Andor Technology iXon Ultra 897 User Manual page 58

DATA ACQUISITION
Batch Conversion
Batch Conversion allows conversion of multiple .sif files, stored on disk, into
various formats. There are three main sections to the dialog: Source, File list and
Destin Source
To convert multiple files they must be in the same directory on disk. This directory is
selected in the upper section of the dialog, either by typing in the path or by selecting
the browse button and navigating to the appropriate directory.
File List
All .sif files in the directory specified by the source will be displayed in the center
section of the dialog. The files that are to be converted can now be selected by
dragging the mouse around them or by holding the Ctrl key while clicking on the
files. Files can be deselected by clicking on the file whilst holding down the Ctrl key.
Destination
Once the Source files have been selected, the directory where the output files will be
placed needs to be chosen. This is done in a similar way to selecting the source
directory. If the files are to be placed in a new folder, this can be done by selecting
the new folder button and typing the desired path into the dialog. Having selected the
source files and destination, the type of conversion should be selected using the
'Convert To' combo box. The available options are: ASCII (text file), BMP
(windows bitmap), GRAMS (Graphic Relational Array Management System), JPEG
(image format), RAW (binary file) or TIFF (Tagged Image File Format).
[Note: By Clicking the 'More >>' button, dialog box is extended to show further
options which can be set. While these extra options are displayed the button changes
to show 'Less <<'. Clicking the 'Less <<' button hides these extra options. The extra
options allow you to select which of the datasets (if present in your .sif file) should
be converted. A separate file, or sequence of files will be created for each dataset in
the file if, the dataset has been selected and, the dataset exists in the file being
converted. Files will be distinguished by the postfixes _sig, _bgd and _ref. If only
one dataset is selected these postfixes will not be added.]
Section 4 . 4
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