From e432a26b4c42dbeaf2ee6ea1cf661a9b580cfc27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Suter <andreas.suter@psi.ch>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:09:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added a warning if deadtime correction cannot be carried out
 (missing parameters, etc.)

---
 src/classes/PRunBase.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/classes/PRunBase.cpp b/src/classes/PRunBase.cpp
index ece1090cd..4b483aaab 100644
--- a/src/classes/PRunBase.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PRunBase.cpp
@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ void PRunBase::DeadTimeCorrection(std::vector<PDoubleVector> &histos, PUIntVecto
 {
   PRawRunData* runData = fRawData->GetRunData(*fRunInfo->GetRunName());
 
-  if (!runData->DeadTimeCorrectionReady())
+  if (!runData->DeadTimeCorrectionReady()) {
+    std::cerr << std::endl << "**WARNING** PRunBase::DeadTimeCorrection: missing input for dead time correction" << std::endl;
     return;
+  }
 
 
   // check if a dead time correction has to be done