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