Ocean Optics OOIBase32 - Manual (Page 123)

Appendix C
File Formats
Overview
There are several types of files created by OOIBase32. You can choose to view and edit any of these tab-
delimited ASCII files with any text editor (such as Notepad).
The various types of files created by OOIBase32 include the following:
• Spectral Data Files
• Experimental Parameters Files
• Display Properties Files
• Spectrometer Configuration Files
• Time Acquisition Parameters Files
• Time Acquisition Data Files and Stream Files
• Grams/32 SPC Files
The following sections contain descriptions of each file’s format, as well as the format for data that the
software copies to the clipboard (Copied Data Clipboard Format).
Spectral Data Files
A Spectral Data File contains two parts:
• A header that contains all the data acquisition and processing parameters in effect when the
OOIBase32 wrote the data file
• A list of tab-delimited spectral data
The information provided in a Spectral Data File includes the date and time OOIBase32 saved the file, the
name of the user, and the software serial number specified in the Registration page of the OOIBase32
Settings dialog box. A Spectral Data File also includes the Spectrometer Channel used to report the data,
the integration time (in milliseconds), spectra averaged, and boxcar smoothing width. The file also
contains the status of the correct for electrical dark algorithm, the status of the dual-beam reference, and
the reference channel used when OOIBase32 saved the file.
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