diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 92729c96c051b819b9b1f879173dcda445a180ce..c11786d300a0fbf52bb8105ae6b47740c185db73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013
-block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013-cutOff-coolOff-10
-block-II/01-raw/data-eco-unit-2-node-22-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-block-II/01-raw/data-eco-unit-11-node-113-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
 block-II/01-raw/backup-ecoTron-2020-10-28-06-00-1603861202.tgz
-block-II/01-raw/data-eco-unit-11-node-111-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-block-II/01-raw/data-eco-unit-9-node-91-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
 block-I/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200721-20200818
-block-I/01-raw/data-eco-unit-11-node-113-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-block-I/01-raw/data-eco-unit-9-node-91-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
 *.txt
 test/*
 *#
 *skyglow.log
+__pycache__
diff --git a/block-I/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200721-20200818.tgz b/block-I/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200721-20200818.tgz
index 25634c449a532908efad2b0ba828cc7414f2d4b3..4eab63985d85f62e5dc0fd7fe94208ecb233afe4 100644
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diff --git a/block-II/01-raw/blubb b/block-II/01-raw/blubb
deleted file mode 100644
index 30c7bdb5a5e1cc5f25a78edfeb5a180c9cf99d49..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/block-II/01-raw/blubb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-2020-10-04 13:22:07		data-eco-unit-7-node-71-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-12 17:39:20		data-eco-unit-13-node-131-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-
-2020-10-15 17:30:50		data-eco-unit-2-node-22-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-15 21:54:05		data-eco-unit-12-node-121-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-
-2020-10-27 14:30:19		data-eco-unit-10-node-103-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-27 20:20:16		data-eco-unit-5-node-51-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-27 22:01:38		data-eco-unit-3-node-33-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-27 22:39:46		data-eco-unit-9-node-91-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-28 04:43:10		data-eco-unit-11-node-113-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-28 05:11:59		data-eco-unit-6-node-63-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-28 05:15:18		data-eco-unit-4-node-43-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
-2020-10-28 05:35:37		data-eco-unit-8-node-83-start-2020-07-08-file.txt
diff --git a/block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013-cutOff-coolOff-10.tgz b/block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013-cutOff-coolOff-10.tgz
index 00e36c6e551289392d0c8603f727f9464f023eea..62129e622d72a61a4ab73852e6e95aa8bc605740 100644
Binary files a/block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013-cutOff-coolOff-10.tgz and b/block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013-cutOff-coolOff-10.tgz differ
diff --git a/block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013.tgz b/block-II/02-inspect/ecotron-data-20200915-20201013.tgz
index 53ac0a67595b6743e05a5786bcabf27c8cc50fc2..91e1568db0ba6d9216c191ae1986901435b86408 100644
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diff --git a/dataFilterCooloff.py b/dataFilterCoolOff.py
similarity index 77%
rename from dataFilterCooloff.py
rename to dataFilterCoolOff.py
index 49187198584d95cbf6d8cc24208db78274a45ba3..048a6c81e00bcd381776f1943f4841b2ba03da6b 100755
--- a/dataFilterCooloff.py
+++ b/dataFilterCoolOff.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 #todo 
+#	print more info: 
+#		nLines before coolOff
+#		nLines after coolOff
+#		nLines after cutOff (total nDel lines)
+#
+#	def coolOff() and def cutOff()
 #	think about plateaus? eg. when a beetle chills on sensor for a day? (no patchcrossevent - pce)
 
 import sys, os
@@ -10,7 +16,14 @@ COL_TIMESTAMP=0
 COL_TAG=8
 HEADER="#timestamp, milliseconds, date, time, unit, x, y, tagID, species, speciesnumber, weight_without_tag_mg, moon_real_mLux, moon_eco_mLux, skyglow_Lux\n"
 
-def main():
+
+def main(arg1,arg2=10):
+	global inFile, coolOff
+	inFile=arg1
+	coolOff=arg2
+
+	with open(inFile) as f:
+		lines = f.readlines()
 
 	filtered, recently = [], []
 	for line in lines:
@@ -30,7 +43,6 @@ def main():
 			recently.append((timestamp,tag))
 			filtered.append(line)
 
-
 	#cutOffEnd
 	print(recently)
 	for ts, tag in recently:
@@ -54,21 +66,19 @@ def main():
 
 		print(f"done. Deleted {ndel} lines up to ts: {ts} idx: {i}")
 
-
 	# [print(f, end='') for f in filtered]
 	write(filtered)
 
-
 def write(data):
-	fileName=f"{file}-cutOff-coolOff-{coolOff}"
-	with open(fileName, "w") as f:
+	outFile=f"{inFile}-cutOff-coolOff-{coolOff}"
+	print(f"writing to {outFile}")
+	with open(outFile, "w") as f:
 		f.writelines(HEADER)
 		f.writelines(data)
 
-	cmd_compress=f"tar -zcvf {fileName}.tgz {fileName}" # ">/dev/null 2>/dev/null"
+	cmd_compress=f"tar -zcvf {outFile}.tgz {outFile}" # ">/dev/null 2>/dev/null"
 	os.system(cmd_compress)
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__" :
 	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
 		this = os.path.basename(__file__)
@@ -76,11 +86,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__" :
 		sys.exit(f'   "Usage:	{this} dataFile [coolOff]\n\n'
 			f' Cooloff defines the time in seconds that needs to pass before a tag can be detected again. Default = 10\n'
 			f' Will also cut off tags at end. (eg tag lying on sensor)')
-
-	file = sys.argv[1]
-	coolOff = int(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) >= 3 else 10
 	
-	with open(file) as f:
-		lines = f.readlines()
-
-	main()
\ No newline at end of file
+	main(sys.argv[1:])
+# else:
+# 	print("called as a module via import")
diff --git a/dataSync.py b/dataSync.py
index 8d0afe7a15e21510f0b8d072643bb45784ed3ebd..c6548b2ee29981ff5713d579f2b03c394843f436 100755
--- a/dataSync.py
+++ b/dataSync.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ############################
 # TODO
 ############################
+# > could add COOLOFF to blox-config. Now defaulting to 10
 # > parse moonmap and skyglowdict from skyglow Project sources (submodule ... ?)
 # > integrate with ST
 #		> make Skyglow optional -> TEST
@@ -31,15 +32,19 @@
 import sys, getopt, os, re, datetime, string, time
 from pprint import pprint as pp
 from datetime import datetime as dt
+import dataFilterCoolOff
 
 PROJ = "ecotron"
 # PROJ = "schrebatron"
 
-# Experiment Times!
-###################
-# Track-start: 7.7 // Light start: 20.7 // Dark: 10.7 - 20.7
-blox=[("./block-I/01-raw","./block-I/02-inspect","2020-07-21 00:00:00","2020-08-18 23:59:00"), 	# Block1: 21.7 - 18.8
-      ("./block-II/01-raw","./block-II/02-inspect","2020-09-15 00:00:00","2020-10-13 23:59:00")]	# Block2: 15.9 - 13.10
+# Experiment Config! Time and paths.
+# Track-start: 7.7.20 // Light start: 20.7.20 // Dark: 10.7.20 - 20.7.20
+blox=[
+("./block-I/01-raw","./block-I/02-inspect","2020-07-21 00:00:00","2020-08-18 23:59:00"), 	# Block1: 21.7 - 18.8
+("./block-II/01-raw","./block-II/02-inspect","2020-09-15 00:00:00","2020-10-13 23:59:00"),	# Block2: 15.9 - 13.10
+("./test","./test","2020-07-21 00:00:00","2020-08-18 23:59:00"), 	# test
+]
+
 
 TIME_FMT='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:00'
 noTime = dt.fromtimestamp(0)
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ A_COL_TAG=3
 
 # out file
 OUT_FMT='%Y%m%d'
+OUT_FILE='default'
 DELIM=','
 COL_UID=4
 COL_TAG=8
@@ -195,6 +201,9 @@ class Data:
 			self.startLight = self.getLightTime( self.lightData[0] )
 			self.endLight = self.getLightTime( self.lightData[-1] )
 
+		global OUT_FILE
+		OUT_FILE = f"{OUTPUTDIR}{os.sep}{PROJ}-data-{self.startTrack.strftime(OUT_FMT)}-{self.endTrack.strftime(OUT_FMT)}"
+
 		pp(self.header())
 
 	def getTrackData(self, fileName):
@@ -312,9 +321,6 @@ class Data:
 			ttag = tLine.split(DELIM)[COL_TAG]
 			
 			for aLine in self.animalData:
-				# print(tLine)
-				# print(aLine)
-				# print(atag)
 				aLine = aLine.split(DELIM)
 				atag = aLine[A_COL_TAG]
 
@@ -414,17 +420,14 @@ class Data:
 
 	def write(self):
 
-		fileName = OUTPUTDIR+f"/{PROJ}-data-{self.startTrack.strftime(OUT_FMT)}-{self.endTrack.strftime(OUT_FMT)}"
-		pp("write to " + fileName)
-		
-		os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(fileName), exist_ok=True)
-		with open(fileName, "w") as f:
+		pp("write to " + OUT_FILE)
+		os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(OUT_FILE), exist_ok=True)
+		with open(OUT_FILE, "w") as f:
 			f.writelines(self.header())
 			self.trackData=map(lambda x:x+'\n', self.trackData)
 			f.writelines(self.trackData)
 
-
-		cmd_compress=f"tar -zcvf {fileName}.tgz {fileName}" # ">/dev/null 2>/dev/null"
+		cmd_compress=f"tar -zcvf {OUT_FILE}.tgz {OUT_FILE}" # ">/dev/null 2>/dev/null"
 		os.system(cmd_compress)
 
 def xtract():
@@ -469,14 +472,24 @@ def make_rel_abs_path(path):
 	return path
 
 def main():
-
+	
 	xtract()
 	animalFile, skyglowFile, trackFiles = getFileList()
 	data = Data(animalFile,skyglowFile,trackFiles)
 	data.merge()
 	data.write()
 
+	dataFilterCoolOff.main(OUT_FILE)
+	#call updateGitIgnore.sh?
+
 if __name__ == "__main__" :
+	
+	print( os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) )
+	cmd_compress=f"updateGitIgnore.sh"
+	os.system(cmd_compress)
+	exit()
+	
+
 	print("	Process raw data for which block?")
 	for idx, b in enumerate(blox):
 		print(f"    {idx+1}) {b[2]} >> {b[3]}")
@@ -496,6 +509,3 @@ if __name__ == "__main__" :
 	main()
 	end = time.time()
 	print(f"Took {end - start} seconds")
-
-	#call dataFilterCoolOff?
-	#call updateGitIgnore.sh?
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readme b/readme
index 94a5a6b9807cd0962ec8f8e599c99dcc69cc2c6b..343774b48f0ebdaef6be78dc7628007bfe927ec1 100644
--- a/readme
+++ b/readme
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-1. extract .tgz
-2. run dataSync on dir
--> should output a cleaned table with light, track and animalData 
-3. filterCooloff.py data 10
--> only count tracks with difference of 10 seconds inbetween! (this greatly reduces the size)
+1. run dataSync on dir containing compressed data (.tgz suffix)
+-> should output a cleaned table containing light, track and animalData 
+-> should also produce a compressed version of the table
 
 
 Optional:
@@ -19,3 +17,7 @@ print tags in tagfile which length deviate:
 
 update gitignore to not add large files (>50M) to git repo:
 	updateGitIgnore.sh
+
+filterCooloff.py data 10
+-> only count tracks with difference of 10 seconds inbetween! (this greatly reduces the size)
+-> this script is called automatically from dataSync.py but can be invoked manually if you want t o change the coolOff phase
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 2a47db064e59752b6080edb88c9ed54fc0187b5d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-import sys 
-
-import "../../skyglow/skyglow.py"
-lightFile=r"../../skyglow/skyglow.py"
-# from lightFile import 
-
diff --git a/updateGitIgnore.sh b/updateGitIgnore.sh
index 11a880fcf6038ff7e93d6ded0c68ae6e1032edc9..1af2ebd2ebfc1eca0aecd856b169e1743337badd 100755
--- a/updateGitIgnore.sh
+++ b/updateGitIgnore.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-find . -size +50M | sed 's/\.\///g' > .gitignore
+#ignore .txt files in find
+find . -size +50M ! -name '*.txt' | sed 's/\.\///g' > .gitignore
 
 list=(
 "*.txt"
 "test/*"
 "*#" #ods-tmp-files
 *skyglow.log
+__pycache__
 )
 
 for i in "${list[@]}"