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2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 - new macros for database interaction: filldotrun.C
5
6
7
8 *** Version <cvs>
9
10 - new Signal Extractors: MExtractFixedWindowSpline
11 nd MExtractAmplitudeSpline
12
13 - implementes interleave in merpp to be able to merpp parts of a file
14
15 - implemented force-functionality to merpp
16
17 - star display to display star catalogs (MAstroCatalog)
18
19 - star display to 'mirror' stars to the camera (MAstroCamera)
20
21 - implemented a new cleaning option which allows cleaning scaled with
22 the real ratio of the rms depending on the pixel size, not only the
23 square root of the pixelsize (MImgCleanStd, MCameraData)
24
25 - removed obsolete MBlind* classes
26
27 - Signal extractor taking the AB flag into account implemented (this makes
28 an odd number of slices for signal extraction possible
29 (MExtractSignalABcorr)
30
31 - implemented a class extracting the pedestal from the raw-data (events)
32 itself using empty lo-gain (MpedCalcFromLoGain)
33
34 - Added mean values to MPedPhotCam
35
36
37
38 *** Version 0.8.4 (2004/04/19)
39
40 - new fast arrival time extractor using cubic splines:
41 MExtractTimeFastSpline
42
43 - implementes multi-argument support in MDataChain
44 ("pow(a, b)")
45
46 - implemented double reference support in MDataChain
47 ("MCameraLV.fPowerSupplyA.fVoltagePos5V")
48
49 - added support in MF for expressiond like
50 "MHillas.fWidth<2*<MHillas.fLength"
51
52 - MDataChain is now able to support variables like [0], [1], ...
53 which can be used in fit functions as parameters. The interface
54 is implemented through the new virtual function
55 MParContainer::SetVariables
56
57 - added new class MArrivalTimeCam/MArrivalTimePix:
58 Storage containers to hold the ArrivalTime of the camera/pixel
59
60 - added new classes for the calibration of relative arrival times:
61 MCalibrationRelTimePix and MCalibrationRelTimeCam
62
63 - added new classes to extract the signal of the blind pixel and the
64 PIN Diode separately: MExtractBlindPixel and MExtractPINDiode
65
66 - added new classes for the bad-pixels treatment (MBadPixels*)
67 which are more powerfull than the old ones (MBlindPixel*)
68 and will replace them.
69
70 - added filter against cosmics: MFCosmics
71
72 - added new class MArrivalTimeCalc2:
73 Calculates the arrival time as the signal weighted mean of the time
74 slices in the maximum window
75
76 - added a new macro call pointspreadfucntion.C that fits with a 2D
77 gaussian the DC spot for an star. It gives you the RMS of
78 the PSF and the center of the star, very useful for misspointing
79 studies.
80
81 - added support for multi-telescope camera files. Added classes
82 MStereoCalc and MStereoPar, classes to calculate and store shower
83 parameters calculated from the data of two telescopes, for the MC
84 studies regarding the MAGIC clone.
85
86 - added MMcCalibrationCalc, MMcCalibrationUpdate, classes to obtain
87 MC data calibrated in photons instead of ADC counts.
88
89 - added three macros to show the calibration and analysis chain of
90 MC data. The macro starmc.C does both calibration and analysis, producing
91 an output containing Hillas parameters for each event. The macro
92 mccalibrate.C does just the calibration and writes out a file containing
93 pixel information in photons instead of FADC data. The macro starmc2.C
94 reads in such a file and produces an output with Hillas parameters.
95
96 - added MPedPhotCalc to compute pedestals in units of photons, see
97 macro pedphotcalc.C
98
99 - added all class to perform the calibration, see macro calibration.C
100
101 - added class MFFT to perform Fast Fourier Transforms
102
103 - added class MSimulatedAnnealing to perform simulated annealing
104 minimizations
105
106 - added new macro bootcampstandardanalysis.C which holds the skeleton
107 of the analysis chain discussed in the december bootcamp.
108
109 - added support for DAQ raw data file format V2
110
111 - implemented an arbitrary time stamp for the events from raw-data
112 files with file version<3. It is calculated from the run number,
113 the date of start and the FADC clock tick from the first module
114
115 - implemented the correct decoding of the event time-stamp
116 coming from the DAQ for raw-data files with file-version>2
117
118 - added a new classes storing the pedestals in units of photons:
119 MPedPhotPix, MPedPhotCam
120
121 - added support for DC current files from the camera control
122
123 - added support for start- and stop-time when merpping report files
124
125 - added MReportCC storing the weather data from the CC-REPORT
126
127 - added class to fill trainings and test matrices (MTFillMatrix)
128
129 - added a filter performing a software trigger (MFSoftwareTrigger)
130
131 - Added classes to perform parts of the standard analysis (Jobs):
132 + MJPedestals
133 + MJCalibration
134 + MJExtractSignal
135 Note: All of them are preliminary!
136
137 - Added Iterator to iterate over files giving only the run-number
138
139 - Added class (MHSectorVsTime) and example (sectorvstime.C) to plot
140 the evolution of a sector vs time
141
142
143
144 *** Version 0.8.3 (2003/12/05)
145
146 - adapted Random Forest classes to allow the use with MC
147 multi-telescope files which can be produced with the coming
148 camera version 0.7.
149
150 - added classes to read and interprete central control report files
151 (Directory: mreport, Base-Class: MReport, Reader: MReportFileRead, ...)
152
153 - enhanced merpp (the executable) to support .raw and .rep files.
154
155 - added classes for light calibration (MCalibration* and
156 MHCalibration*) by Markus Gaug. Further work has to be and will
157 be done soon.
158
159 - Added a preliminary 'synchronizer' (MReadReports) which will
160 replace MReadMarsFile as soon as it is finished.
161
162 - Added a tutorial macro demonstrating how report files are merpped
163 and how they can be read from the root file in the correct order
164 of time (readrep.C)
165
166 - Added a generalized histogram (similar to MH3) called MVsTime
167 which allows to plot variables (or rules - MDataChain - of
168 variables) vs time. For an example have a look at tempvstime.C.
169
170 - Changed the name of the event trees:
171 + Events --> Events
172 + PedEvents --> Pedestals
173 + CalEvents --> Calibration
174
175 - changed name of MTime in the event trees from MRawEvtTime to MTime
176
177 - added displaying the sector indices to the mars event display
178
179 - Magic Online Analysis (MOnA) implemented in a first version
180 (see mona.cc, MOnlineDump and MOnlineDisplay)
181
182 - added classes to calculate event rate
183 (preliminary: MEventRateCalc, MEventRate)
184
185 - added new executable 'readdaq' to read *.raw files from the DAQ directly
186
187 - added classes dealing with the telescope pointing position (MPointing*)
188
189 - implemented the 'final' Mars time stamp based on some experiences with
190 the new 'Synchonizer'
191
192
193
194 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
195
196 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
197 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
198 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
199
200 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
201 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
202 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
203
204 - added a new executable star which implements the
205 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
206 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
207
208 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
209 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
210 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
211
212 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
213 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
214
215 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
216
217
218
219 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
220
221 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
222 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
223 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
224 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
225
226 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
227 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
228
229 - added pedestal calculation
230
231 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
232 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
233
234 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
235
236 - added basic routines to apply padding
237
238 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
239 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
240
241 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
242 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
243
244 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
245 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
246
247 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
248 at all)
249
250 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
251 ignore files
252
253 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
254 to simulate the PMT camera
255
256 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
257 programs in the MC chain.
258
259 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
260 parameter in an eventloop.
261
262 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
263 location (Long, Lat, etc)
264
265 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
266
267 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
268 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
269
270 - added a new status display which can show the present status
271 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
272 an example can be found at status.C)
273
274 - reorganized directories:
275 classes describing the image --> mimage
276 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
277 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
278
279 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
280
281 - colors in logging output to screen
282
283 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
284 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
285 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
286 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
287 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
288
289 - reading of reflector files
290
291 - display data from reflector files in the camera
292
293 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
294
295 - logarithmic scale in camera
296
297 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
298
299
300
301 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
302
303 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
304
305 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
306 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
307 missing a single NN)
308
309 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
310 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
311 have any neighbour)
312
313 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
314 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
315 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
316 please ask Abelardo)
317
318 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
319 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
320
321 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
322
323 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
324 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
325 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
326 changed.
327
328 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
329 (MHMatrix)
330
331 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
332 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
333
334 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
335 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
336
337 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
338 event display gui.
339
340 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
341
342 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
343
344 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
345
346 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
347 to MHillas
348
349 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
350
351 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
352
353 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
354
355 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
356
357 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
358 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
359 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
360
361 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
362
363 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
364 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
365
366 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
367 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
368 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
369 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
370 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
371
372 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
373 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
374
375 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
376 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
377
378 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
379 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
380
381 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
382
383 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
384
385 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
386 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
387
388 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
389 (thanks to Raquel)
390
391 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
392 estfit.C) using a parametrization
393
394 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
395 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
396 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
397
398
399
400 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
401
402 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
403 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
404 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
405 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
406
407 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
408 for the collection area calculation
409
410 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
411 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
412
413 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
414 of one container
415
416 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
417 ascii file
418
419 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
420 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
421 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
422 hillas parameters)
423
424 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
425 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
426 see MHillas and MHillasExt
427
428 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
429 see MHillasSrc
430
431 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
432 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
433 all histograms)
434
435 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
436
437 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
438
439 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
440
441 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
442 an output stream instead of the whole container only
443
444 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
445 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
446
447 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
448 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
449
450 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
451 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
452
453 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
454
455 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
456 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
457 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
458
459 - Added:
460 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
461 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
462 they are needed in the flux calculation in
463 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
464 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
465 of Theta and the true energy
466
467 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
468 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
469 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
470 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
471 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
472 by unfolding
473
474 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
475
476
477
478 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
479
480 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
481 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
482 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
483
484 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
485
486 - Introduced verbosity levels
487
488 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
489
490 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
491 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
492
493 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
494 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
495
496 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
497
498 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
499
500 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
501 of a parameter container for each event
502
503 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
504
505 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
506
507 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
508 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
509 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
510
511 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
512 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
513 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
514
515
516
517 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
518
519 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
520
521 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
522 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
523
524 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
525 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
526 states
527
528 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
529 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
530
531 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
532
533 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
534 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
535
536 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
537 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
538
539 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
540 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
541 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
542
543 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
544 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
545
546 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
547 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
548
549 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
550 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
551
552
553
554 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
555
556 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
557
558 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
559
560 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
561
562 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
563
564 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
565
566 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
567
568 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
569
570 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
571
572 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
573 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
574
575
576
577 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
578
579 - Many demo macros added
580
581 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
582
583 - Hillas Calculation added
584
585 - Standard image cleaning available
586
587 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
588 (Remark: of the same structure)
589
590 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
591 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
592 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
593
594
595
596 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
597
598 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
599 gui with the command mars.
600
601
602
603 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
604
605 - First official release 0.1
606
607 - Changes:
608
609 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
610 while-loop
611
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