File Formats and Types

 

 

Table 1-1 Information Stored In a .DAT File (Continued)

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Category

File Type

File Content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settings

.MSM

MS Method settings, if data was acquired using an

 

 

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(Mariner

.MSM file.

 

 

 

 

only)

NOTE: To access the instrument settings used to

 

 

 

acquire each spectrum in an MS Method, you must first

 

 

 

extract the .MSM file from the data file, then export the

 

 

 

.BIC files from the .MSM file using the Export button in

 

 

 

the MS Method editor. For more information on

 

 

 

exporting a .BIC file from an .MSM file, see the Mariner

 

 

 

Workstation User’s Guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

.SET

Graphic and processing settings. See Section 1.4.2,

 

 

 

 

Customizing Processing and Graphic Settings (.SET).

 

 

 

 

 

Display

.LBC

Chromatogram label information. See Section 3.5.3,

 

 

 

 

Setting Custom Peak Labels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

.LBS

Spectrum label information. See Section 3.5.3, Setting

 

 

 

 

Custom Peak Labels.

 

 

 

 

 

Process

.CAL

Calibration constants generated by mass calibration.

 

 

 

 

For more information, see “Exporting .BIC, .MSM, and

 

 

 

.CAL files” on page 1-36,and “Applying new constants

 

 

 

to additional files” on page 5-16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

.CTS

Processed trace that you access by selecting

 

 

 

 

Processing History from the Display menu. For

 

 

 

information, see Section 2.4.7, Recalling and

 

 

 

Rearranging Traces (Processing History).

 

 

 

NOTE: You select the name of the trace from the

 

 

 

Processing History menu. You do not directly select a

 

 

 

.CTS file. To purge or disable .CTS files, see “Setting

 

 

 

Processing History options” on page 2-23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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