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1 -*-*- END -*-*-
2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 - new macros for database interaction: filldotrun.C, filldotrbk.C
5
6 - added new program which can convert colored output which was redirected
7 into a file back into colored text (for example to display it with
8 more): showlog
9
10 - Added support for Sequences (MSequence). Sequences are blocks of run
11 files containing the same calibration and belonging to the same
12 source
13
14 - Added a new task (MTaskEnv) which can be used in setup files to switch
15 between different tasks (for example to choose a signal extractor)
16
17 - Implemented automatic file splitting in MWriteRootFile
18
19
20
21 *** Version 0.8.5 (2004/08/06)
22
23 - new Signal Extractors: MExtractFixedWindowSpline
24 nd MExtractAmplitudeSpline
25
26 - implementes interleave in merpp to be able to merpp parts of a file
27
28 - implemented force-functionality to merpp
29
30 - star display to display star catalogs (MAstroCatalog)
31
32 - star display to 'mirror' stars to the camera (MAstroCamera)
33
34 - implemented a new cleaning option which allows cleaning scaled with
35 the real ratio of the rms depending on the pixel size, not only the
36 square root of the pixelsize (MImgCleanStd, MCameraData)
37
38 - removed obsolete MBlind* classes
39
40 - Signal extractor taking the AB flag into account implemented (this makes
41 an odd number of slices for signal extraction possible
42 (MExtractSignalABcorr)
43
44 - implemented a class extracting the pedestal from the raw-data (events)
45 itself using empty lo-gain (MpedCalcFromLoGain)
46
47 - Added mean values to MPedPhotCam
48
49 - Added Makefile for Darwin (this OS is NOT officially supported!)
50
51
52
53 *** Version 0.8.4 (2004/04/19)
54
55 - new fast arrival time extractor using cubic splines:
56 MExtractTimeFastSpline
57
58 - implementes multi-argument support in MDataChain
59 ("pow(a, b)")
60
61 - implemented double reference support in MDataChain
62 ("MCameraLV.fPowerSupplyA.fVoltagePos5V")
63
64 - added support in MF for expressiond like
65 "MHillas.fWidth<2*<MHillas.fLength"
66
67 - MDataChain is now able to support variables like [0], [1], ...
68 which can be used in fit functions as parameters. The interface
69 is implemented through the new virtual function
70 MParContainer::SetVariables
71
72 - added new class MArrivalTimeCam/MArrivalTimePix:
73 Storage containers to hold the ArrivalTime of the camera/pixel
74
75 - added new classes for the calibration of relative arrival times:
76 MCalibrationRelTimePix and MCalibrationRelTimeCam
77
78 - added new classes to extract the signal of the blind pixel and the
79 PIN Diode separately: MExtractBlindPixel and MExtractPINDiode
80
81 - added new classes for the bad-pixels treatment (MBadPixels*)
82 which are more powerfull than the old ones (MBlindPixel*)
83 and will replace them.
84
85 - added filter against cosmics: MFCosmics
86
87 - added new class MArrivalTimeCalc2:
88 Calculates the arrival time as the signal weighted mean of the time
89 slices in the maximum window
90
91 - added a new macro call pointspreadfucntion.C that fits with a 2D
92 gaussian the DC spot for an star. It gives you the RMS of
93 the PSF and the center of the star, very useful for misspointing
94 studies.
95
96 - added support for multi-telescope camera files. Added classes
97 MStereoCalc and MStereoPar, classes to calculate and store shower
98 parameters calculated from the data of two telescopes, for the MC
99 studies regarding the MAGIC clone.
100
101 - added MMcCalibrationCalc, MMcCalibrationUpdate, classes to obtain
102 MC data calibrated in photons instead of ADC counts.
103
104 - added three macros to show the calibration and analysis chain of
105 MC data. The macro starmc.C does both calibration and analysis, producing
106 an output containing Hillas parameters for each event. The macro
107 mccalibrate.C does just the calibration and writes out a file containing
108 pixel information in photons instead of FADC data. The macro starmc2.C
109 reads in such a file and produces an output with Hillas parameters.
110
111 - added MPedPhotCalc to compute pedestals in units of photons, see
112 macro pedphotcalc.C
113
114 - added all class to perform the calibration, see macro calibration.C
115
116 - added class MFFT to perform Fast Fourier Transforms
117
118 - added class MSimulatedAnnealing to perform simulated annealing
119 minimizations
120
121 - added new macro bootcampstandardanalysis.C which holds the skeleton
122 of the analysis chain discussed in the december bootcamp.
123
124 - added support for DAQ raw data file format V2
125
126 - implemented an arbitrary time stamp for the events from raw-data
127 files with file version<3. It is calculated from the run number,
128 the date of start and the FADC clock tick from the first module
129
130 - implemented the correct decoding of the event time-stamp
131 coming from the DAQ for raw-data files with file-version>2
132
133 - added a new classes storing the pedestals in units of photons:
134 MPedPhotPix, MPedPhotCam
135
136 - added support for DC current files from the camera control
137
138 - added support for start- and stop-time when merpping report files
139
140 - added MReportCC storing the weather data from the CC-REPORT
141
142 - added class to fill trainings and test matrices (MTFillMatrix)
143
144 - added a filter performing a software trigger (MFSoftwareTrigger)
145
146 - Added classes to perform parts of the standard analysis (Jobs):
147 + MJPedestals
148 + MJCalibration
149 + MJExtractSignal
150 Note: All of them are preliminary!
151
152 - Added Iterator to iterate over files giving only the run-number
153
154 - Added class (MHSectorVsTime) and example (sectorvstime.C) to plot
155 the evolution of a sector vs time
156
157
158
159 *** Version 0.8.3 (2003/12/05)
160
161 - adapted Random Forest classes to allow the use with MC
162 multi-telescope files which can be produced with the coming
163 camera version 0.7.
164
165 - added classes to read and interprete central control report files
166 (Directory: mreport, Base-Class: MReport, Reader: MReportFileRead, ...)
167
168 - enhanced merpp (the executable) to support .raw and .rep files.
169
170 - added classes for light calibration (MCalibration* and
171 MHCalibration*) by Markus Gaug. Further work has to be and will
172 be done soon.
173
174 - Added a preliminary 'synchronizer' (MReadReports) which will
175 replace MReadMarsFile as soon as it is finished.
176
177 - Added a tutorial macro demonstrating how report files are merpped
178 and how they can be read from the root file in the correct order
179 of time (readrep.C)
180
181 - Added a generalized histogram (similar to MH3) called MVsTime
182 which allows to plot variables (or rules - MDataChain - of
183 variables) vs time. For an example have a look at tempvstime.C.
184
185 - Changed the name of the event trees:
186 + Events --> Events
187 + PedEvents --> Pedestals
188 + CalEvents --> Calibration
189
190 - changed name of MTime in the event trees from MRawEvtTime to MTime
191
192 - added displaying the sector indices to the mars event display
193
194 - Magic Online Analysis (MOnA) implemented in a first version
195 (see mona.cc, MOnlineDump and MOnlineDisplay)
196
197 - added classes to calculate event rate
198 (preliminary: MEventRateCalc, MEventRate)
199
200 - added new executable 'readdaq' to read *.raw files from the DAQ directly
201
202 - added classes dealing with the telescope pointing position (MPointing*)
203
204 - implemented the 'final' Mars time stamp based on some experiences with
205 the new 'Synchonizer'
206
207
208
209 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
210
211 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
212 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
213 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
214
215 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
216 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
217 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
218
219 - added a new executable star which implements the
220 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
221 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
222
223 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
224 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
225 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
226
227 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
228 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
229
230 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
231
232
233
234 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
235
236 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
237 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
238 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
239 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
240
241 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
242 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
243
244 - added pedestal calculation
245
246 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
247 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
248
249 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
250
251 - added basic routines to apply padding
252
253 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
254 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
255
256 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
257 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
258
259 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
260 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
261
262 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
263 at all)
264
265 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
266 ignore files
267
268 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
269 to simulate the PMT camera
270
271 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
272 programs in the MC chain.
273
274 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
275 parameter in an eventloop.
276
277 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
278 location (Long, Lat, etc)
279
280 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
281
282 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
283 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
284
285 - added a new status display which can show the present status
286 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
287 an example can be found at status.C)
288
289 - reorganized directories:
290 classes describing the image --> mimage
291 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
292 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
293
294 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
295
296 - colors in logging output to screen
297
298 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
299 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
300 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
301 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
302 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
303
304 - reading of reflector files
305
306 - display data from reflector files in the camera
307
308 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
309
310 - logarithmic scale in camera
311
312 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
313
314
315
316 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
317
318 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
319
320 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
321 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
322 missing a single NN)
323
324 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
325 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
326 have any neighbour)
327
328 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
329 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
330 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
331 please ask Abelardo)
332
333 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
334 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
335
336 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
337
338 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
339 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
340 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
341 changed.
342
343 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
344 (MHMatrix)
345
346 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
347 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
348
349 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
350 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
351
352 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
353 event display gui.
354
355 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
356
357 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
358
359 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
360
361 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
362 to MHillas
363
364 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
365
366 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
367
368 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
369
370 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
371
372 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
373 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
374 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
375
376 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
377
378 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
379 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
380
381 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
382 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
383 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
384 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
385 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
386
387 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
388 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
389
390 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
391 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
392
393 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
394 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
395
396 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
397
398 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
399
400 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
401 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
402
403 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
404 (thanks to Raquel)
405
406 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
407 estfit.C) using a parametrization
408
409 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
410 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
411 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
412
413
414
415 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
416
417 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
418 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
419 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
420 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
421
422 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
423 for the collection area calculation
424
425 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
426 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
427
428 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
429 of one container
430
431 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
432 ascii file
433
434 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
435 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
436 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
437 hillas parameters)
438
439 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
440 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
441 see MHillas and MHillasExt
442
443 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
444 see MHillasSrc
445
446 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
447 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
448 all histograms)
449
450 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
451
452 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
453
454 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
455
456 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
457 an output stream instead of the whole container only
458
459 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
460 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
461
462 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
463 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
464
465 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
466 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
467
468 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
469
470 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
471 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
472 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
473
474 - Added:
475 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
476 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
477 they are needed in the flux calculation in
478 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
479 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
480 of Theta and the true energy
481
482 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
483 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
484 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
485 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
486 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
487 by unfolding
488
489 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
490
491
492
493 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
494
495 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
496 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
497 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
498
499 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
500
501 - Introduced verbosity levels
502
503 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
504
505 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
506 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
507
508 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
509 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
510
511 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
512
513 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
514
515 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
516 of a parameter container for each event
517
518 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
519
520 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
521
522 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
523 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
524 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
525
526 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
527 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
528 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
529
530
531
532 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
533
534 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
535
536 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
537 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
538
539 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
540 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
541 states
542
543 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
544 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
545
546 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
547
548 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
549 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
550
551 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
552 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
553
554 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
555 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
556 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
557
558 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
559 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
560
561 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
562 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
563
564 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
565 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
566
567
568
569 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
570
571 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
572
573 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
574
575 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
576
577 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
578
579 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
580
581 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
582
583 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
584
585 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
586
587 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
588 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
589
590
591
592 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
593
594 - Many demo macros added
595
596 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
597
598 - Hillas Calculation added
599
600 - Standard image cleaning available
601
602 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
603 (Remark: of the same structure)
604
605 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
606 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
607 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
608
609
610
611 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
612
613 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
614 gui with the command mars.
615
616
617
618 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
619
620 - First official release 0.1
621
622 - Changes:
623
624 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
625 while-loop
626
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