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