diff --git a/conf b/conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6533b0510bd8d01089f045fa5b0f0f1e06ee5373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Configuration of Time and paths
+#####################################
+#
+# You can add a configuration by adding a line. It has following form:
+#
+#			(Project, inDir, outDir, start, end)
+#
+# > Project must be in (ecotrack, ecolux)
+# > dirs can be relative. eg: ('./data','../data','~/data')
+# > times must have Format like '2021-03-11 14:30:12:00'
+########################################
+#ecolux -- Track-start: 7.7.20 // Light start: 20.7.20 // Dark: 10.7.20 - 20.7.20
+#ecotrack,in,out,2019-06-29 00:00:00,2019-07-18 00:00:00 #block1
+#ecotrack,in,out,2019-08-05 00:00:00,2019-08-16 00:00:00 #block2
+#ecotrack,in,out,2019-09-27 00:00:00,2019-10-11 00:00:00 #block3
+##########################################
+ecolux,./ecolux/I/01-raw,./ecolux/I/02-inspect,2020-07-21 00:00:00,2020-08-18 23:59:00
+ecolux,./ecolux/II/01-raw,./ecolux/II/02-inspect,2020-09-15 00:00:00,2020-10-13 23:59:00
+ecolux,./ecolux/all/01-raw,./ecolux/all/02-inspect,2020-07-21 00:00:00,2020-11-11 23:59:00
+ecotrack,./ecotrack/all/01-raw,./ecotrack/all/02-inspect,2019-09-26 00:00:00,2019-10-21 23:59:00
+ecotrack,./test,./test,2019-09-26 00:00:00,2019-10-21 23:59:00
+ecotrack,/opt/virtualBoxVMs/share/block-I/01-raw,/opt/virtualBoxVMs/share/block-I/02-inspect,2019-09-26 00:00:00,2019-10-21 23:59:00
diff --git a/dataSync.py b/dataSync.py
index b63e440a6e77a435b08fff1dc9147864b44278d9..a3e898e82464e08fe0dec05080cfc32ef63c2236 100755
--- a/dataSync.py
+++ b/dataSync.py
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 # clean, sort, merge raw data
-# ecolux and ecotrack Projects
+# for ecolux and ecotrack Projects
 # output one huge table with all necessary fields for further processing/vizualization
 #
 ############################
 # TODO
 ############################
+# > ecotrack time is in CEST (both track and temp) => UTC+2 => C'est une problème?
 # > rewrite getXData to initXData
-# > add block name to blox. > add it to update-tags.sh
 #
 # > parse moonmap and skyglowdict from skyglow Project sources 
 # -> maybe integrate skyglow project as submodule
 # > integrate with ST
-#		> make Skyglow optional -> TEST
 #		> ST-Filenames should include 'unit-X'!
 # > how to process skylog error in merge()
+
 # > Speed Up! (takes 2min per 1mio lines)
 #	1. Use Threads for
 #	https://realpython.com/python-concurrency/#multiprocessing-version
@@ -31,27 +31,6 @@ from pprint import pprint as pp
 from datetime import datetime as dt
 import dataFilter
 
-# Configuration of Time and paths
-#####################################
-# ecolux -- Track-start: 7.7.20 // Light start: 20.7.20 // Dark: 10.7.20 - 20.7.20
-blox=[
-("ecolux","./ecolux/I/01-raw","./ecolux/I/02-inspect","2020-07-21 00:00:00","2020-08-18 23:59:00"), 		# Block1: 21.7 - 18.8
-("ecolux","./ecolux/II/01-raw","./ecolux/I/02-inspect","2020-09-15 00:00:00","2020-10-13 23:59:00"),		# Block2: 15.9 - 13.10
-("ecolux","./ecolux/all/01-raw","./ecolux/I/all/02-inspect","2020-07-21 00:00:00","2020-11-11 23:59:00"),	# Blox1&2 + 4Weex
-("ecotrack","./ecotrack/all/01-raw","./ecotrack/all/02-inspect","2019-09-26 00:00:00","2019-10-21 23:59:00"),
-# ("ecotrack","/opt/virtualBoxVMs/share/block-I/01-raw","/opt/virtualBoxVMs/share/block-I/02-inspect","2019-09-26 00:00:00","2019-10-21 23:59:00"),
-#temp 26.9 - 21.10
-("ecotrack","./test","./test","2019-09-26 00:00:00","2019-10-21 23:59:00"),
-#
-#NOTE: ecotrack time is in CEST (both track and temp) => UTC+2
-#("ecotrack",in,out,"2019-06-29 00:00:00", "2019-07-18 00:00:00") #block1
-#("ecotrack",in,out,"2019-08-05 00:00:00", "2019-08-16 00:00:00") #block2
-#("ecotrack",in,out,"2019-09-27 00:00:00","2019-10-11 00:00:00") #block3
-#
-## -- add here -- ##
-]
-
-# TIME_FMT='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:00'
 TIME_FMT='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
 noTime = dt.fromtimestamp(0)
 TAG_LEN=len("04B94A7F7288588022")
@@ -653,24 +632,35 @@ def make_rel_abs_path(path):
 
 def main():
 
-	initFileStructure()
-	xtract()
+	# initFileStructure()
+	# xtract()
 	
-	animalFile, skyglowFile, tempFile, trackFiles = getFileList()
-	data = Data(animalFile,skyglowFile,tempFile,trackFiles)
-	data.merge()
-	data.write()
+	# animalFile, skyglowFile, tempFile, trackFiles = getFileList()
+	# data = Data(animalFile,skyglowFile,tempFile,trackFiles)
+	# data.merge()
+	# data.write()
 
-	dataFilter.main(OUT_FILE)
+	# dataFilter.main(OUT_FILE)
 
 	if( platform.system() == "Linux" ):
-		os.system(rootPath+"/updateGitIgnore.sh")
-		os.system(rootPath+"/unknown-tags.sh ") # TODO
+		os.system(rootPath + "/updateGitIgnore.sh")
+		os.system(rootPath + "/unknown-tags.sh " + OUTPUTDIR)
+
+def readConf():
+	global PROJ, OUTPUTDIR, INPUTDIR, startTime, endTime
+
+	confFileName="conf"
+	confFile = make_rel_abs_path(confFileName)
+	with open(confFile) as f:
+		lines = f.readlines()
+
+	lines = [l.strip() for l in lines]
+	lines = list(filter(lambda q: q and q[0] != '#', lines))
+	lines = [l.split(',') for l in lines]
 
-if __name__ == "__main__" :
 	known_projects=["ecotrack","ecolux"] #,"schrebatron"
 	print(f"	Process raw data for which block?\n {RULER}")
-	for idx, b in enumerate(blox):
+	for idx, b in enumerate(lines):
 		print(f"    {idx+1}) Project {b[0]}")
 		print(f"        from: {b[3]}")
 		print(f"          to: {b[4]}")
@@ -678,23 +668,21 @@ if __name__ == "__main__" :
 		print(f"         out: {b[2]}\n")
 	try:
 		n=int(input())-1
-		PROJ = blox[n][0].lower()
-		INPUTDIR = make_rel_abs_path( blox[n][1] )
-		OUTPUTDIR = make_rel_abs_path( blox[n][2] )
-		startTime = dt.strptime(blox[n][3], TIME_FMT)
-		endTime = dt.strptime(blox[n][4], TIME_FMT)
+		PROJ = lines[n][0].lower()
+		INPUTDIR = make_rel_abs_path( lines[n][1] )
+		OUTPUTDIR = make_rel_abs_path( lines[n][2] )
+		startTime = dt.strptime(lines[n][3], TIME_FMT)
+		endTime = dt.strptime(lines[n][4], TIME_FMT)
 
 		if PROJ not in known_projects:
 			raise Exception(f"Unknown Project '{PROJ}'")
 
 	except Exception as e:
-		print(f"Error: {e}\n")	
-		print("You can add a configuration by adding a line to the 'blox' structure. It has following form:\n")
-		print("			(Project, inDir, outDir, start, end)\n" )
-		print(f"> Project must be in {known_projects}" )
-		print(f"> dirs can be relative. eg: ('./data','../data','~/data')")
-		print(f"> times must have Format like '{dt.now().strftime(TIME_FMT)}'" )
-		exit()
+		print(f"Error: {e}\n")
+		print(f"You can add a configuration by adding a line to the file {confFileName}.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" :
+	readConf()
 
 	start = time.time()
 	main()
diff --git a/info b/info
deleted file mode 100644
index c7110e9c5500a8eab1629afcce1f28db40ba3261..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/info
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#####
-## BLOCK-ALL
-###After################################################
-## Tags
-  total: 907
-  known: 322  (35.50%)
-unknown: 585  (64.49%)
-
-## Detections
-  total: 76645
-  known: 62446  (81.47%)
-unknown: 14199  (18.52%)
-
-######
-## BLOCK-I
-###Before#####################After#####################
-## Tags
-  total: 305						      total: 305
-  known: 132 	(43.27%)			  known: 132 	(43.27%)
-unknown: 173 	(56.72%)			unknown: 173 	(56.72%)
-
-## Detections
-  total: 3609863					      total: 10294
-  known: 3561725 	(98.66%)		  known: 8442 	(82.00%)
-unknown: 48138		( 1.33%)		unknown: 1852	(17.99%)
-
-								top  2 unknown: 1033 (10.0%)
-								top 10 unknown: 1428 (13.8%)
-								top 20 unknown: 1609 (15.6%)
-#######
-## BLOCK-II
-###Before#####################After#####################
-## Tags
-  total: 453						      total: 453
-  known: 158 	(34.87%)			  known: 158 	(34.87%)
-unknown: 295 	(65.12%)			unknown: 295 	(65.12%)
-											
-## Detections						
-  total: 8617060					      total: 42575
-  known: 8601009 	(99.81%)		  known: 35255 	(82.80%)
-unknown: 16051 		(00.18%)		unknown: 7320	(17.19%)
-
-								top  2 unknown: 3257 (7.6%)
-								top 10 unknown: 5032 (11.8%)
-								top 20 unknown: 5672 (13.3%)
diff --git a/readme b/readme
index 1769f7a53b3a4ed8398783bfc45e0df43b89913b..0158cc88d9b8e172443050664e8c1092a5b6b54d 100644
--- a/readme
+++ b/readme
@@ -11,19 +11,20 @@
 
 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:
 	source getLastDates.sh
 	cd block-I/01-raw
 	getLastDateAllUnits
 
-print information about known and unknown tags and detections for Block-I
-	unknowntags.sh I
+print information about known and unknown tags and detections
+	unknowntags.sh ecolux/all/02-inspect
 
-write number of unkown tags for block-II along with their occurrences to file:
-	unknowntags.sh II list
+write number of unkown tags along with their occurrences to file:
+	unknowntags.sh ecotrack/II/02-inspect list
 
 print tags in tagfile which length deviate:
 	checkTagLengths.sh block-II/tags2
diff --git a/unknown-tags.sh b/unknown-tags.sh
index 5d1987d182a77545fc1f27ff4806df75c71eef6a..758a43059bab359390dda41dd85008febde61dcf 100755
--- a/unknown-tags.sh
+++ b/unknown-tags.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-scriptdir=`dirname $0`
+# scriptdir=`dirname $0`
 this=`basename $0`
 if (( $# < 1 )); then 
 	echo "Usage:"
-	echo "1. $this project X"
+	echo "1. $this dir"
 	echo "   prints info about tags and detections"
 	echo ""
-	echo "2. $this n list"
+	echo "2. $this dir list"
 	echo "  	 write list of unknown tags together with their occurrences to file unknowntags-block-{n}"
 	echo ""
-	echo "Looks for data-file ( ${scriptdir}/block-{n}/02-inspect/eco*-data-*-filtered )"
+	echo "Looks for data-file ( {dir}/*-data-*-filtered ) in {dir}"
 	exit
 fi
 
-# filename_suffix=`basename "$1" | cut -d'-' -f5-`
-# if [ "$filename_suffix" == "" ]; then
-# 	#before
-# 	COL_TAG=9 
-# 	HEADER_SIZE=`grep -c "#" "$1"`
-# else
-	#after col-insertions from dataFilter.py
+dir=$1
 COL_TAG=13
 HEADER_SIZE=1
-# fi
 
-in=`ls ${scriptdir}/${project}-${1}/02-inspect/eco*-data-*-filtered | head -1`
+in=`ls ${dir}/*-data-*-filtered | head -1`
 LEN_W_HEADER=`wc -l "$in" | cut -d" " -f1`
 LEN=$(( $LEN_W_HEADER - $HEADER_SIZE))