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-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
+1. run dataSync.py
+2. Choose block-configuration or other key for information how to modify block-configuration!
 
+	> looks for ".tgz" to extract [optional]
+	> merges all "unit-X" files
+	> merges with light, track and species data
+	> writes one huge cleaned table + compressed tgz
+	> runs dataFilter.py
+	> writes filtered table + compressed tgz
+	> runs updateGitIgnore.sh
+
+You can also filter data independently, if you don't want to process everything again [takes quite long] or tweak some filter parameters.
+Run dataFilter.py for Usage instructions. 
+	
 
 Optional:
 get time of last tracking-event per unit:
@@ -17,7 +27,3 @@ 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
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