On Tuesday 15 March 2005 10:16, Daniel Carter wrote:

Ok Matt,

I thought you might have a general idea for how I could gather more info for you about the problem. I did mention previously this weekend to you that I am using windows XP. I also had thought I'd posted a file, but I'd just sent it to Adam. From now on I will send a file every time I have a problem. This is with athena version 8.034. Matts theory that there is not enough of a Mu(E) range sounds good to me so far.

Just to refresh everyone's memory, I keep a list of problem-reporting guidelines at http://leonardo.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/bugs.html Following the suggestions there expedites the problem-solving process. Speaking for myself, I have a hard time just remembering which person reported which problem and I certainly do not remember who uses what operating system. It's prudent to include that information in a couple of words. FYI, among the information in the project file from either Athena or Artemis is a section that completely specifies the operating environment. Here's an example from the first few lines of one of my Athena project files from a few months ago: # Athena project file -- Athena version 0.8.032 # This file created at 11:10:51 on 29 September, 2004 # using linux, perl 5.008003, Tk 800.024, and Ifeffit 1.2.6 Similar info is buried in the Artemis project file as well. So if you send along a project file you not only provide the data necessary for one of us to reproduce the problem, you also send along enough information to identify the OS and the versions of Athena, Ifeffit, perl, and perl/Tk being used. Very handy! As for Dan's specific problem -- I am still getting myself settled into my office here at ANL, but I intend to start looking at recent problem reports before the week is out. We'll see... B -- Bruce Ravel ----------------------------------- bravel@anl.gov -or- ravel@phys.washington.edu Environmental Research Division, Building 203, Room E-165 Argonne National Laboratory phone: (1) 630 252 5033 Argonne IL 60439, USA fax: (1) 630 252 9793 My homepage: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel EXAFS software: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/

On Tuesday 15 March 2005 10:16, Daniel Carter wrote:

I thought you might have a general idea for how I could gather more info for you about the problem.  I did mention previously this weekend to you that I am using windows XP.  I also had thought I'd posted a file, but I'd just sent it to Adam.  From now on I will send a file every time I have a problem.  This is with athena version 8.034.  Matts theory that there is not enough of a Mu(E) range sounds good to me so far.

I decided to take a peak at Dan's project file. The first group is a xanes record (Group->Identify group's record type). As Adam previously mentioned, Athena gets confused about data files sometimes and misidentifies the data type. There is a good reason that the XANES data type exists, but if Athena misidentifies EXAFS data and the user lets it slip, then writing chi(k) data will not be possible. I have no problem writing non-zero chi(k) data with the remaining groups. Of course, I am using 0.8.037 rather than 0.8.034. I don't yet have my windows computer set up, so I cannot repeat my test under Windows yet. I don't remember where we left the Windows versions before my vacation, but if the possibility of upgrading exists, it might help. B -- Bruce Ravel ----------------------------------- bravel@anl.gov -or- ravel@phys.washington.edu Environmental Research Division, Building 203, Room E-165 Argonne National Laboratory phone: (1) 630 252 5033 Argonne IL 60439, USA fax: (1) 630 252 9793 My homepage: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel EXAFS software: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/