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