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Chapter 1

Data Explorer™

Basics

 

Additional files

Additional file types you may see on your system are

 

 

 

 

types

described below.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1-2 Additional File Types

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category

 

File Type

 

File Content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data

 

.PKT

 

Text file containing a chromatogram or a spectrum peak

 

 

 

 

 

 

list that you can save from the Output window. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Output window” on page 1-15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.TXT

 

Data file exported to an ASCII text file. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.6.3, Converting to and Exporting ASCII Data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data

 

.SPC

 

Data file format for files acquired before Version 3.0 of

 

 

 

 

(Mariner

 

the Mariner Instrument Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

only)

 

NOTE: Voyager data files in .SPC format have a file

 

 

 

 

 

 

structure different from Mariner data files in .SPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

format, and are not supported in the Data Explorer

 

 

 

 

 

 

software.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.MS

 

Data file format for files acquired before Version 5.0 of

 

 

 

 

(Voyager

 

the Voyager Instrument Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.MSA and

 

PSD data file format for composite and fragment files

 

 

 

 

.MSF

 

acquired before Version 5.0 of the Voyager Instrument

 

 

 

 

(Voyager

 

Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

only)

 

NOTE: The Data Explorer software cannot generate

 

 

 

 

 

 

composite spectra from .MSF fragment files.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.MSB

 

Baseline-corrected data file format for composite and

 

 

 

 

(Voyager

 

fragment files acquired before Version 5.0 of the

 

 

 

 

only)

 

Voyager Instrument Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Procedure

 

.TUN

 

AutoTune method. See the Mariner Workstation User’s

 

 

 

 

(Mariner

 

Guide.

 

 

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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