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