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