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