}
-
-std::ostream & hltca::operator<<(std::ostream & o, const hltca::HLTCounter & c) {
-   o << c.level() << " " << c.chain_counter()
-     << ": inp=" << c.input()
-     << ", aps=" << c.after_prescale()
-     << ", raw=" << c.raw()
-     << ", tot=" << c.total();
-   return o;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index be7a57d526228d2b4223c9210dcf5ebfa2602ed1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-#include "CoolKernel/Exception.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-#include "ipc/partition.h"
-
-#include <oh/OHSubscriber.h>
-
-#include "rc/RunParams.h"
-
-
-hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp(JobConfig& config, IPCPartition* part, hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver * rec) :
-   Controllable(),
-   m_jobConfig(config),
-   m_coolWriter(config.CoolDb()),
-   m_IPCPartition(part),
-   m_receiver(rec)
-{}
-
-hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::~HLTCountsArchiverRCApp() noexcept
-{}
-
-
-void 
-hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::prepareForRun(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) { 
-   std::cout << "HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::prepareForRun: CLEAR RECEIVER" << std::endl;
-   m_receiver->ClearStorage();
-}
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::stopArchiving(const daq::rc::TransitionCmd&) {
-   std::cout << "HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::stopArchiving: WRITE COOL" << std::endl;
-   writeToCool();
-}
-
-
-void
-hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::writeToCool() {
-
-   int lastlb = m_receiver->last_LB();
-
-   if(lastlb<=0) return;  // n_lb<0 -> no LB written, n_lb==0 -> LB0 writter (also not good)
-
-   if(!getRunNumberFromIS()) return;
-
-   bool needToOpen = !m_coolWriter.dbIsOpen();
-   bool readOnly = false;
-   if(needToOpen) m_coolWriter.openDb(readOnly);
-
-   try{
-      m_coolWriter.createSchema();
-   } catch(...) {
-      // just in case
-   }
-
-   try {
-
-      unsigned int n_lb = (unsigned int)lastlb;
-
-      // enable buffered writing
-      m_coolWriter.setupStorageBuffers();
-
-      // loop over all lumiblocks
-      for(unsigned int lb = 1; lb <= n_lb; ++lb) {
-
-         // loop over both levels
-         for(int tl=0; tl<2; ++tl ) {
-            HLTCounter::TriggerLevel level = tl==0?HLTCounter::L2:HLTCounter::EF;
-
-            // get the data from the receiver by LB and trigger level
-            const std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>& hltCounters = m_receiver->hltCounters(lb, level);
-
-            //             // example printout for LB 2 and L2
-            //             if(lb==2 && level==HLTCounter::L2) {
-            //                for(std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>::const_iterator it = hltCounters.begin(); 
-            //                    it != hltCounters.end(); it++) {
-            //                   const HLTCounter & hltc = *it;
-            //                   std::cout << hltc << std::endl;
-            //                }
-            //             }
-
-            // write to COOL (note that buffering is switched on, so writing happens only at the end)
-            m_coolWriter.writeHLTCountersPayload(conf().CurrentRunNumber(), lb, hltCounters, level);
-         }
-      }
-
-      m_coolWriter.flushStorageBuffers();
-
-   }
-   catch(const cool::Exception& ex) {
-      std::cerr << "cool::exception: Could not write to COOL: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
-      return;
-   }
-   catch(const std::exception& ex) {
-      std::cerr << "std::exception: Could not write to COOL: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
-      return;
-   }
-
-   if(needToOpen) m_coolWriter.closeDb();
-   
-   return;
-  
-}
-
-bool
-hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp::getRunNumberFromIS() {
-   ISInfoDictionary dict(*m_IPCPartition);
-
-   if ( !dict.contains("RunParams.SOR_RunParams") ) {
-      std::cerr << "RunParams.SOR_RunParams doesn't exist" << std::endl;
-      return false;
-   }
-
-   RunParams sor;
-   dict.getValue( "RunParams.SOR_RunParams", sor );
-
-   // https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/atlastdaq/browser/DAQ/online/is/trunk/is/infodictionary.h
-
-   conf().CurrentRunNumber() = sor.run_number;
-
-   ERS_INFO("Received new run number: " << conf().CurrentRunNumber());
-
-   return true;
-}
-
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/JobConfig.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/JobConfig.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index d8fab4d76ec57a995bb609a49bc40cb5120be047..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/JobConfig.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/JobConfig.h"
-
-hltca::JobConfig::JobConfig() :
-   m_partitionName(""),
-   m_coolDb(""),
-   m_ISServer(""),
-   m_currentRunNumber(0),
-   m_COOLconnStat(false)
-{}
-	
-hltca::JobConfig::~JobConfig() {}
-
-
-std::ostream& hltca::operator<<(std::ostream& os, const hltca::JobConfig& c) {
-  os << "Job configuration:" << std::endl
-     << "  Partition             : " << c.m_partitionName << std::endl
-     << "  COOL connection       : " << c.m_coolDb << std::endl
-     << "  Current run number    : " << c.m_currentRunNumber << std::endl
-     << "  COOL connection status: " << (c.m_COOLconnStat?"connected":"disconnected") << std::endl
-     << "  IS Server             : " << c.m_ISServer << std::endl
-     << "  OH Provider L2        : " << c.m_provider[0] << std::endl
-     << "  Histogram L2          : " << c.m_histogram[0] << std::endl
-     << "  OH Provider L2        : " << c.m_provider[1] << std::endl
-     << "  Histogram L2          : " << c.m_histogram[1] << std::endl;
-  return os;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/HLTCountsArchiver.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/HLTCountsArchiver.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d79b6c2f93d5b8e0146b472807ec32466a82ad5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/HLTCountsArchiver.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountsArchiverRCApp.h"
-
-
-#include "ipc/core.h"
-
-#include "ers/ers.h"
-//#include "cmdl/cmdargs.h"
-
-#include <string>
-#include "RunControl/Common/CmdLineParser.h"
-#include "RunControl/Common/Exceptions.h"
-#include "RunControl/ItemCtrl/ItemCtrl.h"
-
-#include <owl/regexp.h>
-
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/JobConfig.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h"
-
-// OH include files
-// #include <oh/OHRootReceiver.h>
-// #include <oh/OHSubscriber.h>
-// #include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountOHReceiver.h"
-
-ERS_DECLARE_ISSUE (HLTCountsArchiver, ExitNow, "FATAL ERROR: ", )
-
-using namespace std;
-using namespace daq;
-
-namespace po = boost::program_options;
-
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-
-   try {
-      IPCCore::init(argc,argv);
-   }
-   catch(daq::ipc::CannotInitialize& e) {
-      ers::fatal(e);
-      abort();
-   }
-   catch(daq::ipc::AlreadyInitialized& e) {
-      ers::warning(e);
-   }
-
-
-   // ***
-   // define commandline parameters
-   // ***
-
-   po::options_description desc("Application that writes the HLT trigger counts for each LB to COOL");
-   desc.add_options()
-      ("cooldb,d",      boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "COOL db connection tech://schema=;dbname=\nsqlite://;schema=trigconf.db;dbname=TRIGCONF")
-      ("server",        boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "IS server name (default 'HistogrammingHLT')")
-      ("l2provider",    boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "OH provider name (default 'Top-LVL2-L2-Segment-1-Gatherer')")
-      ("l2hist",        boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "histogram name pattern (default '/LB/EXPERT/TrigSteer_L2/SignatureAcceptance')")
-      ("efprovider",    boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "OH provider name (default 'Top-EF-EBEF-Segment')")
-      ("efhist",        boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "histogram name pattern (default '/LB/EXPERT/TrigSteer_EF/SignatureAcceptance')");
-
-
-   // ***
-   // Get commandline parameters
-   // ***
-   rc::CmdLineParser cmdParser(argc, argv, true);
-
-   po::variables_map vm;
-   po::store(boost::program_options::parse_command_line(argc,argv,desc), vm);
-   po::notify(vm);
-
-   hltca::JobConfig conf;
-
-   // ***
-   // define job defaults
-   // ***
-
-   conf.PartitionName() = cmdParser.partitionName();
-   conf.CoolDb()        = "sqlite://;schema=testhltcounters.db;dbname=COMP200";
-   conf.ISServer()      = "HistogrammingHLT";
-   conf.Provider("L2")  = "Top-LVL2-L2-Segment-1-Gatherer";
-   conf.Histogram("L2") = "/LB/EXPERT/TrigSteer_L2/SignatureAcceptance";
-   conf.Provider("EF")  = "Top-EF-EBEF-Segment";
-   conf.Histogram("EF") = "/LB/EXPERT/TrigSteer_EF/SignatureAcceptance";
-
-
-   /****
-    * set job configuration from command line parameters
-    */
-   if(vm.count("cooldb"))      conf.CoolDb()        = vm["cooldb"].as<std::string>();
-   if(vm.count("server"))      conf.ISServer()      = vm["server"].as<std::string>();
-   if(vm.count("l2provider"))  conf.Provider("L2")  = vm["l2provider"].as<std::string>();
-   if(vm.count("l2hist"))      conf.Histogram("L2") = vm["l2hist"].as<std::string>();
-   if(vm.count("efprovider"))  conf.Provider("EF")  = vm["efprovider"].as<std::string>();
-   if(vm.count("efhist"))      conf.Histogram("EF") = vm["efhist"].as<std::string>();
-   
-
-   std::cout << conf << std::endl;
-
-   // ***
-   // get partition object
-   // ***
-   
-   IPCPartition *partition = new IPCPartition(conf.PartitionName());
-
-   // ***
-   // create the receiver and subscribe it to the desired histogram updates
-   // ***
-
-   hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver * receiver = new hltca::HLTCountOHReceiver();
-
-   bool serialise_callbacks = true; // avoid receiving of multiple histogramms at the same time
-   OHSubscriber ohhs( *partition, conf.ISServer(), *receiver, serialise_callbacks );
-   bool value_callback = true;  // false==event_callback (calls receiver.objectChanged)
-   OWLRegexp provl2(conf.Provider("L2"));
-   OWLRegexp histl2(conf.Histogram("L2"));
-   ohhs.subscribe( provl2, histl2, value_callback ); // last value: subscribe for receiving histogram values (default off)
-   OWLRegexp provef(conf.Provider("EF"));
-   OWLRegexp histef(conf.Histogram("EF"));
-   ohhs.subscribe( provef, histef, value_callback ); // last value: subscribe for receiving histogram values (default off)
-
-
-   // ***
-   // run the RC application
-   // ***
-   try {
-      rc::ItemCtrl itemCtrl(cmdParser,
-                            shared_ptr<rc::Controllable>(new hltca::HLTCountsArchiverRCApp(conf, partition, receiver)));
-      itemCtrl.init();
-      itemCtrl.run();
-   }
-   catch(daq::rc::CmdLineHelp& ex) {
-      cout << desc << endl;
-      cout << ex.message() << endl;
-   }
-   catch (const std::exception &ex) {
-      HLTCountsArchiver::ExitNow issue(ERS_HERE, ex);
-      ers::fatal(issue);
-   }
-   catch (...) {
-      HLTCountsArchiver::ExitNow issue(ERS_HERE, "unknown exception caught");
-      ers::fatal(issue);
-   }
-
-   delete receiver;
-   delete partition;
-
-   std::exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
-
-
-
-
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/HLTRatesFromCOOL.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/HLTRatesFromCOOL.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8423b289a227ee02372a3379d703e039c212df0c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/HLTRatesFromCOOL.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-   //cool connection
-
-   unsigned int run_number = 0;
-   unsigned int lb_number = 2;
-
-   boost::program_options::options_description desc("Application that writes the HLT trigger counts for each LB to COOL");
-   desc.add_options()
-      ("help,h",           "print usage and exit")
-      ("cooldb,d",         boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "COOL db connection ( default \"COOL_TRIGGER\")")
-      ("triggerpattern,t", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(), "application name")
-      ("run,r",            boost::program_options::value<unsigned int>(&run_number)->default_value(0), "run (required)")
-//       ("lb,l",             boost::program_options::value<unsigned int>(&lb_number), "lb")
-      ;
-
-
-   // ***
-   // Get commandline parameters
-   // ***
-
-   boost::program_options::variables_map vm;
-   boost::program_options::store(boost::program_options::parse_command_line(argc,argv,desc), vm);
-   boost::program_options::notify(vm);
-
-   if(vm.count("help")) {
-      std::cout << desc << std::endl;
-      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-   }
-
-
-   std::string triggerpattern( "" );
-   std::string coolConnection( "COOLONL_TRIGGER/COMP200" );
-   // or "sqlite://;schema=trigconf.db;dbname=COMP200"
-
-   if(vm.count("cooldb")) coolConnection = vm["cooldb"].as<std::string>();
-   if(vm.count("triggerpattern")) triggerpattern = vm["triggerpattern"].as<std::string>();
-//    if(vm.count("run")) run_number = vm["run"].as<unsigned int>();
-//    if(vm.count("lb")) lb_number = vm["lb"].as<unsigned int>();
-
-   if(run_number == 0) {
-      std::cout << "run number required!" << std::endl << desc << std::endl;
-      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-   }
-   
-
-
-   hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter coolWriter(coolConnection);
- 
-   std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter> counters;
-
-   coolWriter.readHLTCountersPayload(run_number,lb_number,counters,hltca::HLTCounter::L2);
-   
-   for(std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter>::iterator it = counters.begin();
-       it != counters.end(); it++) {
-      if (it->input()<=0) continue;
-      std::cout << *it << std::endl;
-   }
-
-   return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/testHLTtoCOOL.cxx b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/testHLTtoCOOL.cxx
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aa6a2e1088fcc3a97af802f1bc2d215be27a7ea..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/src/test/testHLTtoCOOL.cxx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-#include <iostream>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCountCoolWriter.h"
-#include "HLTRates2COOL/HLTCounter.h"
-
-int main()
-{
-   //cool connection
-
-   std::string coolConnection="sqlite://;schema=testhltcounters.db;dbname=COMP200";
-
-   std::cout << "Creating coolWriter("<<coolConnection<<")" << std::endl;  
-   hltca::HLTCountCoolWriter coolWriter(coolConnection);
-
-   bool print=true;
-   coolWriter.createSchema(print);
-  
- 
-   std::vector<hltca::HLTCounter> counters;
-
-   std::cout << std::endl << "Test writing ! " << std::endl;
-
-   for(unsigned int i=1; i<20; i++) {
-      counters.push_back( hltca::HLTCounter(i,(10*i),i,(2*i),(3*i),hltca::HLTCounter::L2) );
-      counters.push_back( hltca::HLTCounter(i,(10*i+3),i,(2*i),(3*i),hltca::HLTCounter::EF) );
-   }
-  
-   coolWriter.writeHLTCountersPayload((unsigned int)100,(unsigned int)1,counters);
-  
-   return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/IS_LB.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/IS_LB.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 87942f13627159ee25a94a38d0a8126ac12e7409..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/IS_LB.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,282 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#ifndef IS_LB_H
-#define IS_LB_H
-
-#include <is/info.h>
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <ctime>
-
-using std::cout;
-using std::endl;
-
-/**
- * IS class to contain luminosity block information from the CTPCORE
- * 
- * @author  generated by the IS tool
- * @version 07/08/07
- */
-
-class IS_LB : public ISInfo {
-public:
-
-    /**
-     * Run number
-     */
-    unsigned long                 runnumber;
-
-    /**
-     * Luminosity block number
-     */
-    unsigned short                LBN;
-
-    /**
-     * 0: IS entry not yet completed: still waiting for final update 1: IS entry complete for this luminosity block
-     */
-    bool                          Completed;
-
-    /**
-     * Starttime (second) human readable
-     */
-    std::string                   Starttime;
-    
-	/**
-     * Starttime (second)
-     */
-    unsigned long                 Starttime_sec;
-
-    /**
-     * Starttime (nanosecond)
-     */
-    unsigned long                 Starttime_ns;
-
-    /**
-     * Stoptime (second) human readable
-     */
-    std::string                   Stoptime;
-    
-	/**
-     * Stoptime (second)
-     */
-    unsigned long                 Stoptime_sec;
-
-    /**
-     * Stoptime (nanosecond)
-     */
-    unsigned long                 Stoptime_ns;
-
-    /**
-     * First L1ID seen by CTP
-     */
-    unsigned long                 Start_L1ID;
-
-    /**
-     * Last L1ID seen by CTP
-     */
-    unsigned long                 Stop_L1ID;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of L1A
-     */
-    unsigned long                 L1A_counter;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of LHC turns corresponding to the L1A counter
-     */
-    unsigned long                 L1A_turns;
-
-    /**
-     * Overflow bit for the L1A counter. True means: an overflow has occurred at least once for this counter False means: ok
-     */
-    bool                          L1A_overflow;
-
-    /**
-     * Mask of the 256 trigger items: true=enabled, false=disabled
-     */
-    std::vector<bool>             TriggerMask;
-
-    /**
-     * Values of the 256 pre-scale division factors (24-bit)
-     */
-    std::vector<unsigned long>    Prescale_dividers;
-
-    /**
-     * Array of 176 pattern-in-time counter values (31-bit)
-     */
-    std::vector<unsigned long>    PIT_counters;
-
-    /**
-     * Array of 256 trigger-before-prescale counter values (31-bit)
-     */
-    std::vector<unsigned long>    TBP_counters;
-
-    /**
-     * Array of 256 trigger-after-prescale counter values (31-bit)
-     */
-    std::vector<unsigned long>    TAP_counters;
-
-    /**
-     * Array of 256 trigger-after-veto counter values (31-bit)
-     */
-    std::vector<unsigned long>    TAV_counters;
-
-    /**
-     * 176 overflow bits for the PIT counters. True means: an overflow has occurred at least once for this counter False means: ok
-     */
-    std::vector<bool>             PIT_overflows;
-
-    /**
-     * 256 overflow bits for the TBP counters. True means: an overflow has occurred at least once for this counter False means: ok
-     */
-    std::vector<bool>             TBP_overflows;
-
-    /**
-     * 256 overflow bits for the TAP counters. True means: an overflow has occurred at least once for this counter False means: ok
-     */
-    std::vector<bool>             TAP_overflows;
-
-    /**
-     * 256 overflow bits for the TAV counters. True means: an overflow has occurred at least once for this counter False means: ok
-     */
-    std::vector<bool>             TAV_overflows;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of LHC turns corresponding to the set of PIT_counter values
-     */
-    unsigned long                 PIT_turns;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of LHC turns corresponding to the set of TBP_counter values
-     */
-    unsigned long                 TBP_turns;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of LHC turns corresponding to the set of TAP_counter values
-     */
-    unsigned long                 TAP_turns;
-
-    /**
-     * Number of LHC turns corresponding to the set of TAV_counter values
-     */
-    unsigned long                 TAV_turns;
-
-
-    static const ISType & type() {
-	static const ISType type_ = IS_LB( ).ISInfo::type();
-	return type_;
-    }
-
-    IS_LB()
-    : ISInfo( "IS_LB" )
-    {
-		initialize();
-    }
-    
-	IS_LB( const std::string & type )
-    : ISInfo( type )
-    {
-		initialize();
-    }
-
-    ~IS_LB()
-	{
-// <<BeginUserCode>>
-
-// <<EndUserCode>>
-    }
-
-	void initialize()
-    {
-		LBN = 0;
-		Completed = 0;
-		PIT_overflows.resize( 1 );
-		PIT_overflows[0] = 0;
-		TBP_overflows.resize( 1 );
-		TBP_overflows[0] = 0;
-		TAP_overflows.resize( 1 );
-		TAP_overflows[0] = 0;
-		TAV_overflows.resize( 1 );
-		TAV_overflows[0] = 0;
-
-		
-// <<BeginUserCode>>
-		TBP_counters.reserve(256);
-		TAP_counters.reserve(256);
-		TAV_counters.reserve(256);
-		
-		for (int ii=0;ii<256;ii++)
-		{
-			int ihelp = 0; //ii * 256;
-			TBP_counters.push_back( ihelp );
-			TAP_counters.push_back( ihelp );
-			TAV_counters.push_back( ihelp );
-		}
-		
-		Starttime_sec = std::time(0);
-		Stoptime_sec = std::time(0) + 2;
-		
-		L1A_counter = rand()%20;
-// <<EndUserCode>>
-    }
-
-
-// <<BeginUserCode>>
-
-    void increase_counters(int factor)
-	{
-		cout << "LB: " << LBN << endl;
-	
-      	cout<<" for testing increase TBP, TAP, TAV counters and turns  by adding "<<factor<<endl;
-      
-	  	for (int ii=0;ii<256;ii++)
-		{
-			TBP_counters[ii] += factor + rand()%40;
-			TAP_counters[ii] += factor/2 + rand()%40;
-			TAV_counters[ii] += factor/4 + rand()%40;
-      	}
-		
-		L1A_counter = rand()%75000;
-
-		Starttime_sec = std::time(0);
-		Stoptime_sec = std::time(0) + 2;
-		cout << " TIME: start - stop: " << Starttime_sec << " - " << Stoptime_sec << endl;
-    }
-
-	void setLB( int pLB )
-	{
-		LBN = pLB;
-	}
-
-protected:
-	
-    void publishGuts( ISostream & out )
-	{
-		out << runnumber << LBN << Completed << Starttime << Starttime_sec << Starttime_ns;
-		out << Stoptime << Stoptime_sec << Stoptime_ns << Start_L1ID << Stop_L1ID << L1A_counter;
-		out << L1A_turns << L1A_overflow << TriggerMask << Prescale_dividers << PIT_counters;
-		out << TBP_counters << TAP_counters << TAV_counters << PIT_overflows << TBP_overflows;
-		out << TAP_overflows << TAV_overflows << PIT_turns << TBP_turns << TAP_turns << TAV_turns;
-    }
-
-    void refreshGuts( ISistream & in )
-	{
-		in >> runnumber >> LBN >> Completed >> Starttime >> Starttime_sec >> Starttime_ns;
-		in >> Stoptime >> Stoptime_sec >> Stoptime_ns >> Start_L1ID >> Stop_L1ID >> L1A_counter;
-		in >> L1A_turns >> L1A_overflow >> TriggerMask >> Prescale_dividers >> PIT_counters;
-		in >> TBP_counters >> TAP_counters >> TAV_counters >> PIT_overflows >> TBP_overflows;
-		in >> TAP_overflows >> TAV_overflows >> PIT_turns >> TBP_turns >> TAP_turns >> TAV_turns;
-    }
-
-// <<EndUserCode>>
-};
-
-// <<BeginUserCode>>
-
-// <<EndUserCode>>
-#endif // IS_LB_H
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/MyInfo.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/MyInfo.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e7e0dbc2072e91eb748e1672a85fcef5b86d85d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/MyInfo.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <is/info.h>
-#include <vector>
-
-
-class MyInfo: public ISInfo{
- public:
-  std::vector<float> float_a_;
-  std::vector<int> int_a_;
-  
-  
-  static const ISType & type() {
-    static const ISType type_ = MyInfo( ).ISInfo::type();
-    return type_;
-  }
-  
-  MyInfo( )
-    : ISInfo( "MyInfo" )
-    {
-      initialize();
-    }
-   
-   ~MyInfo(){
-   }
-   
- protected:
-   
-   
-   MyInfo( const std::string & type )
-     : ISInfo( type )
-     {
-       initialize();
-     }
-     
-     void publishGuts( ISostream & out ){
-       out << float_a_<<int_a_;
-     }
-     
-     void refreshGuts( ISistream & in ){
-       in >> float_a_>>int_a_;
-       
-     }
-     
- private:
-    void initialize()
-    {
-      
-      
-      float_a_.resize( 6 );
-      float_a_[0] = .0;
-      float_a_[1] = .1;
-      float_a_[2] = .2;
-      float_a_[3] = .3;
-      float_a_[4] = .4;
-      float_a_[5] = .5;
-      
-      
-      
-      int_a_.resize( 6 );
-      int_a_[0] = 1;
-      int_a_[1] = 2;
-      int_a_[2] = 3;
-      int_a_[3] = 4;
-      int_a_[4] = 5;
-      int_a_[5] = 6;
-      
-    }
-
-};
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/TestRunNumber.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/TestRunNumber.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b4cfe8990f2f9ca3314edc599b7049e6bedfc2c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/TestRunNumber.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-
-#include <is/namedinfo.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <ostream>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <vector>
-using namespace std;
-
-class TestRunNumber : public ISNamedInfo {
- public:
-  unsigned int runnr;
-  std::string name;
-  static const ISType & type() {
-    static const ISType type_ = TestRunNumber( IPCPartition(), "" ).ISInfo::type();
-    return type_;
-  }
-
-  virtual std::ostream & print( std::ostream & out ) const {
-    ISNamedInfo::print( out );
-    out << "runnr: " << runnr << "    //Runnr " << std::endl;
-    return out;
-  }
-    
-  TestRunNumber( const IPCPartition & partition, const std::string & name )
-    : ISNamedInfo( partition, name, "RunNumber" )
-    {
-      initialize();
-    }
- 
-    ~TestRunNumber(){
- 
-      // <<BeginUserCode>>
-      
-      // <<EndUserCode>>
-    }
-    
-    
- protected:
-    TestRunNumber( const IPCPartition & partition, const std::string & name, const std::string & type )
-      : ISNamedInfo( partition, name, type )
-      {
-	initialize();
-      }
- 
-      void publishGuts( ISostream & out ){
-	std::cout<<" hello from publishGuts "<<endl;
-	out << name << runnr <<endl;
-      }
-      
-      void refreshGuts( ISistream & in ){
-	cout<<" hello from refreshGuts "<<endl;
-	in >> name >> runnr ;
-
-      }
-      
-
- private:
-      void initialize()
-      {
-	this -> name = "Defaulname";
-	runnr=99999;
-      
-	// <<BeginUserCode>>
- 
-	// <<EndUserCode>>
-      }
- 
-      
-      // <<BeginUserCode>>
-      
-      // <<EndUserCode>>
-};
-/*
-inline std::ostream & operator<<( std::ostream & out, const TestRunNumber & info ) {
-  info.print( out );
-  return out;
-}
-*/
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/TestRunNumber2.h b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/TestRunNumber2.h
deleted file mode 100644
index feda61d1e909d5467054b6762c307921b987b54d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/TestRunNumber2.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#ifndef TESTRUNNUMBER2_H
-#define TESTRUNNUMBER2_H
-
-#include <is/info.h>
-#include <is/namedinfo.h>
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <ctime>
-
-using std::cout;
-using std::endl;
-
-/**
- * IS class to contain luminosity block information from the CTPCORE
- * 
- * @author  generated by the IS tool
- * @version 07/08/07
- */
-
-class TestRunNumber2 : public ISNamedInfo {
-public:
-
-  /**
-   * Run number
-   */
-  unsigned int runnumber;
-  std::string  name;
-  
-  static const ISType & type() {
-    static const ISType type_ = TestRunNumber2(  IPCPartition(), "" ).ISInfo::type();
-    return type_;
-  }
-  
-  TestRunNumber2  ( const IPCPartition & partition, const std::string & name )
-    : ISNamedInfo( partition, name, "TestRunNumber2" )
-    {
-      initialize();
-    }
-    
-    
-      
-      ~TestRunNumber2()
-	{
-	  // <<BeginUserCode>>
-	  
-	  // <<EndUserCode>>
-	}
-      
-	void initialize()
-    {
-      
-// <<EndUserCode>>
-    }
-
-
-
-protected:
-	TestRunNumber2( const IPCPartition & partition, const std::string & name, const std::string & type )
-	  : ISNamedInfo( partition, name, type )
-	  {
-	    initialize();
-	  }
-	  
-    void publishGuts( ISostream & out )
-	{
-	  out << runnumber << name;
-
-    }
-
-    void refreshGuts( ISistream & in )
-	{
-	  in >> runnumber >> name;
-	}
-
-    // <<EndUserCode>>
-};
-
-// <<BeginUserCode>>
-
-// <<EndUserCode>>
-#endif // TESTRUNNUMBER2_H
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/create_info.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/create_info.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e883a39ed2f89bfb648a5b5b09396282f7a01de..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/create_info.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//    create_info.cc
-//
-//    Test application for the IS library
-//
-//    Sergei Kolos,  January 2002
-//
-//    description:
-//          Test the functionality of the ISNamedInfo class
-//      
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <ers/ers.h>
-#include <cmdl/cmdargs.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-
-#include <is/PersonNamed.h>
-#include <is/EmployeeNamed.h>
-#include <is/infodynany.h>
-//#include "TestRunNumber.h"
-//#include "IS_LB.h"
-#include "TestRunNumber2.h"
-
-
-void print_dynany( std::ostream & out, const ISInfoDynAny & any )
-{
-    for ( size_t i = 0; i < any.getAttributesNumber(); ++i )
-    {
-	if ( any.isAttributeArray( i )  )
-	{
-	    switch ( any.getAttributeType( i ) )
-	    {
-		case ISType::Boolean	: { std::vector<bool> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<bool> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S8		: { std::vector<char> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<char> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U8		: { std::vector<unsigned char> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<unsigned char> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S16	: { std::vector<short> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<short> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U16	: { std::vector<unsigned short> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<unsigned short> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S32	: { std::vector<int> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<int> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U32	: { std::vector<unsigned int> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<unsigned int> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S64	: { std::vector<int64_t> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<int64_t> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U64	: { std::vector<uint64_t> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<uint64_t> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Float	: { std::vector<float> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<float> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Double	: { std::vector<double> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<double> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::String	: { std::vector<std::string> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<std::string> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Date	: { std::vector<OWLDate> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<OWLDate> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Time	: { std::vector<OWLTime> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<OWLTime> >( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::InfoObject : { std::vector<ISInfoDynAny> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<ISInfoDynAny> >( i );
-                			  for( size_t j = 0; j < value.size(); ++j ) print_dynany( out, value[j] ); break; }
-		default			: ERS_ASSERT( false ); //must not happen
-	    }
-	}
-	else
-	{
-	    switch ( any.getAttributeType( i ) )
-	    {
-		case ISType::Boolean	: { bool value = any.getAttributeValue<bool>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S8		: { char value = any.getAttributeValue<char>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U8		: { unsigned char value = any.getAttributeValue<unsigned char>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S16	: { short value = any.getAttributeValue<short>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U16	: { unsigned short value = any.getAttributeValue<unsigned short>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S32	: { int value = any.getAttributeValue<int>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U32	: { unsigned int value = any.getAttributeValue<unsigned int>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::S64	: { int64_t value = any.getAttributeValue<int64_t>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::U64	: { uint64_t value = any.getAttributeValue<uint64_t>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Float	: { float value = any.getAttributeValue<float>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Double	: { double value = any.getAttributeValue<double>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::String	: { std::string value = any.getAttributeValue<std::string>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Date	: { OWLDate value = any.getAttributeValue<OWLDate>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::Time	: { OWLTime value = any.getAttributeValue<OWLTime>( i ); out << value << " "; break; }
-		case ISType::InfoObject : { ISInfoDynAny value = any.getAttributeValue<ISInfoDynAny>( i ); print_dynany( out, value ); break; }
-		default			: ERS_ASSERT( false ); //must not happen
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-    out << std::endl;
-}
-
-void set_values( const ISInfoDynAny & any )
-{
-    for ( size_t i = 0; i < any.getAttributesNumber(); ++i )
-    {
-	if ( any.isAttributeArray( i )  )
-	{
-	    switch ( any.getAttributeType( i ) )
-	    {
-		case ISType::Boolean	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<bool> >( i, std::vector<bool>() ); break; }
-		case ISType::S8		: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<char> >( i, std::vector<char>()); break; }
-		case ISType::U8		: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<unsigned char> >( i, std::vector<unsigned char>()); break; }
-		case ISType::S16	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<short> >( i, std::vector<short>()); break; }
-		case ISType::U16	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<unsigned short> >( i, std::vector<unsigned short>()); break; }
-		case ISType::S32	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<int> >( i, std::vector<int>()); break; }
-		case ISType::U32	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<unsigned int> >( i, std::vector<unsigned int>()); break; }
-		case ISType::S64	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<int64_t> >( i, std::vector<int64_t>()); break; }
-		case ISType::U64	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<uint64_t> >( i, std::vector<uint64_t>()); break; }
-		case ISType::Float	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<float> >( i, std::vector<float>()); break; }
-		case ISType::Double	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<double> >( i, std::vector<double>()); break; }
-		case ISType::String	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<std::string> >( i, std::vector<std::string>()); break; }
-		case ISType::Date	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<OWLDate> >( i, std::vector<OWLDate>() ); break; }
-		case ISType::Time	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<OWLTime> >( i, std::vector<OWLTime>() ); break; }
-		case ISType::InfoObject : { std::vector<ISInfoDynAny> value = any.getAttributeValue<std::vector<ISInfoDynAny> >( i );
-					    for( size_t j = 0; j < value.size(); ++j ) set_values( value[j] ); 
-                                            any.setAttributeValue<std::vector<ISInfoDynAny> >( i, value );    
-					    break; }
-		default			: ERS_ASSERT( false ); //must not happen
-	    }
-	}
-	else
-	{
-	    switch ( any.getAttributeType( i ) )
-	    {
-		case ISType::Boolean	: { any.setAttributeValue<bool>( i, true ); break; }
-		case ISType::S8		: { any.setAttributeValue<char>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::U8		: { any.setAttributeValue<unsigned char>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::S16	: { any.setAttributeValue<short>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::U16	: { any.setAttributeValue<unsigned short>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::S32	: { any.setAttributeValue<int>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::U32	: { any.setAttributeValue<unsigned int>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::S64	: { any.setAttributeValue<int64_t>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::U64	: { any.setAttributeValue<uint64_t>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::Float	: { any.setAttributeValue<float>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::Double	: { any.setAttributeValue<double>( i, i ); break; }
-		case ISType::String	: { any.setAttributeValue<std::string>( i, "TEST SET VALUE" ); break; }
-		case ISType::Date	: { any.setAttributeValue<OWLDate>( i, OWLDate() ); break; }
-		case ISType::Time	: { any.setAttributeValue<OWLTime>( i, OWLTime() ); break; }
-		case ISType::InfoObject : { ISInfoDynAny tmp( any.getAttributeValue<ISInfoDynAny >( i ).type() ); 
-                			    set_values( tmp ); any.setAttributeValue<ISInfoDynAny >( i, tmp ); break; }
-		default			: ERS_ASSERT( false ); //must not happen
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char ** argv)
-{
-    try {
-        IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-    }
-    catch( daq::ipc::Exception & ex ) {
-    	is::fatal( ex );
-    }
-    
-    // Declare arguments
-    CmdArgStr    partition_name('p', "partition", "partition-name", "partition to work in.");
-    CmdArgStr    person_name('P', "names", "name", "name of information to create.", CmdArg::isREQ);
-    CmdArgStr    employee_name('E', "names", "name", "name of information to create.", CmdArg::isREQ);
-    CmdArgStr    server_name('n', "server", "server-name", "server to work with.",CmdArg::isREQ);
- 
-    // Declare command object and its argument-iterator
-    CmdLine  cmd(*argv, &partition_name, &server_name, &person_name, &employee_name, NULL);
-    CmdArgvIter  arg_iter(--argc, ++argv);
- 
-    cmd.description("This program implements fanctionality tests for the Information Service.\n"
-        "It creates, updates and deletes information objects.");
-  
-    // Parse arguments
-    cmd.parse(arg_iter);
-
-    IPCPartition      p(partition_name);
-    
-    std::string name2(server_name);
-    name2 += ".RunParams";
-    TestRunNumber2 rr(p,name2);
-    rr.runnumber=12345;
-    rr.name="run_number";
-    
-    try
-    {
-      ISInfoDictionary id( p );
-      rr.checkin("hello");
-      std::cout << "Checkin successfull " << std::endl;
-      
-      //
-      ISInfoDynAny ida1;
-      id.getValue( name2, ida1 );
-      std::cout << "getValue for the " << name2 << " successfull " << std::endl << ida1 << std::endl;
-      
-    }
-    
-    catch( daq::is::Exception & ex )
-      {
-    	is::fatal( ex );
-    }
-    
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/debughist.root b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/debughist.root
deleted file mode 100644
index 7af852c0934f89c87e479f10921a58e44726e9f4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/debughist.root and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_data.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_data.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 389535a3834cc8cbde13280246239d53858f19cf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_data.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/** 
- * @file publish_test_data.cpp
- * @author Andrzej Dworak andrzej.dworak@cern.ch
- * @date 13/08/2007
- * @brief Dummy data ganarator. Publishing through IS.
- */
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-
-#include "is/infoany.h"
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-#include <is/inforeceiver.h>
-#include <is/serveriterator.h>
-#include <ipc/partition.h>
-#include "is/infodocument.h"
-
-#include "MyInfo.h"
-#include "IS_LB.h"
-
-using namespace std;
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-
-  string testPartition = "MyTestPartition";
-  string subscription = "MyTest.LB_";
-
-  
-  cout << "Publishing data for new IS_LB 2007/08/27" << endl;
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-
-  IPCPartition partition( testPartition );
-
-  ISInfoDictionary dict( partition );
-  
-  char pubname[100];
-
-  
-  IS_LB lvl1info;
-  ISInfo *ptrlvl1;
-  ptrlvl1= & lvl1info;
-
-	for ( int lb=0; lb<1000000; lb++ )
-	{
-
-		lvl1info.setLB( lb );
-	
-		cout << "LB: " << lb << endl;
-
-		try
-		{
-			sprintf( pubname, "%s%d", subscription.c_str(), lb );
-			dict.insert( pubname , * ptrlvl1 );
-			cout << " published lvl1 example " << pubname << endl;
-   		}
-	    catch(...)
-		{
-			sprintf( pubname, "%s%d", subscription.c_str(), lb );
-			dict.update( pubname , * ptrlvl1 );
-			cout<<" lvl1 example was already published, update it!" << pubname << endl;
-	    }
-
-		int updateTimes = random()%10 + 1;
-		for(int i=0;i<updateTimes;i++)
-		{
-			cout << endl << "loopp update no. " << i << endl;
-		
-			//update is_lb info
-			lvl1info.increase_counters( 10 );
-	
-			sprintf( pubname, "%s%d", subscription.c_str(), lb );
-			dict.update( pubname , * ptrlvl1, true );
-			cout << " update lvl1 example " << pubname << endl;
-
-			sleep( 2 );
-		}
-	}
-
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_histo.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_histo.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 02f6214b1460add0ca624fb88fe33e03361f5414..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_histo.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/** 
- * @file publish_test_data.cpp
- * @author Andrzej Dworak andrzej.dworak@cern.ch
- * @date 13/08/2007
- * @brief Dummy data ganarator. Publishing through IS.
- */
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-
-
-//#include "is/infoany.h"
-//#include <is/infoT.h>
-//#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-//#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-//#include <is/inforeceiver.h>
-//#include <is/serveriterator.h>
-#include <ipc/partition.h>
-//#include "is/infodocument.h"
-
-#include <TH1F.h>
-#include <oh/OHRootProvider.h>
-#include <oh/OHRootReceiver.h>
-
-#include <map>
-
-
-using namespace std;
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-
-  string testPartition = "MyTestPartition";
-  string server_name = "Histogramming";
-  string provider_name= "MyTest";
-  string histogram_name ="testhisto";
-  
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-  IPCPartition partition( testPartition );
-  OHRootProvider * provider = 0;
-  try
-    {
-      provider = new OHRootProvider( partition, server_name, provider_name );
-    }
-  catch( daq::oh::Exception & ex )
-    {
-    	ers::fatal( ex );
-      return 1;
-    }
-  
-
-  TH1 * histo = 0;
-  histo =new TH1F("testhisto","testhisto",100,0.,2.);
-  
-  // create DrawOption annotation if wanted
-  std::vector< std::pair<std::string,std::string> > ann;
-  //if (drawoption.isNULL())
-  ann=oh::util::EmptyAnnotation;
-  //else {
-  //ann.resize(1);
-  //ann[0].first="DrawOption";
-  //ann[0].second=drawoption;
-  // }
-
-  int n_publish=0;
-  for ( int lb=0; lb<1000; lb++ )
-    {
-      n_publish++;
-      try
-        {
-          histo->Fill((float) lb);
-          std::string name;std::string tmpstring; 
-          tmpstring=Form(histogram_name.c_str()); tmpstring += "_%i";
-          name=Form(tmpstring.c_str(),lb);
-          cout<<" name ? "<<name<<endl;
-          provider -> publish( *histo, name, n_publish, ann );
-          cout << n_publish<<" published histo example " << name << endl;
-        }
-      catch(...)
-        {
-          cout<<" could not publish histogram! "<<endl;
-        }
-      
-      int updateTimes = random()%10 + 1;
-      for(int i=0;i<updateTimes;i++)
-        {
-	  
-          cout << endl << "loop update no. " << i << endl;
-          try{
-            histo->Fill((float)lb);
-            n_publish++;   
-            std::string name;std::string tmpstring; 
-            tmpstring=Form(histogram_name.c_str()); tmpstring += "_%i"; 
-            name=Form(tmpstring.c_str(),lb);
-            cout<<" name ? "<<name<<endl;
-            provider -> publish( *histo, name, n_publish, ann );
-            cout << n_publish<<" published histo example " << name << endl;
-          }
-          catch(...)
-            {
-              cout<<" could not publish histogram! "<<endl;
-            }
-          sleep( 5 );
-        }
-    }
-  
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_histo2.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_histo2.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 66afc26316131f7d75199eae58b703b1c6687c89..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_histo2.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <iostream>
-using namespace std;
-
-// ROOT include files
-#include "TH2.h"
-#include "TH3.h"
-#include "TProfile.h"
-#include "TProfile2D.h"
-#include "TKey.h"
-#include "TFile.h"
-#include "TCanvas.h"
-#include "TRandom.h"
-#include "TApplication.h"
-
-#include <cmdl/cmdargs.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-#include <owl/timer.h>
-
-// OH include files
-#include <oh/OHRootProvider.h>
-#include <oh/OHRootReceiver.h>
-
-
-
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-
-
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-
-    IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-    //TApplication theApp("App", 0, 0);
-    //
-    // Get command line arguments
-    CmdArgStr partition_name( 'p', "partition", "partition_name",
-			      "Partition name");
-    CmdArgStr server_name( 's', "server", "server_name",
-			   "OH (IS) Server name");
-    CmdArgStr provider_name( 'n', "provider", "provider_name",
-                             "Histogram provider name");
-    CmdArgStr histogram_name( 'h', "histogram", "histogram_name",
-                              "Histogram type name");
-    CmdArgStr provider_name2( "n2", "provider", "provider_name2",
-                              "Histogram provider name 2");
-    CmdArgStr histogram_name2( "h2", "histogram", "histogram_name2",
-			       "Histogram type name 2");
-    CmdArgStr level_name( 'L', "level_name", "level_name", "level EF, L2 or L2EF");
-    CmdArgInt n_sleep('d',"delay","n_sleep","delay between publishing ",1);
-    
-    CmdLine cmd( *argv, &partition_name, &server_name, &provider_name,&histogram_name,&level_name,&n_sleep,0);
-    
-    CmdArgvIter arg_iter( --argc, ++argv );
-    cmd.description( "OH histogram publisher utility" );
-    cmd.parse( arg_iter );
-
-    
-    if( partition_name.isNULL( ) ) partition_name = "MyTestPartition";
-    if( server_name.isNULL( ) ) server_name = "Histogramming";
-    if( provider_name.isNULL( ) ) provider_name = "Top-EF-EBEF-Segment";
-    //if( histogram_name.isNULL( ) ) histogram_name = "/EXPERT/TrigSteer_EF/signatureAcceptance";
-    if( histogram_name.isNULL( ) ) histogram_name = "signatureAcceptance";
-    
-    if( provider_name2.isNULL( ) ) provider_name2 = "Top-LVL2-L2-Segment";
-    //if( histogram_name2.isNULL( ) ) histogram_name2 = "/EXPERT/TrigSteer_L2/signatureAcceptance";
-    if( histogram_name2.isNULL( ) ) histogram_name2 = "signatureAcceptance";
-    int delay=(int)n_sleep;  if(delay<1)delay=1;
-    if( level_name.isNULL() )level_name="EF";
-    
-    std::string level((const char*)level_name);
-    cout<<"publish_test_histo (delay "<<delay<<") to Partition "<<partition_name<<" server  "<<server_name<<"  level "<<level_name<<endl;
-    if(level.find("L2") != std::string::npos )
-      cout<<" for level L2 use provider "<<provider_name2<<" and histogram  "<<histogram_name2<<endl;
-    if(level.find("EF") != std::string::npos )
-      cout<<" for level EF use provider "<<provider_name<<" and histogram  "<<histogram_name<<endl;
-    
-    int tag = -1;
-    int bins_number = 10;
-    
-    
-    //
-    // Create a ROOT provider
-    IPCPartition p( partition_name );
-
-
-    //publish run number 
-    
-    ISInfoDictionary dict( p );
-    
-    char pubname[100];
-    ISInfoInt runNr(123456);
-    int lb=1;
-    cout << " new example runnr  " << runNr <<" lb="<<lb<< endl;
-    try {
-      sprintf( pubname, "%s.LB_CTP_%d_%d","LumiBlock",(int)runNr,lb);
-      dict.insert( pubname , runNr );   
-    }
-    catch(...){
-      sprintf( pubname, "%s.LB_CTP_%d_%d","LumiBlock", (int) runNr, lb);
-      dict.update( pubname , runNr );   
-    }
-
-    
-    OHRootProvider * provider = 0;
-    OHRootProvider * provider2 = 0;
-    cout<<" create OHRootProvider "<<endl;
-
-    try
-      {
-	if(level.find("EF") != std::string::npos ) provider = new OHRootProvider( p, (const char*)server_name, (const char*)provider_name );
-      }
-    catch( daq::oh::Exception & ex )
-    {
-        ers::fatal( ex );
-        return 1;
-    }
-    try
-      {
-	if(level.find("L2") != std::string::npos )	provider2 = new OHRootProvider( p, (const char*)server_name, (const char*)provider_name2 );
-      }
-    catch( daq::oh::Exception & ex )
-    {
-        ers::fatal( ex );
-        return 1;
-    }
-    
-    cout<<" create histo ! "<<endl;
-    //TH1 * histo = 0;
-    //histo=new TH1F((const char*)histogram_name,(const char*)histogram_name,bins_number,0.,1.);
-    
-    TH1 *histo2d=0;
-    histo2d=new TH2I((const char*)histogram_name,(const char*)histogram_name,bins_number,0,3,bins_number,0,3);
-    TH1 *histo2dL2=0;
-    histo2dL2=new TH2I((const char*)histogram_name2,(const char*)histogram_name2,bins_number,0,3,bins_number,0,3);
-    
-    //get histo from file
-    TFile *f=new TFile("debughist.root");
-    TH2I *histodebug=(TH2I*)f->Get("debughist");
-    TH2I *histodebugL2=(TH2I*)histodebug->Clone("debughistL2");
-    
-    histo2d=histodebug;
-    histo2dL2=histodebugL2;
-    
-    // create DrawOption annotation if wanted
-    std::vector< std::pair<std::string,std::string> > ann;
-    ann=oh::util::EmptyAnnotation;
-    
-    int n_publish=0;
-    for ( int ilb=0; ilb<1000; ilb++ )
-      { 
-	int jump=random()%6-2;
-	int lb=ilb;//+jump;
-	if(lb==10)lb=3;
-	
-	char new_histo_name[150];
-	//sprintf(new_histo_name,"/EXPERT/TrigSteer_EF/signatureAcceptance_%i",lb);
-	sprintf(new_histo_name,"signatureAcceptance_%i",lb);
-	char new_histo_name2[150];
-	//sprintf(new_histo_name2,"/EXPERT/TrigSteer_L2/signatureAcceptance_%i",lb);
-	sprintf(new_histo_name2,"signatureAcceptance_%i",lb);
-	
-	cout<<"new LB publish  "<<lb<<"  --> histo "<<new_histo_name<<"/"<<new_histo_name2<<endl;
-	histo2d->SetName(new_histo_name);
-	histo2dL2->SetName(new_histo_name2);
-	
-	histo2dL2->SetTitle("Raw acceptance of signatures in L2 for Run Summary");
-	
-	for(int ix=1;ix<histo2d->GetNbinsX();ix++){
-	  for(int iy=1;iy<histo2d->GetNbinsY();iy++){
-	    int cc=histo2d->GetBinContent(ix,iy);
-	    if(cc>0){cc++;}
-	    histo2d->SetBinContent(ix,iy,cc);
-	    histo2dL2->SetBinContent(ix,iy,cc);
-	  }
-	}
-	
-	int updateTimes = random()%4 + 1;
-	for(int i=0;i<updateTimes;i++)
-	  {
-	    histo2d->Fill(1,1);
-	    try
-	      {	if(level.find("EF") != std::string::npos ){
-		  n_publish++;
-		  provider -> publish( *histo2d, (const char*)new_histo_name, tag, ann );
-		  std::cout <<n_publish<< ". publish successfully " <<new_histo_name<<" (EF) "<< std::endl;
-		}
-	      }
-	    catch( daq::oh::Exception & ex )
-	      {
-		ers::error ( ex );
-		return 1;
-	      }
-	    try
-	      {
-		if(level.find("L2") != std::string::npos ){
-		  n_publish++;
-		  provider2 -> publish( *histo2dL2, (const char*)new_histo_name2, tag, ann );
-		  std::cout <<n_publish<< ". publish successfully " <<new_histo_name<<" (L2) "<< std::endl;
-		}
-	      }
-	    catch( daq::oh::Exception & ex )
-	      {
-		ers::error ( ex );
-		return 1;
-	      }
-	    
-	    sleep(delay);
-	  }
-      }
-    
-    delete histo2d;
-    delete histo2dL2;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_runnr.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_runnr.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 66781f014cc60d4f0efa66e8ee0965653c5e1223..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/publish_test_runnr.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/** 
- * @file publish_test_data.cpp
- * @author Andrzej Dworak andrzej.dworak@cern.ch
- * @date 13/08/2007
- * @brief Dummy data ganarator. Publishing through IS.
- */
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-
-#include "is/infoany.h"
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-#include <is/inforeceiver.h>
-#include <is/serveriterator.h>
-#include <ipc/partition.h>
-#include "is/infodocument.h"
-
-
-using namespace std;
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-
-  string testPartition = "MyTestPartition";
-  string subscription0 = "MyTest2.LB_";
-
-  
-  cout << "Publishing data for new IS_LB 2007/08/27" << endl;
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-
-  IPCPartition partition( testPartition );
-  ISInfoDictionary dict( partition );
-  
-  char pubname[100];
-  int npublish=0;
-  
-  for ( int irun=102; irun<110; irun++ )
-    {
-      ISInfoInt runNr(irun);
-      for(int lb=0;lb<100;lb++){
-	
-	cout << " new example runnr  " << runNr <<" lb="<<lb<< endl;
-	
-	try {
-	  sprintf( pubname, "MyTest2.LB_CTP_%d_%d", irun, lb);
-	  dict.insert( pubname , runNr );   
-	}
-	catch(...){
-	  sprintf( pubname, "MyTest2.LB_CTP_%d_%d", irun, lb);
-	  dict.update( pubname , runNr );   
-	}
-	npublish++;
-	sleep(3);
-      }
-    }
-	
-  //test with ISInfoDynAny 
-  // IsInfoDynAny ???
-  
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_histo.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_histo.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3da504a8dc39e8d58a3e1099b49be279dcf95e7b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_histo.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,269 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-/** 
- * @file publish_test_data.cpp
- * @author Andrzej Dworak andrzej.dworak@cern.ch
- * @date 13/08/2007
- * @brief Dummy data ganarator. Publishing through IS.
- */
-
-
-#include <iostream>
-using namespace std;
-
-#include <cmdl/cmdargs.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-#include <owl/regexp.h>
-
-// OH include files
-#include <TH2I.h>
-#include <oh/OHRootReceiver.h>
-#include <oh/OHSubscriber.h>
-
-
-
-using namespace std;
-class MyReceiver : public OHRootReceiver {
-public:
-  MyReceiver( int cnt )
-    : counter_( 0 ),
-      output_counter_( cnt ),
-      maxlbdist_(10),
-      lbnumbers_(0),
-      lbdone_(0)
-
-  { ; }
-    
-  void receive( OHRootHistogram & h)
-  {
-    
-    //if h is not 2D histo : return 
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << ". notification has been received and ";
-	std::string histoname=(std::string) h.histogram->GetName();
-	std::cout<<" histogram "<<histoname<<std::endl;
-	
-	//get LB number and store
-	string::size_type loc = histoname.find_first_not_of( "testhisto_", 0 );
-	int LB=atoi(histoname.substr(loc).c_str());
-	if(lbdone_.size()>0){
-	  lbdone_.sort();
-	  std::list<int>::iterator iter=lbdone_.begin();
-	  int oldlb=*iter;
-	  while( LB >= *iter ){
-	    if( LB==*iter ){cout<<" this LB was done already! und nun ?? "<<endl;}
-	    oldlb=*iter; iter++;
-	  }
-	}
-	
-	//store LB number in sorted, unique list lbnumbers_
-	unsigned int oldsize=lbnumbers_.size();
-	lbnumbers_.push_back(LB);
-	lbnumbers_.sort();lbnumbers_.unique();
-	
-	TH2I *hlb=new TH2I;
-	hlb=(TH2I*) h.histogram->Clone();
-	lbhistos_.push_back(hlb);
-	
-	//this LB number not there before -->
-	if(lbnumbers_.size() > oldsize){ 
-	  //debug print statement
-	  cout<<"new LB block,  LBnumbers: "<<endl;
-	  for(std::list<int>::iterator iter = lbnumbers_.begin(); iter != lbnumbers_.end(); iter++ ) 
-	    {
-	      cout << *iter <<", ";
-	    }
-	  std::cout<<std::endl;
-	}
-	
-	
-	//if oldest LB more than maxlbdist_ ago : write out counters for first LB in lbnumbers_ and drop it from the list
-	while (lbnumbers_.size() >= maxlbdist_ )
-	  {
-	    int lbout=lbnumbers_.front();
-	    
-	    std::cout<<" call unpackHisto for LB ! "<<lbout<<endl;
-	    int index=getHistoIndex(lbout);
-	    unpackHisto(index);
-	    std::cout<<" return from unpackHisto ! "<<index<<endl;
-	    
-	    lbhistos_.erase(lbhistos_.begin()+index);
-	    lbdone_.push_back(lbout);
-	    lbnumbers_.pop_front();
-	    
-	  }
-      }
-    
-    return;
-  }
-  
-  void unpackHisto(int index)
-  {
-        
-    cout<<"now unpack  histo "<<lbhistos_[index]->GetName()<<endl;
-    //unpack 2D histo for number of events
-    
-    //write counters to COOL
-    cout<<" and eventually write to COOL ! "<<endl;
-    return;
-  }
-  
-  int getHistoIndex(int LB)
-  {
-    //get histo for this lumiblock LB
-    char histogramname[50];
-    sprintf(histogramname,"testhisto_%i",LB);
-    cout<<" get histo "<<histogramname<<" from vector of histos "<<endl;
-    
-    int index=0;
-    std::vector<TH1*>::iterator iter = lbhistos_.begin();
-    while(iter != lbhistos_.end() && strcmp(histogramname,(const char*)(*iter)->GetName()) !=0  ){
-      iter++;index++;
-    }
-    return index;
-  }
-  
-  void receive( vector<OHRootHistogram*> & )
-  {
-     
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << " notifications have been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-  }
-    
-  void histogramChanged( const std::string & , const OWLTime & , OHReceiver::Reason )
-  {
-     
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << " notifications have been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-  }
-    
-  void receive( OHRootGraph & )
-  {
-     
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << " notifications have been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-  }
-    
-  void receive( vector<OHRootGraph*> & )
-  {
-     
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << " notifications have been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-  }
-    
-  void receive( OHRootGraph2D & )
-  {
-     
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << " notifications have been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-  }
-    
-  void receive( vector<OHRootGraph2D*> & )
-  {
-     
-    if ( ++counter_%output_counter_ == 0 )
-      {
-	std::cout << counter_ << " notifications have been received" << std::endl;
-      }
-  }
-  
-  void setMax(unsigned int max)
-  {
-    maxlbdist_ = max;
-  }
-  
-      
-
-  
-
-private:
-
-  int counter_;
-  int output_counter_;
-  unsigned int maxlbdist_;
-  std::list<int> lbnumbers_;
-  std::list<int>  lbdone_;
-  std::vector<TH1*>lbhistos_;
-};
-
-
-int main( int argc, char ** argv )
-{
-
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-        
-  //
-  // Get parameters from the command line
-  //
-  CmdArgStr	partition_name( 'p', "partition", "partition_name",
-				"Partition name", CmdArg::isREQ );
-  CmdArgStr	server_name( 's', "server", "server_name",
-			     "OH (IS) Server name", CmdArg::isREQ );
-  CmdArgStr	provider_name( 'n', "provider", "provider_name",
-			       "Histogram provider name" );
-  CmdArgStr	histogram_name( 'h', "histogram", "histogram_name",
-				"Histogram type name" );
-  //CmdArgInt	iters('i', "iters", "iterations", "number of iterations to report");
-  //  CmdArgBool	value ('v', "value", "subscribe for receiving histogram values (default off).");
-    
-    
-  CmdLine cmd( *argv, &partition_name, &server_name,
-	       &provider_name, &histogram_name, 0 );
-    
-
-  //string partition_name = "MyTestPartition";
-  //string server_name = "Histogramming";
-  //string provider_name= ".*";
-  //string histogram_name =".*";
-    
-  int iters = 1;
-  bool value = true;//false;
-    
-  CmdArgvIter arg_iter( --argc, ++argv );
-  cmd.description( "OH Histogram display utility" );
-  cmd.parse(arg_iter);
-    
-    
-    
-  if( provider_name.isNULL( ) ) provider_name = ".*";
-  if( histogram_name.isNULL( ) ) histogram_name = ".*";
-    
-  try
-    {
-      MyReceiver receiver( iters );
-      receiver.setMax(4);
-	
-      IPCPartition p( partition_name );
-      OHSubscriber ohhs( p, (const char *)server_name, receiver, false );
-      OWLRegexp provider(provider_name);
-      OWLRegexp histogram(histogram_name);
-      ohhs.subscribe( provider, histogram, value );
-	
-      IPCServer server;
-      
-      std::cout << "OH test receiver for the \"" << provider_name << ":" << histogram_name <<
-	"\" has been started in the \"" << partition_name << "\" partition" << std::endl;
-	
-      server.run();
-    }
-  catch ( daq::oh::Exception & ex )
-    {
-      ers::fatal( ex );
-      return 1;
-    }
-    
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_keys.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_keys.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 711b0f9a6fdf6b7b6e13453acc4b696bde3ce7b7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_keys.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <ostream.h>
-
-
-#include <is/infoany.h>
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-#include <is/inforeceiver.h>
-#include <is/serveriterator.h>
-#include <ipc/partition.h>
-#include <is/infodocument.h>
-
-#include <cmdl/cmdargs.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-#include <owl/timer.h>
-
-
-int getRunNumber(std::string partition_name,std::string server,std::string crit){
-
-  int superMasterKey=-99;
-  int l1MasterKey=-99;
-  int l1PrescaleKey=-99;
-    
-  try{
-    IPCPartition partition( partition_name );
-    ISInfoDictionary dict(partition);
-    ISInfoIterator ii( partition, server,ISCriteria( crit));
-    
-    
-    while( ii() )
-      {
-	
-	ISInfoAny isa;
-	ii.value( isa );
-	int attr_number=isa.countAttributes();
-	for (int i = 0; i < attr_number; i++ ) {
-	  switch ( isa.getAttributeType() ){
-	  case ISType::U32:
-	    if ( isa.isAttributeArray() )
-	      {
-	        std::vector<unsigned long> value;
-		isa >> value;
-		
-		//for ( size_t ii = 0; ii < value.size(); ii++){
-		// std::cout <<" attribute loop "<<i<<"  attribute array loop "<<ii<<"  : "<< value[ii] << " ";
-		//}
-	      }
-	    else
-	      {
-		int value;
-		isa >> value;
-		std::cout <<" attribute loop "<<i<<"  value "<< value;//<<" name ? "<<isa.name();
-		if(i==0)superMasterKey=value;
-		if(i==1)l1MasterKey=value;
-		if(i==2)l1PrescaleKey=value;
-	      }
-	    std::cout << std::endl;
-	    
-	    break;
-	    //default:
-	    //std::cout<<" Attribute Type is not what I want "<<isa.getAttributeType()<<std::endl;
-	  }
-	}
-      }
-    cout<<"return from here...superMasterKey "<<superMasterKey<<endl;
-    return superMasterKey;
-  }catch(...){
-    cout<<" could not receive TrigConfKeys ! "<<endl;
-    return superMasterKey;
-  }
-}
-
-using namespace std;
-int main( int argc, char ** argv ){
-  
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-    
-  // Get command line arguments
-  CmdArgStr partition_name( 'p', "partition", "partition_name",
-			    "Partition name");
-  CmdArgStr server_name( 's', "server", "server_name",
-			 "OH (IS) Server name");
-  CmdArgStr is_criteria( 'c', "criteria","is_criteria", "ISCriteria ");
-  CmdLine cmd( *argv, &partition_name, &server_name, &is_criteria, 0);
-  
-  CmdArgvIter arg_iter( --argc, ++argv );
-  cmd.description( "OH histogram publisher utility" );
-  cmd.parse( arg_iter );
-  
-
-  //partition MyTestPartition
-  //server_name MyTest2.LB_CTP 
-
-  if( partition_name.isNULL( ) ) partition_name = "MyTestPartition";
-  if( server_name.isNULL( ) ) server_name = "MyTest2.LB_CTP";
-  if( is_criteria.isNULL( ) ) is_criteria = "TrigConfKeys.*";
-  cout<<" try to find TrigConfKeys in     "<<partition_name<<"  "<<server_name<<endl;
-  std::string testPartition((const char*) partition_name);
-  std::string server((const char*) server_name);
-  std::string crit((const char*) is_criteria);
-  int runnr=getRunNumber(testPartition,server,crit);
-  cout<<" returned ! "<<runnr<<endl;
-  return 0;
-}
-
-
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_runnr.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_runnr.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 894d2301fa20c46570347a5ad0bee658a1b5d986..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_runnr.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <ostream.h>
-
-
-#include "is/infoany.h"
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-#include <is/inforeceiver.h>
-#include <is/serveriterator.h>
-#include <ipc/partition.h>
-#include <is/infodocument.h>
-
-#include <cmdl/cmdargs.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-#include <owl/timer.h>
-
-
-int getRunNumber(std::string partition_name,std::string server){
-
-  try{
-    IPCPartition partition( partition_name );
-    ISInfoDictionary dict(partition);
-    
-    
-    ISInfoInt runnumber;
-    
-    ISInfoIterator ii( partition, server,ISCriteria( ".*" ));
-    
-    
-    int run=-99;
-    while( ii() )
-      {
-	
-	ISInfoAny isa;
-	ii.value( isa );
-	
-	
-	std::string  object_name(ii.name());  
-	std::string::size_type loc = object_name.find( "LB_CTP_", 0 );
-	std::string helpstr=object_name.substr(loc+7).c_str();
-	std::string::size_type loc2= helpstr.find("_",0);
-	int irun=atoi(helpstr.substr(0,loc2).c_str());
-	run =  irun > run ? irun : run;
-	
-      }
-    cout<<"highest published  runnumber "<<run<<endl;
-    return run;
-  }catch(...){
-    cout<<" could not receive runnumber ! "<<endl;
-    return -99;
-  }
-}
-using namespace std;
-int main( int argc, char ** argv ){
-  
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-    
-  // Get command line arguments
-  CmdArgStr partition_name( 'p', "partition", "partition_name",
-			    "Partition name");
-  CmdArgStr server_name( 's', "server", "server_name",
-			 "OH (IS) Server name");
-  
-  CmdLine cmd( *argv, &partition_name, &server_name, 0);
-  
-  CmdArgvIter arg_iter( --argc, ++argv );
-  cmd.description( "OH histogram publisher utility" );
-  cmd.parse( arg_iter );
-  
-
-  //partition MyTestPartition
-  //server_name MyTest2.LB_CTP 
-
-  if( partition_name.isNULL( ) ) partition_name = "MyTestPartition";
-  if( server_name.isNULL( ) ) server_name = "MyTest2.LB_CTP";
-  
-  cout<<" get latest Run Number published to    "<<partition_name<<"  "<<server_name<<endl;
-  std::string testPartition((const char*) partition_name);
-  std::string server((const char*) server_name);
-  
-  int runnr=getRunNumber(testPartition,server);
-  return 0;
-}
-
-
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_runnr2.cpp b/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_runnr2.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e36b24e7df3b2a5800eb57d2cdb01ddfb92b4e97..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigMonitoring/HLTRates2COOL/testpublish/receive_test_runnr2.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-/*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-*/
-
-#include <iostream.h>
-#include <ostream.h>
-
-
-
-#include <is/infoany.h>
-#include <is/infoT.h>
-#include <is/infodictionary.h>
-#include <is/infoiterator.h>
-#include <is/inforeceiver.h>
-#include <is/serveriterator.h>
-#include <ipc/partition.h>
-#include <is/infodocument.h>
-#include <is/infodynany.h>
-
-#include <cmdl/cmdargs.h>
-#include <ipc/core.h>
-#include <owl/timer.h>
-
-int getRunNumber2(std::string partition_name,std::string server){
-  int run=-99;
-  std::cout<<"  try to getRunNumber2 from "<<partition_name<<"."<<server<<"."<<"  by looking for attribute with name run_number "<<std::endl;
-  try{ 
-    
-    IPCPartition partition( partition_name );
-    ISInfoDictionary dict(partition);
-    ISInfoDynAny ida2;
-    std::string name = server;
-    name += ".RunParams";
-
-    dict.getValue( name, ida2 );
-    ISInfoDocument::Attribute helpme= ida2.getAttributeDescription(partition,"run_number");
-    run  = (int)  ida2.getAttributeValue<unsigned int>( partition,"run_number");
-    cout<<"  found  attribute "<<helpme.description()<<"  name "<<helpme.name()<<" value   ?"<<run<<endl;
-    
-  }catch(...){
-    run=-99;
-  }
-  return run;
-}
-  
-int getRunNumber(std::string partition_name,std::string server,std::string crit){
-
-  std::cout<<"  try to get run number from "<<partition_name<<"."<<server<<"."<<crit<<"  by using the first attribute "<<std::endl;
-  try{
-    
-    IPCPartition partition( partition_name );
-    ISInfoDictionary dict(partition);
-    
-    
-    ISInfoInt runnumber;
-    
-    ISInfoIterator ii( partition, server,ISCriteria( crit));
-    
-    
-    int run=-99;
-    while( ii() )
-      {
-	
-	ISInfoAny isa;
-	ii.value( isa );
-	
-	int attr_number=isa.countAttributes();
-	
-	for (int i = 0; i < attr_number; i++ ) {
-	  switch ( isa.getAttributeType() ){
-	  case ISType::U32:
-	    if ( isa.isAttributeArray() )
-	      {
-	        std::vector<unsigned long> value;
-		isa >> value;
-		//for ( size_t ii = 0; ii < value.size(); ii++){}
-	      }
-	    else
-	      {
-		int value;
-		isa >> value;
-		//std::cout <<" attribute loop "<<i<<"  value "<< value;//<<" name ? "<<isa.name();
-		if(i==0)run=value;
-	      }
-	    //std::cout << std::endl;
-	    
-	    break;
-	    //default:
-	    //std::cout<<" Attribute Type is not what I want "<<isa.getAttributeType()<<std::endl;
-	  }
-	}
-      }
-    std::cout<<"  return from here...with runnr "<<run<<std::endl;
-    return run;
-  }catch(...){
-    std::cout<<"  could not receive runnumber ! "<<std::endl;
-    return -99;
-  }
-}
-using namespace std;
-int main( int argc, char ** argv ){
-  
-  IPCCore::init( argc, argv );
-    
-  // Get command line arguments
-  CmdArgStr partition_name( 'p', "partition", "partition_name",
-			    "Partition name");
-  CmdArgStr server_name( 's', "server", "server_name",
-			 "OH (IS) Server name");
-  CmdArgStr is_criteria( 'c', "criteria","is_criteria", "ISCriteria ");
-  CmdArgStr method('m',"method","method","Method");
-  
-  CmdLine cmd( *argv, &partition_name, &server_name, &is_criteria, &method, 0);
-  
-  
-  CmdArgvIter arg_iter( --argc, ++argv );
-  cmd.description( "OH histogram publisher utility" );
-  cmd.parse( arg_iter );
-  
-
-  //partition MyTestPartition
-  //server_name MyTest2.LB_CTP 
-
-  if( partition_name.isNULL( ) ) partition_name = "MyTestPartition";
-  if( server_name.isNULL( ) ) server_name = "RunParams";
-  if( is_criteria.isNULL( ) ) is_criteria = "RunParams*";
-  if(method.isNULL() ) method="1";
-  int runNumberMethod = atoi(method);
-  
-  cout<<"try to find runnumber in     "<<partition_name<<"  "<<server_name<<"  "<<is_criteria<<endl;
-  std::string testPartition((const char*) partition_name);
-  std::string server((const char*) server_name);
-  std::string crit((const char*) is_criteria);
-  int runnr=runNumberMethod ==1 ? getRunNumber(testPartition,server,crit) : getRunNumber2(testPartition,server);
-  cout<<"returned Run number  "<<runnr<<endl;
-  return 0;
-}
-
-