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1 -*-*- END -*-*-
2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 - new macros for database interaction: filldotrun.C, filldotrbk.C
5
6 - added new program which can convert colored output which was redirected
7 into a file back into colored text (for example to display it with
8 more): showlog
9
10 - Added support for Sequences (MSequence). Sequences are blocks of run
11 files containing the same calibration and belonging to the same
12 source
13
14 - Added a new task (MTaskEnv) which can be used in setup files to switch
15 between different tasks (for example to choose a signal extractor)
16
17 - Implemented automatic file splitting in MWriteRootFile
18
19 - After image cleaning an island index is assigned to all used pixels.
20 The index corresponds to the order of the islands in size.
21
22
23
24 *** Version 0.8.5 (2004/08/06)
25
26 - new Signal Extractors: MExtractFixedWindowSpline
27 nd MExtractAmplitudeSpline
28
29 - implementes interleave in merpp to be able to merpp parts of a file
30
31 - implemented force-functionality to merpp
32
33 - star display to display star catalogs (MAstroCatalog)
34
35 - star display to 'mirror' stars to the camera (MAstroCamera)
36
37 - implemented a new cleaning option which allows cleaning scaled with
38 the real ratio of the rms depending on the pixel size, not only the
39 square root of the pixelsize (MImgCleanStd, MCameraData)
40
41 - removed obsolete MBlind* classes
42
43 - Signal extractor taking the AB flag into account implemented (this makes
44 an odd number of slices for signal extraction possible
45 (MExtractSignalABcorr)
46
47 - implemented a class extracting the pedestal from the raw-data (events)
48 itself using empty lo-gain (MpedCalcFromLoGain)
49
50 - Added mean values to MPedPhotCam
51
52 - Added Makefile for Darwin (this OS is NOT officially supported!)
53
54
55
56 *** Version 0.8.4 (2004/04/19)
57
58 - new fast arrival time extractor using cubic splines:
59 MExtractTimeFastSpline
60
61 - implementes multi-argument support in MDataChain
62 ("pow(a, b)")
63
64 - implemented double reference support in MDataChain
65 ("MCameraLV.fPowerSupplyA.fVoltagePos5V")
66
67 - added support in MF for expressiond like
68 "MHillas.fWidth<2*<MHillas.fLength"
69
70 - MDataChain is now able to support variables like [0], [1], ...
71 which can be used in fit functions as parameters. The interface
72 is implemented through the new virtual function
73 MParContainer::SetVariables
74
75 - added new class MArrivalTimeCam/MArrivalTimePix:
76 Storage containers to hold the ArrivalTime of the camera/pixel
77
78 - added new classes for the calibration of relative arrival times:
79 MCalibrationRelTimePix and MCalibrationRelTimeCam
80
81 - added new classes to extract the signal of the blind pixel and the
82 PIN Diode separately: MExtractBlindPixel and MExtractPINDiode
83
84 - added new classes for the bad-pixels treatment (MBadPixels*)
85 which are more powerfull than the old ones (MBlindPixel*)
86 and will replace them.
87
88 - added filter against cosmics: MFCosmics
89
90 - added new class MArrivalTimeCalc2:
91 Calculates the arrival time as the signal weighted mean of the time
92 slices in the maximum window
93
94 - added a new macro call pointspreadfucntion.C that fits with a 2D
95 gaussian the DC spot for an star. It gives you the RMS of
96 the PSF and the center of the star, very useful for misspointing
97 studies.
98
99 - added support for multi-telescope camera files. Added classes
100 MStereoCalc and MStereoPar, classes to calculate and store shower
101 parameters calculated from the data of two telescopes, for the MC
102 studies regarding the MAGIC clone.
103
104 - added MMcCalibrationCalc, MMcCalibrationUpdate, classes to obtain
105 MC data calibrated in photons instead of ADC counts.
106
107 - added three macros to show the calibration and analysis chain of
108 MC data. The macro starmc.C does both calibration and analysis, producing
109 an output containing Hillas parameters for each event. The macro
110 mccalibrate.C does just the calibration and writes out a file containing
111 pixel information in photons instead of FADC data. The macro starmc2.C
112 reads in such a file and produces an output with Hillas parameters.
113
114 - added MPedPhotCalc to compute pedestals in units of photons, see
115 macro pedphotcalc.C
116
117 - added all class to perform the calibration, see macro calibration.C
118
119 - added class MFFT to perform Fast Fourier Transforms
120
121 - added class MSimulatedAnnealing to perform simulated annealing
122 minimizations
123
124 - added new macro bootcampstandardanalysis.C which holds the skeleton
125 of the analysis chain discussed in the december bootcamp.
126
127 - added support for DAQ raw data file format V2
128
129 - implemented an arbitrary time stamp for the events from raw-data
130 files with file version<3. It is calculated from the run number,
131 the date of start and the FADC clock tick from the first module
132
133 - implemented the correct decoding of the event time-stamp
134 coming from the DAQ for raw-data files with file-version>2
135
136 - added a new classes storing the pedestals in units of photons:
137 MPedPhotPix, MPedPhotCam
138
139 - added support for DC current files from the camera control
140
141 - added support for start- and stop-time when merpping report files
142
143 - added MReportCC storing the weather data from the CC-REPORT
144
145 - added class to fill trainings and test matrices (MTFillMatrix)
146
147 - added a filter performing a software trigger (MFSoftwareTrigger)
148
149 - Added classes to perform parts of the standard analysis (Jobs):
150 + MJPedestals
151 + MJCalibration
152 + MJExtractSignal
153 Note: All of them are preliminary!
154
155 - Added Iterator to iterate over files giving only the run-number
156
157 - Added class (MHSectorVsTime) and example (sectorvstime.C) to plot
158 the evolution of a sector vs time
159
160
161
162 *** Version 0.8.3 (2003/12/05)
163
164 - adapted Random Forest classes to allow the use with MC
165 multi-telescope files which can be produced with the coming
166 camera version 0.7.
167
168 - added classes to read and interprete central control report files
169 (Directory: mreport, Base-Class: MReport, Reader: MReportFileRead, ...)
170
171 - enhanced merpp (the executable) to support .raw and .rep files.
172
173 - added classes for light calibration (MCalibration* and
174 MHCalibration*) by Markus Gaug. Further work has to be and will
175 be done soon.
176
177 - Added a preliminary 'synchronizer' (MReadReports) which will
178 replace MReadMarsFile as soon as it is finished.
179
180 - Added a tutorial macro demonstrating how report files are merpped
181 and how they can be read from the root file in the correct order
182 of time (readrep.C)
183
184 - Added a generalized histogram (similar to MH3) called MVsTime
185 which allows to plot variables (or rules - MDataChain - of
186 variables) vs time. For an example have a look at tempvstime.C.
187
188 - Changed the name of the event trees:
189 + Events --> Events
190 + PedEvents --> Pedestals
191 + CalEvents --> Calibration
192
193 - changed name of MTime in the event trees from MRawEvtTime to MTime
194
195 - added displaying the sector indices to the mars event display
196
197 - Magic Online Analysis (MOnA) implemented in a first version
198 (see mona.cc, MOnlineDump and MOnlineDisplay)
199
200 - added classes to calculate event rate
201 (preliminary: MEventRateCalc, MEventRate)
202
203 - added new executable 'readdaq' to read *.raw files from the DAQ directly
204
205 - added classes dealing with the telescope pointing position (MPointing*)
206
207 - implemented the 'final' Mars time stamp based on some experiences with
208 the new 'Synchonizer'
209
210
211
212 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
213
214 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
215 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
216 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
217
218 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
219 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
220 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
221
222 - added a new executable star which implements the
223 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
224 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
225
226 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
227 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
228 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
229
230 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
231 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
232
233 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
234
235
236
237 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
238
239 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
240 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
241 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
242 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
243
244 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
245 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
246
247 - added pedestal calculation
248
249 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
250 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
251
252 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
253
254 - added basic routines to apply padding
255
256 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
257 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
258
259 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
260 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
261
262 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
263 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
264
265 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
266 at all)
267
268 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
269 ignore files
270
271 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
272 to simulate the PMT camera
273
274 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
275 programs in the MC chain.
276
277 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
278 parameter in an eventloop.
279
280 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
281 location (Long, Lat, etc)
282
283 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
284
285 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
286 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
287
288 - added a new status display which can show the present status
289 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
290 an example can be found at status.C)
291
292 - reorganized directories:
293 classes describing the image --> mimage
294 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
295 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
296
297 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
298
299 - colors in logging output to screen
300
301 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
302 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
303 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
304 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
305 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
306
307 - reading of reflector files
308
309 - display data from reflector files in the camera
310
311 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
312
313 - logarithmic scale in camera
314
315 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
316
317
318
319 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
320
321 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
322
323 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
324 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
325 missing a single NN)
326
327 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
328 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
329 have any neighbour)
330
331 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
332 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
333 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
334 please ask Abelardo)
335
336 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
337 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
338
339 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
340
341 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
342 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
343 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
344 changed.
345
346 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
347 (MHMatrix)
348
349 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
350 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
351
352 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
353 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
354
355 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
356 event display gui.
357
358 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
359
360 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
361
362 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
363
364 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
365 to MHillas
366
367 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
368
369 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
370
371 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
372
373 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
374
375 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
376 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
377 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
378
379 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
380
381 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
382 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
383
384 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
385 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
386 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
387 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
388 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
389
390 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
391 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
392
393 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
394 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
395
396 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
397 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
398
399 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
400
401 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
402
403 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
404 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
405
406 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
407 (thanks to Raquel)
408
409 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
410 estfit.C) using a parametrization
411
412 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
413 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
414 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
415
416
417
418 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
419
420 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
421 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
422 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
423 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
424
425 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
426 for the collection area calculation
427
428 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
429 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
430
431 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
432 of one container
433
434 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
435 ascii file
436
437 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
438 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
439 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
440 hillas parameters)
441
442 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
443 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
444 see MHillas and MHillasExt
445
446 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
447 see MHillasSrc
448
449 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
450 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
451 all histograms)
452
453 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
454
455 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
456
457 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
458
459 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
460 an output stream instead of the whole container only
461
462 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
463 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
464
465 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
466 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
467
468 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
469 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
470
471 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
472
473 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
474 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
475 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
476
477 - Added:
478 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
479 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
480 they are needed in the flux calculation in
481 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
482 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
483 of Theta and the true energy
484
485 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
486 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
487 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
488 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
489 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
490 by unfolding
491
492 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
493
494
495
496 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
497
498 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
499 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
500 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
501
502 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
503
504 - Introduced verbosity levels
505
506 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
507
508 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
509 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
510
511 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
512 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
513
514 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
515
516 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
517
518 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
519 of a parameter container for each event
520
521 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
522
523 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
524
525 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
526 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
527 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
528
529 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
530 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
531 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
532
533
534
535 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
536
537 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
538
539 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
540 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
541
542 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
543 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
544 states
545
546 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
547 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
548
549 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
550
551 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
552 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
553
554 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
555 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
556
557 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
558 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
559 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
560
561 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
562 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
563
564 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
565 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
566
567 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
568 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
569
570
571
572 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
573
574 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
575
576 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
577
578 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
579
580 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
581
582 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
583
584 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
585
586 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
587
588 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
589
590 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
591 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
592
593
594
595 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
596
597 - Many demo macros added
598
599 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
600
601 - Hillas Calculation added
602
603 - Standard image cleaning available
604
605 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
606 (Remark: of the same structure)
607
608 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
609 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
610 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
611
612
613
614 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
615
616 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
617 gui with the command mars.
618
619
620
621 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
622
623 - First official release 0.1
624
625 - Changes:
626
627 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
628 while-loop
629
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