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2 *** Version 0.8.4 (2004/04/19)
3
4 - implementes multi-argument support in MDataChain
5 ("pow(a, b)")
6
7 - implemented double reference support in MDataChain
8 ("MCameraLV.fPowerSupplyA.fVoltagePos5V")
9
10 - added support in MF for expressiond like
11 "MHillas.fWidth<2*<MHillas.fLength"
12
13 - MDataChain is now able to support variables like [0], [1], ...
14 which can be used in fit functions as parameters. The interface
15 is implemented through the new virtual function
16 MParContainer::SetVariables
17
18 - added new class MArrivalTimeCam/MArrivalTimePix:
19 Storage containers to hold the ArrivalTime of the camera/pixel
20
21 - added new classes for the calibration of relative arrival times:
22 MCalibrationRelTimePix and MCalibrationRelTimeCam
23
24 - added new classes to extract the signal of the blind pixel and the
25 PIN Diode separately: MExtractBlindPixel and MExtractPINDiode
26
27 - added new classes for the bad-pixels treatment (MBadPixels*)
28 which are more powerfull than the old ones (MBlindPixel*)
29 and will replace them.
30
31 - added filter against cosmics: MFCosmics
32
33 - added new class MArrivalTimeCalc2:
34 Calculates the arrival time as the signal weighted mean of the time
35 slices in the maximum window
36
37 - added a new macro call pointspreadfucntion.C that fits with a 2D
38 gaussian the DC spot for an star. It gives you the RMS of
39 the PSF and the center of the star, very useful for misspointing
40 studies.
41
42 - added support for multi-telescope camera files. Added classes
43 MStereoCalc and MStereoPar, classes to calculate and store shower
44 parameters calculated from the data of two telescopes, for the MC
45 studies regarding the MAGIC clone.
46
47 - added MMcCalibrationCalc, MMcCalibrationUpdate, classes to obtain
48 MC data calibrated in photons instead of ADC counts.
49
50 - added three macros to show the calibration and analysis chain of
51 MC data. The macro starmc.C does both calibration and analysis, producing
52 an output containing Hillas parameters for each event. The macro
53 mccalibrate.C does just the calibration and writes out a file containing
54 pixel information in photons instead of FADC data. The macro starmc2.C
55 reads in such a file and produces an output with Hillas parameters.
56
57 - added MPedPhotCalc to compute pedestals in units of photons, see
58 macro pedphotcalc.C
59
60 - added all class to perform the calibration, see macro calibration.C
61
62 - added class MFFT to perform Fast Fourier Transforms
63
64 - added class MSimulatedAnnealing to perform simulated annealing
65 minimizations
66
67 - added new macro bootcampstandardanalysis.C which holds the skeleton
68 of the analysis chain discussed in the december bootcamp.
69
70 - added support for DAQ raw data file format V2
71
72 - implemented an arbitrary time stamp for the events from raw-data
73 files with file version<3. It is calculated from the run number,
74 the date of start and the FADC clock tick from the first module
75
76 - implemented the correct decoding of the event time-stamp
77 coming from the DAQ for raw-data files with file-version>2
78
79 - added a new classes storing the pedestals in units of photons:
80 MPedPhotPix, MPedPhotCam
81
82 - added support for DC current files from the camera control
83
84 - added support for start- and stop-time when merpping report files
85
86 - added MReportCC storing the weather data from the CC-REPORT
87
88 - added class to fill trainings and test matrices (MTFillMatrix)
89
90 - added a filter performing a software trigger (MFSoftwareTrigger)
91
92 - Added classes to perform parts of the standard analysis (Jobs):
93 + MJPedestals
94 + MJCalibration
95 + MJExtractSignal
96 Note: All of them are preliminary!
97
98 - Added Iterator to iterate over files giving only the run-number
99
100 - Added class (MHSectorVsTime) and example (sectorvstime.C) to plot
101 the evolution of a sector vs time
102
103
104
105 *** Version 0.8.3 (2003/12/05)
106
107 - adapted Random Forest classes to allow the use with MC
108 multi-telescope files which can be produced with the coming
109 camera version 0.7.
110
111 - added classes to read and interprete central control report files
112 (Directory: mreport, Base-Class: MReport, Reader: MReportFileRead, ...)
113
114 - enhanced merpp (the executable) to support .raw and .rep files.
115
116 - added classes for light calibration (MCalibration* and
117 MHCalibration*) by Markus Gaug. Further work has to be and will
118 be done soon.
119
120 - Added a preliminary 'synchronizer' (MReadReports) which will
121 replace MReadMarsFile as soon as it is finished.
122
123 - Added a tutorial macro demonstrating how report files are merpped
124 and how they can be read from the root file in the correct order
125 of time (readrep.C)
126
127 - Added a generalized histogram (similar to MH3) called MVsTime
128 which allows to plot variables (or rules - MDataChain - of
129 variables) vs time. For an example have a look at tempvstime.C.
130
131 - Changed the name of the event trees:
132 + Events --> Events
133 + PedEvents --> Pedestals
134 + CalEvents --> Calibration
135
136 - changed name of MTime in the event trees from MRawEvtTime to MTime
137
138 - added displaying the sector indices to the mars event display
139
140 - Magic Online Analysis (MOnA) implemented in a first version
141 (see mona.cc, MOnlineDump and MOnlineDisplay)
142
143 - added classes to calculate event rate
144 (preliminary: MEventRateCalc, MEventRate)
145
146 - added new executable 'readdaq' to read *.raw files from the DAQ directly
147
148 - added classes dealing with the telescope pointing position (MPointing*)
149
150 - implemented the 'final' Mars time stamp based on some experiences with
151 the new 'Synchonizer'
152
153
154
155 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
156
157 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
158 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
159 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
160
161 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
162 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
163 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
164
165 - added a new executable star which implements the
166 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
167 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
168
169 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
170 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
171 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
172
173 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
174 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
175
176 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
177
178
179
180 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
181
182 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
183 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
184 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
185 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
186
187 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
188 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
189
190 - added pedestal calculation
191
192 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
193 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
194
195 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
196
197 - added basic routines to apply padding
198
199 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
200 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
201
202 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
203 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
204
205 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
206 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
207
208 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
209 at all)
210
211 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
212 ignore files
213
214 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
215 to simulate the PMT camera
216
217 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
218 programs in the MC chain.
219
220 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
221 parameter in an eventloop.
222
223 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
224 location (Long, Lat, etc)
225
226 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
227
228 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
229 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
230
231 - added a new status display which can show the present status
232 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
233 an example can be found at status.C)
234
235 - reorganized directories:
236 classes describing the image --> mimage
237 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
238 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
239
240 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
241
242 - colors in logging output to screen
243
244 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
245 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
246 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
247 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
248 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
249
250 - reading of reflector files
251
252 - display data from reflector files in the camera
253
254 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
255
256 - logarithmic scale in camera
257
258 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
259
260
261
262 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
263
264 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
265
266 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
267 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
268 missing a single NN)
269
270 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
271 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
272 have any neighbour)
273
274 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
275 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
276 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
277 please ask Abelardo)
278
279 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
280 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
281
282 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
283
284 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
285 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
286 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
287 changed.
288
289 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
290 (MHMatrix)
291
292 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
293 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
294
295 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
296 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
297
298 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
299 event display gui.
300
301 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
302
303 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
304
305 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
306
307 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
308 to MHillas
309
310 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
311
312 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
313
314 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
315
316 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
317
318 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
319 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
320 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
321
322 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
323
324 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
325 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
326
327 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
328 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
329 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
330 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
331 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
332
333 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
334 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
335
336 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
337 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
338
339 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
340 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
341
342 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
343
344 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
345
346 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
347 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
348
349 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
350 (thanks to Raquel)
351
352 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
353 estfit.C) using a parametrization
354
355 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
356 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
357 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
358
359
360
361 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
362
363 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
364 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
365 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
366 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
367
368 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
369 for the collection area calculation
370
371 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
372 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
373
374 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
375 of one container
376
377 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
378 ascii file
379
380 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
381 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
382 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
383 hillas parameters)
384
385 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
386 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
387 see MHillas and MHillasExt
388
389 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
390 see MHillasSrc
391
392 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
393 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
394 all histograms)
395
396 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
397
398 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
399
400 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
401
402 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
403 an output stream instead of the whole container only
404
405 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
406 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
407
408 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
409 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
410
411 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
412 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
413
414 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
415
416 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
417 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
418 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
419
420 - Added:
421 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
422 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
423 they are needed in the flux calculation in
424 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
425 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
426 of Theta and the true energy
427
428 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
429 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
430 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
431 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
432 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
433 by unfolding
434
435 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
436
437
438
439 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
440
441 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
442 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
443 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
444
445 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
446
447 - Introduced verbosity levels
448
449 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
450
451 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
452 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
453
454 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
455 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
456
457 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
458
459 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
460
461 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
462 of a parameter container for each event
463
464 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
465
466 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
467
468 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
469 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
470 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
471
472 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
473 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
474 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
475
476
477
478 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
479
480 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
481
482 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
483 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
484
485 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
486 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
487 states
488
489 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
490 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
491
492 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
493
494 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
495 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
496
497 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
498 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
499
500 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
501 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
502 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
503
504 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
505 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
506
507 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
508 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
509
510 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
511 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
512
513
514
515 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
516
517 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
518
519 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
520
521 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
522
523 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
524
525 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
526
527 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
528
529 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
530
531 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
532
533 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
534 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
535
536
537
538 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
539
540 - Many demo macros added
541
542 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
543
544 - Hillas Calculation added
545
546 - Standard image cleaning available
547
548 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
549 (Remark: of the same structure)
550
551 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
552 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
553 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
554
555
556
557 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
558
559 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
560 gui with the command mars.
561
562
563
564 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
565
566 - First official release 0.1
567
568 - Changes:
569
570 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
571 while-loop
572
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