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2 *** Version <cvs>
3
4 - New combined signal and time extractor MExtractTimeAndChargeDigitalFilter
5
6 - The Report for the trigger section in the CC run summary has been
7 updated, and now the IPRs (Individual Pixel Rates) are available.
8
9 - new macros for database interaction: filldotrun.C, filldotrbk.C
10
11 - added new program which can convert colored output which was redirected
12 into a file back into colored text (for example to display it with
13 more): showlog
14
15 - added new program to display an MStatusArray of plots (stored with
16 MStatusDisplay) from a file: showplot
17
18 - Added support for Sequences (MSequence). Sequences are blocks of run
19 files containing the same calibration and belonging to the same
20 source
21
22 - Added a new task (MTaskEnv) which can be used in setup files to switch
23 between different tasks (for example to choose a signal extractor)
24
25 - Implemented automatic file splitting in MWriteRootFile
26
27 - After image cleaning an island index is assigned to all used pixels.
28 The index corresponds to the order of the islands in size.
29
30 - added a cleaning which takes signal height _and_ arrival time into
31 account: probability cleaning (for more details see MImgCleanStd)
32
33 - added a cleaning which takes takes the absolute number of photons
34 times the area ratio as cleaning level
35 (for more details see MImgCleanStd)
36
37 - Changed calculation of image parameters such, that it can be done
38 for all used pixels or the pixels with a defined island index only
39
40 - implemented new image parameters displaying the number of islands,
41 saturated hi-gain and lo-gain pixels (MImagePar, MHImagePar)
42
43 - event display in executable changed to support also calibrated files
44 (done with MJCalibrateSignal)
45
46 - added program doing the calibration and the signal extraction
47 and signal calibration: callisto Most part of the setup is done
48 by a resource file: callisto.rc
49
50 - implemented support for pixels with negative IDs (Raw file format
51 version 4)
52
53 - implemented an new option in merpp (--auto-time) to get the time
54 range for cc and/or caco data from the run header of the raw data
55
56 - New star-program (star and MJStar). Taking calibrated data from
57 callisto/MJCalibrateSignal as input. The setup is done through
58 a resource file: star.rc
59
60 - Added possibility to setup the eventloop in the mars-executable
61 Camera Display by a resource file: mars.rc
62
63 - The the mars-executable Camera Display can now also read
64 calibrated data files written by callisto/MJCalibrateSignal
65
66 - Added a new class which can calculate the source position in
67 the camera from a pointing model known to be correct and
68 the pointing model used for observations (MSrcPosFromModel)
69
70 - added a new version of the class calculating the effective on-time
71 MHEffectiveOnTime. It unifies the old classes MHEffOnTime,
72 MHEffOnTimeTime, MHEffOnTimeTheta, MHTimeDiff, MHTimeDiffTime and
73 MHTimeDiffTheta.
74
75
76
77 *** Version 0.8.5 (2004/08/06)
78
79 - new Signal Extractors: MExtractFixedWindowSpline
80 and MExtractAmplitudeSpline
81
82 - implementes interleave in merpp to be able to merpp parts of a file
83
84 - implemented force-functionality to merpp
85
86 - star display to display star catalogs (MAstroCatalog)
87
88 - star display to 'mirror' stars to the camera (MAstroCamera)
89
90 - implemented a new cleaning option which allows cleaning scaled with
91 the real ratio of the rms depending on the pixel size, not only the
92 square root of the pixelsize (MImgCleanStd, MCameraData)
93
94 - removed obsolete MBlind* classes
95
96 - Signal extractor taking the AB flag into account implemented (this makes
97 an odd number of slices for signal extraction possible
98 (MExtractSignalABcorr)
99
100 - implemented a class extracting the pedestal from the raw-data (events)
101 itself using empty lo-gain (MpedCalcFromLoGain)
102
103 - Added mean values to MPedPhotCam
104
105 - Added Makefile for Darwin (this OS is NOT officially supported!)
106
107
108
109 *** Version 0.8.4 (2004/04/19)
110
111 - new fast arrival time extractor using cubic splines:
112 MExtractTimeFastSpline
113
114 - implementes multi-argument support in MDataChain
115 ("pow(a, b)")
116
117 - implemented double reference support in MDataChain
118 ("MCameraLV.fPowerSupplyA.fVoltagePos5V")
119
120 - added support in MF for expressiond like
121 "MHillas.fWidth<2*<MHillas.fLength"
122
123 - MDataChain is now able to support variables like [0], [1], ...
124 which can be used in fit functions as parameters. The interface
125 is implemented through the new virtual function
126 MParContainer::SetVariables
127
128 - added new class MArrivalTimeCam/MArrivalTimePix:
129 Storage containers to hold the ArrivalTime of the camera/pixel
130
131 - added new classes for the calibration of relative arrival times:
132 MCalibrationRelTimePix and MCalibrationRelTimeCam
133
134 - added new classes to extract the signal of the blind pixel and the
135 PIN Diode separately: MExtractBlindPixel and MExtractPINDiode
136
137 - added new classes for the bad-pixels treatment (MBadPixels*)
138 which are more powerfull than the old ones (MBlindPixel*)
139 and will replace them.
140
141 - added filter against cosmics: MFCosmics
142
143 - added new class MArrivalTimeCalc2:
144 Calculates the arrival time as the signal weighted mean of the time
145 slices in the maximum window
146
147 - added a new macro call pointspreadfucntion.C that fits with a 2D
148 gaussian the DC spot for an star. It gives you the RMS of
149 the PSF and the center of the star, very useful for misspointing
150 studies.
151
152 - added support for multi-telescope camera files. Added classes
153 MStereoCalc and MStereoPar, classes to calculate and store shower
154 parameters calculated from the data of two telescopes, for the MC
155 studies regarding the MAGIC clone.
156
157 - added MMcCalibrationCalc, MMcCalibrationUpdate, classes to obtain
158 MC data calibrated in photons instead of ADC counts.
159
160 - added three macros to show the calibration and analysis chain of
161 MC data. The macro starmc.C does both calibration and analysis, producing
162 an output containing Hillas parameters for each event. The macro
163 mccalibrate.C does just the calibration and writes out a file containing
164 pixel information in photons instead of FADC data. The macro starmc2.C
165 reads in such a file and produces an output with Hillas parameters.
166
167 - added MPedPhotCalc to compute pedestals in units of photons, see
168 macro pedphotcalc.C
169
170 - added all class to perform the calibration, see macro calibration.C
171
172 - added class MFFT to perform Fast Fourier Transforms
173
174 - added class MSimulatedAnnealing to perform simulated annealing
175 minimizations
176
177 - added new macro bootcampstandardanalysis.C which holds the skeleton
178 of the analysis chain discussed in the december bootcamp.
179
180 - added support for DAQ raw data file format V2
181
182 - implemented an arbitrary time stamp for the events from raw-data
183 files with file version<3. It is calculated from the run number,
184 the date of start and the FADC clock tick from the first module
185
186 - implemented the correct decoding of the event time-stamp
187 coming from the DAQ for raw-data files with file-version>2
188
189 - added a new classes storing the pedestals in units of photons:
190 MPedPhotPix, MPedPhotCam
191
192 - added support for DC current files from the camera control
193
194 - added support for start- and stop-time when merpping report files
195
196 - added MReportCC storing the weather data from the CC-REPORT
197
198 - added class to fill trainings and test matrices (MTFillMatrix)
199
200 - added a filter performing a software trigger (MFSoftwareTrigger)
201
202 - Added classes to perform parts of the standard analysis (Jobs):
203 + MJPedestals
204 + MJCalibration
205 + MJExtractSignal
206 Note: All of them are preliminary!
207
208 - Added Iterator to iterate over files giving only the run-number
209
210 - Added class (MHSectorVsTime) and example (sectorvstime.C) to plot
211 the evolution of a sector vs time
212
213
214
215 *** Version 0.8.3 (2003/12/05)
216
217 - adapted Random Forest classes to allow the use with MC
218 multi-telescope files which can be produced with the coming
219 camera version 0.7.
220
221 - added classes to read and interprete central control report files
222 (Directory: mreport, Base-Class: MReport, Reader: MReportFileRead, ...)
223
224 - enhanced merpp (the executable) to support .raw and .rep files.
225
226 - added classes for light calibration (MCalibration* and
227 MHCalibration*) by Markus Gaug. Further work has to be and will
228 be done soon.
229
230 - Added a preliminary 'synchronizer' (MReadReports) which will
231 replace MReadMarsFile as soon as it is finished.
232
233 - Added a tutorial macro demonstrating how report files are merpped
234 and how they can be read from the root file in the correct order
235 of time (readrep.C)
236
237 - Added a generalized histogram (similar to MH3) called MVsTime
238 which allows to plot variables (or rules - MDataChain - of
239 variables) vs time. For an example have a look at tempvstime.C.
240
241 - Changed the name of the event trees:
242 + Events --> Events
243 + PedEvents --> Pedestals
244 + CalEvents --> Calibration
245
246 - changed name of MTime in the event trees from MRawEvtTime to MTime
247
248 - added displaying the sector indices to the mars event display
249
250 - Magic Online Analysis (MOnA) implemented in a first version
251 (see mona.cc, MOnlineDump and MOnlineDisplay)
252
253 - added classes to calculate event rate
254 (preliminary: MEventRateCalc, MEventRate)
255
256 - added new executable 'readdaq' to read *.raw files from the DAQ directly
257
258 - added classes dealing with the telescope pointing position (MPointing*)
259
260 - implemented the 'final' Mars time stamp based on some experiences with
261 the new 'Synchonizer'
262
263
264
265 *** Version 0.8.2 (2003/11/10)
266
267 - accelerated standard analysis by a factor of 6-8 ...
268 + doing precalculations in MGeomCam for the pixel area ratio
269 + creating a look up table for the single pixels in MCerPhotEvt
270
271 - added task to calculates weights in case you want to 'change'
272 the energy spectrum of a monte carlo file
273 (MMcWeightEnergySpecCalc - Great work from Marcos Lopez Moya)
274
275 - added a new executable star which implements the
276 star.C macro as precompiled executable. Currently a flexible
277 setup is not possible, but a 'input card' setup will follow.
278
279 - Starting to implement Multi-Telescope-Support based on the
280 upcomming camera version 0.7. The base for a general support
281 is implemented and the star-functionality is proven to work.
282
283 - Replaced Event-Display in and Camera-Display in the Mars GUI
284 executable by a more convinient display base on MStatusDisplay.
285
286 - fixed the algorithm for the blind pixel treatment (MBlindPixelCalc)
287
288
289
290 *** Version 0.8.1 (2003/10/20)
291
292 - added signal subtraction for pure on data by means of fitting
293 the background in the off region or by performing a combined
294 signal/background fit. Provides necessary histograms for
295 obtaining energy spectra and a light curve.
296
297 - added classes to perform and study the selection of the
298 2nd Level Trigger on MC data (example in triglvl2.C macro)
299
300 - added pedestal calculation
301
302 - implemented "democratic cleaning" (tail cut value proportional
303 to pixel area) according to Wolfgang's suggestion.
304
305 - added Sigmabar treatment (calculation and basic histogramming)
306
307 - added basic routines to apply padding
308
309 - added first implementation of MARS-based source visibility plotter
310 (needs to be linked against slalib, preliminary version)
311
312 - enhanced functionality of data chains: random numbers, conversion
313 functions and access to MHMatrix objects
314
315 - fixed some bugs in the CT1 Preproc file reader, which gave wrong
316 numbers under certain circumstances (runs with 0 events included)
317
318 - fixed a bug in the general filter MF (didn't work on some systems
319 at all)
320
321 - fixed a bug in chaining files, which caused the analysis to crash or
322 ignore files
323
324 - implemented more geometry classes describing the parameters used
325 to simulate the PMT camera
326
327 - added new Monte Carlo classes containing the setup of the different
328 programs in the MC chain.
329
330 - added a (preliminary) general task to evaluate chi-square of a given
331 parameter in an eventloop.
332
333 - first implementation of a container describing the observatory
334 location (Long, Lat, etc)
335
336 - added Random Forest - method for g/h-separation
337
338 - made compatible with the latest PRO version of root (3.04/02 and 3.05/07)
339 (this means, that it is compiling, but not yet fully tested)
340
341 - added a new status display which can show the present status
342 of histograms while an eventloop is running (MStatusDisplay,
343 an example can be found at status.C)
344
345 - reorganized directories:
346 classes describing the image --> mimage
347 classes containing Monte Carlo Histograms --> mhistmc
348 classes for Random Forest method --> mranforest
349
350 - added (event-)weights to fill histograms
351
352 - colors in logging output to screen
353
354 - changes to the Image Parameter declaration:
355 + moved fConc, fConc1 from MHillasSrc to MNewImagePar
356 + moved fNumUsedPix, fNumCorePix from MHillas to MNewImagePar
357 + MHillasExt now derives from MParContainer instead of MHillas
358 --> Files written with the old definition are more or less unreadable
359
360 - reading of reflector files
361
362 - display data from reflector files in the camera
363
364 - implemented currents (and display them in the camera)
365
366 - logarithmic scale in camera
367
368 - added class to iterate through directory contents (MDirIter)
369
370
371
372 *** Version 0.8 (2002/11/18)
373
374 - added all subdirectories as Include-Paths for ACLIC (s. rootlogon.C)
375
376 - corrected 48(!) wrong entries in the Next Neighbor table of the
377 Magic Camera (all in the inner part of the outer ring, mostly
378 missing a single NN)
379
380 - Fixed a bug in the table describing the Next Neighbours of the
381 CT1 camera (a pixel 127 doesn't exist and the pixel 126 didn't
382 have any neighbour)
383
384 - changed trigrate.C: now it calculates the pure NSB triggers from
385 a camera file (generated with no showers), so there is no need
386 to introduce them by hand in the BgR array (for more details
387 please ask Abelardo)
388
389 - added MHHadronness (and MHadronness) as a general facility to evaluate
390 the quality of a gamma-hadron seperation method
391
392 - changed MWriteAsciiFile to accept rules (MDataChain)
393
394 - Calls to MWriteAsciiFile::AddContainer and MWriteAsciiFile::AddRule
395 must be replaced by calles to MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumn and
396 MWriteAsciiFile::AddColumns. Be carefull, the arguments have slightly
397 changed.
398
399 - Implemented generalized event-matrices (one row per event)
400 (MHMatrix)
401
402 - implemented the one dimensional composite probabilities
403 (MHCompProb, MCompProbCalc, comprob.C)
404
405 - implemented the Multidimensional Distances (Next Neighbours, Kernel)
406 (MMultiDimDistCalc, multidimdist.C, multidimdist2.C, MHMatrix)
407
408 - Added a camera display displaying the pixel numbers to the
409 event display gui.
410
411 - Added Monte Carlo Informations to event display gui
412
413 - Changed the camera display to display the pixel numbering
414
415 - Added three buttons to the camera display to change the palette
416
417 - Added the number of used and core pixels after image cleaning
418 to MHillas
419
420 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillas according to TDAS 02-03
421
422 - Changed the Alpha range according to TDAS 02-03 to [-90°,90°]
423
424 - Changed the algorithm used in MHillasSrc according to TDAS 02-03
425
426 - Added fCosDeltaAlpha to MHillasSrc
427
428 - The numbers of photons used to calculate fConc and fConc1 in
429 MHillasExt are now scaled with the pixel size, so that one get
430 a four times smaller value for the bigger pixels in the outer ring.
431
432 - added new task to smooth the camera contents (MCameraSmooth)
433
434 - added possibility to use interpolated pixel values for blind pixels
435 instead of removing it completely from the analysis
436
437 - Implemented the possibility to save the whole eventloop with
438 its setup to a file. This information can be read and from
439 it you can (re)create a Macro. See MEvtLoop::Read, MEvtLoop::Write
440 and MEvtLoop::MakeMacro. If you find something not working, please
441 report - this stuff is still in a beta phase.
442
443 - MBlindPixelCalc set all Ceta-Tauri pixels to unused not only for the
444 file having crab starfield, but also for all following files - fixed
445
446 - MTaskList::PrintStatistics can now be instructud to print also the
447 title, too: use PrintStatistics(0, kTRUE)
448
449 - Changed the image cleaning so that pixels with to many 'used'
450 neighbors are left used (to get rid of 'holes' in events)
451
452 - Introduced more output to the camera displays
453
454 - Added an array of histograms (eg one hist per run), MHArray
455
456 - Added a _preliminary_ version of the reader for CT1 PreProc files
457 (MCT1ReadPreProc)
458
459 - Fixed the error calculation of MHMCollectionArea and MHMcIntRate
460 (thanks to Raquel)
461
462 - added the first energy estimator (MEnergyEstParam, estimate.C,
463 estfit.C) using a parametrization
464
465 - Added some new Monte Carlo paremeter containers used to store
466 setup information from the MC chain (MMcConfigRunHeader,
467 MMcCorsikaRunHeader, MGeomPMT, MGeomMirror)
468
469
470
471 *** Version 0.7 (2002/04/30)
472
473 - added a bugfix to MCerPhotCalc. In older camera versions (<=40)
474 the pedestal mean value was saved incorrectly. For files from
475 this versions we substract 0.5 from the pedestal mean.
476 WARNING: This may effect your results, so don't wonder...
477
478 - First implementation of an algorithm using only triggered events
479 for the collection area calculation
480
481 - Ascii Output can now also be used for parameter containers which
482 doesn't overload MParCointainer::AsciiWrite
483
484 - The Ascii Output is now also capable of writing single data members
485 of one container
486
487 - You are now able to change the order of the values written to the
488 ascii file
489
490 - You can now specify a conversion factor for each data member written
491 to an ascii file. This may be usefull to change the units of the
492 data member (eg. degrees instead of millimeters in case of the
493 hillas parameters)
494
495 - Replaced old MHillas by a new structure which allows you to extend
496 the parameters stored in MHillas very easily:
497 see MHillas and MHillasExt
498
499 - Added classes to handle source dependancy of image parameters:
500 see MHillasSrc
501
502 - Added container (MBinning) to have a standard input for the binning
503 in different histograms (eg. the Energy bins should be the same in
504 all histograms)
505
506 - Changed Hillas histograms from mm to deg
507
508 - Added the flexible binning to the hillas histograms
509
510 - Added a filter for the alpha parameter (MFAlpha)
511
512 - It is now possible to write single data members of a class object to
513 an output stream instead of the whole container only
514
515 - Added a generalized filter for a data member:
516 MFDataMember filter("MHillas.fWidth", '<', 0.5);
517
518 - Added a generalized Filter parser for more difficult filter rules
519 MF filter("MHillas.fWidth<0.5 && MHillas.fLength>0.5");
520
521 - Added new Monte Carlo histograms:
522 MHMcEnergyImpact and MHMcEfficiency
523
524 - Added many new histograms needed for the flux calculation.
525
526 - Added a generalized histograms which can fill and show up to three
527 data members in either a one-, two- or three-dimensional histogram, eg:
528 MH3 mh3("MHillas.fWidth", "MHillas.fLength");
529
530 - Added:
531 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of Theta (MHThetabarTheta)
532 * calculation of <Theta> as a function of time (MHThetabarTime)
533 they are needed in the flux calculation in
534 order to select for a given bin in Theta (or time) the appropriate
535 effective collection area, which is assumed to be given as a function
536 of Theta and the true energy
537
538 - Added calculation of the migration matrix in the energy
539 (MHMcEnergyMigration):
540 the migration matrix describes the migration from the true (E_true)
541 to the estimated energy (E_est); it is needed to determine the
542 distribution of E_true from the measured distribution of E_est
543 by unfolding
544
545 - changed the color palette in the camera display to DeapSea.
546
547
548
549 *** Version 0.6 (2002/01/15)
550
551 - Introduce the option of disable pixels (MBlindPixels and
552 MBlindPixelCalc) for the analysis (eg MHillasCalc) to be
553 able to deal with Star Field NSB.
554
555 - Fixed a bug in the pedestals substraction
556
557 - Introduced verbosity levels
558
559 - Introduced a task (MReadMarsFile) which reads the RunHeader tree, too.
560
561 - Fixed several bugs in MFTriggerLvl1 which caused to filter not to
562 work correctly (thanks to Abelardo)
563
564 - Introduced correct treatment of the diffuse Night Sky Background
565 and NSB (MMcPedestalNSB)
566
567 - Corrected treatment of the electronic noise (MMcPedestalCopy)
568
569 - Introduced MMcRunHeaders which contains monte carlo run informations
570
571 - Added a 'Print'-Task (MPrint) which calls the Print function
572 of a parameter container for each event
573
574 - Removed MHtml (was replaced by THtml of root 3.02) in dohtml.C
575
576 - changes to be more efficient with root 3.02/06
577
578 - root 3.02/06 fixes:
579 + the memory leak when reading MRawEvtData
580 + loosing more time than necessary to update the progress bar
581
582 - MWriteAsciiFile is now capable of writing more than one container
583 in a line. For example: To be able to write Monte Carlo and
584 Hillas values (energy and alpha) in one line.
585
586
587
588 *** Version 0.5 (2001/11/06)
589
590 - Added new GUI functionality (Analysis)
591
592 - Added a camera display to be able to display events in the camera
593 together with the calculated hillas ellipse
594
595 - Added a 'Clone'-Task (MClone) which can clone a parameter container
596 object at any state of the analysis, so that the output are several
597 states
598
599 - Fixed a bug in the collection area error calculation
600 (Thanks to Ciro and Abelardo)
601
602 - Fixed a bug which causes merpp to crash in some environments
603
604 - Implemented auto enabling scheme for Branches to speed up reading
605 a lot (see MReadTree and MTask)
606
607 - Fixed a bug in the Histogram classes which caused histograms to
608 be written to a file by MWriteRootFile without request
609
610 - changed the object I/O from the old stylish root I/O to the new
611 'auto evolution scheme' This was done only for classes which are not
612 yet used in Monte Carlo files, so that these files are still readable.
613
614 - Added support for a progress bar in MEvtLoop and MReadTree
615 (see the Analysis Window in Mars for an example)
616
617 - Fixed a bug in the package creation which disturbed the conversion
618 between a mars version unpacked from a tar file and the repository.
619
620 - Changed the code to writer merpped (converted into root format)
621 raw files, to get faster (around 10%)
622
623
624
625 *** Version 0.4 (2001/09/20)
626
627 - This release is made to compile on a root version >= 3.00
628
629 - Fixed a bug which causes MReadTree to read the first file only
630
631 - Added a task to compute the trigger rate (MMcTriggerRateCalc)
632
633 - Added a task to write a container to an Ascii file (MWriteAsciiFile)
634
635 - Added a task to write several container to a root file (MWriteRootFile)
636
637 - Added calculation of the Enegry Threshold (MMcThresholdCalc)
638
639 - Added calculation of the collection area (MMcCollectionAreaCalc)
640
641 - fixed some bugs in the Hillas calculation
642
643 - added filters to be able to control the task execution dependent on
644 a parameter (for example: the number of level 1 triggers in a MC-file)
645
646
647
648 *** Version 0.3 (2001/04/23)
649
650 - Many demo macros added
651
652 - MCT1ReadAscii is now able to handle more than one file (s. ::AddFile)
653
654 - Hillas Calculation added
655
656 - Standard image cleaning available
657
658 - MReadTree is now able to handle more than one file
659 (Remark: of the same structure)
660
661 - Now we are able to display events in a first version of the
662 Camera event display. To do this we must run the macro
663 "macros/readCT1.C" to read data from CT1.
664
665
666
667 *** Version 0.2 (2001/01/24)
668
669 - First Implementation of a Gui to read the raw data. Start the
670 gui with the command mars.
671
672
673
674 *** Version 0.1 (2000/12/20)
675
676 - First official release 0.1
677
678 - Changes:
679
680 + changed calling style of MRawPixelIterator from do...while to
681 while-loop
682
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