Re: [Ifeffit] Unable to import data from HXMA beamline at CLS into Athena

On 06/26/2013 01:59 PM, Anthony Ardizzi wrote:

Thanks so much for your quick reply Bruce. It's working perfectly now.

Actually, Athena was also working just fine *before* we exchanged email. :) B

Anthony

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Bruce Ravel mailto:bravel@bnl.gov> wrote:

Athena clearly needs FAQ. This is a question that gets answered over and over on this list.

HXMA is one of those beamlines that sends it users home with files in a format sufficiently unusual that Athena needs help to figure out what goodies are locked away under a facade of obfuscation.

You need to enable the HXMA plugin on the plugin registry page:

http://bruceravel.github.io/__demeter/aug/other/plugin.html#__athena%27splug... http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/aug/other/plugin.html#athena%27spluginre...

One of the options is "HXMA". Click that button on. I had no trouble reading the file you sent once I clicked the HXMA plugin on.

Perhaps this is just sour grapes on my part, but wouldn't demanding non-obfuscated data files from the beamline be a better long-term solution than complaining about software that can't read whatever wonky crap the beamline sends you home with?

B

On 06/26/2013 12:54 PM, Anthony Ardizzi wrote:

Hello,

I am currently at the HXMA beamline at the CLS facility in Saskatoon, Canada. I have attempted to import some of the data we have taken here into Athena (demeter version 0.9.17), however I continue to receive the following error: "C:\...\xxxxx.dat could not be read as data". I suspect that this might be a problem with the latest demeter release, as an associate of mine seems to have no problem importing these data files into Athena 0.8.056. I have attached a .dat file so that you can verify that the formatting is readable by Athena. Hopefully someone can provide some help. I would prefer not to have to go back to an older version of Athena if possible.

Also, I am running Windows 7 64-bit, in case that is relevant

Thanks in advance, Anthony

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