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2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 - The Report for the trigger section in the CC run summary has been
5 updated, and now the IPRs (Individual Pixel Rates) are available.
6
7 - new macros for database interaction: filldotrun.C, filldotrbk.C
8
9 - added new program which can convert colored output which was redirected
10 into a file back into colored text (for example to display it with
11 more): showlog
12
13 - added new program to display an MStatusArray of plots (stored with
14 MStatusDisplay) from a file: showplot
15
16 - Added support for Sequences (MSequence). Sequences are blocks of run
17 files containing the same calibration and belonging to the same
18 source
19
20 - Added a new task (MTaskEnv) which can be used in setup files to switch
21 between different tasks (for example to choose a signal extractor)
22
23 - Implemented automatic file splitting in MWriteRootFile
24
25 - After image cleaning an island index is assigned to all used pixels.
26 The index corresponds to the order of the islands in size.
27
28 - added a cleaning which takes signal height _and_ arrival time into
29 account: probability cleaning (for more details see MImgCleanStd)
30
31 - added a cleaning which takes takes the absolute number of photons
32 times the area ratio as cleaning level
33 (for more details see MImgCleanStd)
34
35 - Changed calculation of image parameters such, that it can be done
36 for all used pixels or the pixels with a defined island index only
37
38 - implemented new image parameters displaying the number of islands,
39 saturated hi-gain and lo-gain pixels (MImagePar, MHImagePar)
40
41 - event display in executable changed to support also calibrated files
42 (done with MJCalibrateSignal)
43
44 - added program doing the calibration and the signal extraction
45 and signal calibration: callisto Most part of the setup is done
46 by a resource file: callisto.rc
47
48 - implemented support for pixels with negative IDs (Raw file format
49 version 4)
50
51 - implemented an new option in merpp (--auto-time) to get the time
52 range for cc and/or caco data from the run header of the raw data
53
54 - New star-program (star and MJStar). Taking calibrated data from
55 callisto/MJCalibrateSignal as input. The setup is done through
56 a resource file: star.rc
57
58 - Added possibility to setup the eventloop in the mars-executable
59 Camera Display by a resource file: mars.rc
60
61 - The the mars-executable Camera Display can now also read
62 calibrated data files written by callisto/MJCalibrateSignal
63
64 - Added a new class which can calculate the source position in
65 the camera from a pointing model known to be correct and
66 the pointing model used for observations (MSrcPosFromModel)
67
68
69
70 *** Version 0.8.5 (2004/08/06)
71
72 - new Signal Extractors: MExtractFixedWindowSpline
73 and MExtractAmplitudeSpline
74
75 - implementes interleave in merpp to be able to merpp parts of a file
76
77 - implemented force-functionality to merpp
78
79 - star display to display star catalogs (MAstroCatalog)
80
81 - star display to 'mirror' stars to the camera (MAstroCamera)
82
83 - implemented a new cleaning option which allows cleaning scaled with
84 the real ratio of the rms depending on the pixel size, not only the
85 square root of the pixelsize (MImgCleanStd, MCameraData)
86
87 - removed obsolete MBlind* classes
88
89 - Signal extractor taking the AB flag into account implemented (this makes
90 an odd number of slices for signal extraction possible
91 (MExtractSignalABcorr)
92
93 - implemented a class extracting the pedestal from the raw-data (events)
94 itself using empty lo-gain (MpedCalcFromLoGain)
95
96 - Added mean values to MPedPhotCam
97
98 - Added Makefile for Darwin (this OS is NOT officially supported!)
99
100
101
102 *** Version 0.8.4 (2004/04/19)
103
104 - new fast arrival time extractor using cubic splines:
105 MExtractTimeFastSpline
106
107 - implementes multi-argument support in MDataChain
108 ("pow(a, b)")
109
110 - implemented double reference support in MDataChain
111 ("MCameraLV.fPowerSupplyA.fVoltagePos5V")
112
113 - added support in MF for expressiond like
114 "MHillas.fWidth<2*<MHillas.fLength"
115
116 - MDataChain is now able to support variables like [0], [1], ...
117 which can be used in fit functions as parameters. The interface
118 is implemented through the new virtual function
119 MParContainer::SetVariables
120
121 - added new class MArrivalTimeCam/MArrivalTimePix:
122 Storage containers to hold the ArrivalTime of the camera/pixel
123
124 - added new classes for the calibration of relative arrival times:
125 MCalibrationRelTimePix and MCalibrationRelTimeCam
126
127 - added new classes to extract the signal of the blind pixel and the
128 PIN Diode separately: MExtractBlindPixel and MExtractPINDiode
129
130 - added new classes for the bad-pixels treatment (MBadPixels*)
131 which are more powerfull than the old ones (MBlindPixel*)
132 and will replace them.
133
134 - added filter against cosmics: MFCosmics
135
136 - added new class MArrivalTimeCalc2:
137 Calculates the arrival time as the signal weighted mean of the time
138 slices in the maximum window
139
140 - added a new macro call pointspreadfucntion.C that fits with a 2D
141 gaussian the DC spot for an star. It gives you the RMS of
142 the PSF and the center of the star, very useful for misspointing
143 studies.
144
145 - added support for multi-telescope camera files. Added classes
146 MStereoCalc and MStereoPar, classes to calculate and store shower
147 parameters calculated from the data of two telescopes, for the MC
148 studies regarding the MAGIC clone.
149
150 - added MMcCalibrationCalc, MMcCalibrationUpdate, classes to obtain
151 MC data calibrated in photons instead of ADC counts.
152
153 - added three macros to show the calibration and analysis chain of
154 MC data. The macro starmc.C does both calibration and analysis, producing
155 an output containing Hillas parameters for each event. The macro
156 mccalibrate.C does just the calibration and writes out a file containing
157 pixel information in photons instead of FADC data. The macro starmc2.C
158 reads in such a file and produces an output with Hillas parameters.
159
160 - added MPedPhotCalc to compute pedestals in units of photons, see
161 macro pedphotcalc.C
162
163 - added all class to perform the calibration, see macro calibration.C
164
165 - added class MFFT to perform Fast Fourier Transforms
166
167 - added class MSimulatedAnnealing to perform simulated annealing
168 minimizations
169
170 - added new macro bootcampstandardanalysis.C which holds the skeleton
171 of the analysis chain discussed in the december bootcamp.
172
173 - added support for DAQ raw data file format V2
174
175 - implemented an arbitrary time stamp for the events from raw-data
176 files with file version<3. It is calculated from the run number,
177 the date of start and the FADC clock tick from the first module
178
179 - implemented the correct decoding of the event time-stamp
180 coming from the DAQ for raw-data files with file-version>2
181
182 - added a new classes storing the pedestals in units of photons:
183 MPedPhotPix, MPedPhotCam
184
185 - added support for DC current files from the camera control
186
187 - added support for start- and stop-time when merpping report files
188
189 - added MReportCC storing the weather data from the CC-REPORT
190
191 - added class to fill trainings and test matrices (MTFillMatrix)
192
193 - added a filter performing a software trigger (MFSoftwareTrigger)
194
195 - Added classes to perform parts of the standard analysis (Jobs):
196 + MJPedestals
197 + MJCalibration
198 + MJExtractSignal
199 Note: All of them are preliminary!
200
201 - Added Iterator to iterate over files giving only the run-number
202
203 - Added class (MHSectorVsTime) and example (sectorvstime.C) to plot
204 the evolution of a sector vs time
205
206
207
208 *** Version 0.8.3 (2003/12/05)
209
210 - adapted Random Forest classes to allow the use with MC
211 multi-telescope files which can be produced with the coming
212 camera version 0.7.
213
214 - added classes to read and interprete central control report files
215 (Directory: mreport, Base-Class: MReport, Reader: MReportFileRead, ...)
216
217 - enhanced merpp (the executable) to support .raw and .rep files.
218
219 - added classes for light calibration (MCalibration* and
220 MHCalibration*) by Markus Gaug. Further work has to be and will
221 be done soon.
222
223 - Added a preliminary 'synchronizer' (MReadReports) which will
224 replace MReadMarsFile as soon as it is finished.
225
226 - Added a tutorial macro demonstrating how report files are merpped
227 and how they can be read from the root file in the correct order
228 of time (readrep.C)
229
230 - Added a generalized histogram (similar to MH3) called MVsTime
231 which allows to plot variables (or rules - MDataChain - of
232 variables) vs time. For an example have a look at tempvstime.C.
233
234 - Changed the name of the event trees:
235 + Events --> Events
236 + PedEvents --> Pedestals
237 + CalEvents --> Calibration
238
239 - changed name of MTime in the event trees from MRawEvtTime to MTime
240
241 - added displaying the sector indices to the mars event display
242
243 - Magic Online Analysis (MOnA) implemented in a first version
244 (see mona.cc, MOnlineDump and MOnlineDisplay)
245
246 - added classes to calculate event rate
247 (preliminary: MEventRateCalc, MEventRate)
248
249 - added new executable 'readdaq' to read *.raw files from the DAQ directly
250
251 - added classes dealing with the telescope pointing position (MPointing*)
252
253 - implemented the 'final' Mars time stamp based on some experiences with
254 the new 'Synchonizer'
255
256
257
258 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
259
260 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
261 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
262 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
263
264 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
265 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
266 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
267
268 - added a new executable star which implements the
269 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
270 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
271
272 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
273 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
274 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
275
276 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
277 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
278
279 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
280
281
282
283 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
284
285 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
286 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
287 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
288 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
289
290 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
291 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
292
293 - added pedestal calculation
294
295 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
296 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
297
298 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
299
300 - added basic routines to apply padding
301
302 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
303 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
304
305 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
306 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
307
308 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
309 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
310
311 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
312 at all)
313
314 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
315 ignore files
316
317 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
318 to simulate the PMT camera
319
320 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
321 programs in the MC chain.
322
323 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
324 parameter in an eventloop.
325
326 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
327 location (Long, Lat, etc)
328
329 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
330
331 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
332 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
333
334 - added a new status display which can show the present status
335 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
336 an example can be found at status.C)
337
338 - reorganized directories:
339 classes describing the image --> mimage
340 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
341 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
342
343 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
344
345 - colors in logging output to screen
346
347 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
348 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
349 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
350 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
351 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
352
353 - reading of reflector files
354
355 - display data from reflector files in the camera
356
357 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
358
359 - logarithmic scale in camera
360
361 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
362
363
364
365 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
366
367 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
368
369 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
370 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
371 missing a single NN)
372
373 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
374 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
375 have any neighbour)
376
377 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
378 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
379 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
380 please ask Abelardo)
381
382 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
383 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
384
385 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
386
387 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
388 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
389 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
390 changed.
391
392 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
393 (MHMatrix)
394
395 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
396 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
397
398 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
399 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
400
401 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
402 event display gui.
403
404 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
405
406 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
407
408 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
409
410 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
411 to MHillas
412
413 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
414
415 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
416
417 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
418
419 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
420
421 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
422 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
423 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
424
425 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
426
427 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
428 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
429
430 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
431 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
432 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
433 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
434 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
435
436 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
437 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
438
439 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
440 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
441
442 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
443 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
444
445 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
446
447 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
448
449 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
450 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
451
452 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
453 (thanks to Raquel)
454
455 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
456 estfit.C) using a parametrization
457
458 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
459 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
460 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
461
462
463
464 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
465
466 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
467 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
468 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
469 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
470
471 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
472 for the collection area calculation
473
474 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
475 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
476
477 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
478 of one container
479
480 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
481 ascii file
482
483 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
484 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
485 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
486 hillas parameters)
487
488 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
489 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
490 see MHillas and MHillasExt
491
492 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
493 see MHillasSrc
494
495 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
496 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
497 all histograms)
498
499 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
500
501 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
502
503 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
504
505 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
506 an output stream instead of the whole container only
507
508 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
509 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
510
511 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
512 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
513
514 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
515 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
516
517 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
518
519 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
520 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
521 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
522
523 - Added:
524 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
525 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
526 they are needed in the flux calculation in
527 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
528 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
529 of Theta and the true energy
530
531 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
532 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
533 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
534 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
535 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
536 by unfolding
537
538 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
539
540
541
542 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
543
544 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
545 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
546 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
547
548 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
549
550 - Introduced verbosity levels
551
552 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
553
554 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
555 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
556
557 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
558 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
559
560 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
561
562 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
563
564 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
565 of a parameter container for each event
566
567 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
568
569 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
570
571 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
572 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
573 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
574
575 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
576 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
577 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
578
579
580
581 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
582
583 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
584
585 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
586 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
587
588 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
589 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
590 states
591
592 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
593 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
594
595 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
596
597 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
598 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
599
600 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
601 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
602
603 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
604 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
605 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
606
607 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
608 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
609
610 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
611 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
612
613 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
614 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
615
616
617
618 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
619
620 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
621
622 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
623
624 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
625
626 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
627
628 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
629
630 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
631
632 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
633
634 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
635
636 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
637 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
638
639
640
641 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
642
643 - Many demo macros added
644
645 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
646
647 - Hillas Calculation added
648
649 - Standard image cleaning available
650
651 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
652 (Remark: of the same structure)
653
654 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
655 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
656 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
657
658
659
660 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
661
662 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
663 gui with the command mars.
664
665
666
667 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
668
669 - First official release 0.1
670
671 - Changes:
672
673 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
674 while-loop
675
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