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

[Bruce Ravel]

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 <bravel at bnl.gov
> <mailto: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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  Bruce Ravel  ------------------------------------ bravel at bnl.gov

  National Institute of Standards and Technology
  Synchrotron Methods Group at NSLS --- Beamlines U7A, X24A, X23A2
  Building 535A
  Upton NY, 11973

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