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

[Anthony Ardizzi]

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

Anthony


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Bruce Ravel <bravel at 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%27spluginregistry<http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/aug/other/plugin.html#athena%27spluginregistry>
>
> 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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