File Formats and Types

 

 

Table 1-2 Additional File Types (Continued)

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Category

File Type

File Content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

.REF

List of masses to select from during calibration. See

 

 

 

 

“Creating and saving a calibration reference file” on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 5-18.

 

 

 

 

 

Process

.RCT

Results file saved from:

 

 

 

(Mariner

• Mariner .SPC format data file (versions earlier

 

 

 

only)

 

 

than 3.0) in the Data Explorer software after a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chromatogram is manually processed.

 

 

 

See Section 2.8, Saving, Opening, and Deleting

 

 

 

.SPC Results Files (Mariner Data Only).

 

 

 

• Mariner .DAT format data file (version 3.0 and later)

 

 

 

in the Mariner Instrument Control Panel for a

 

 

 

snapshot of chromatogram data.

 

 

 

NOTE: Results for a .DAT file are stored within the .DAT

 

 

 

file, not as a separate file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

.RST

Results file saved from:

 

 

 

 

• Mariner .SPC format data file (versions earlier

 

 

 

than 3.0) in the Data Explorer software after a

 

 

 

spectrum is manually processed.

 

 

 

See Section 2.8, Saving, Opening, and Deleting

 

 

 

.SPC Results Files (Mariner Data Only).

 

 

 

• Voyager .MS format data file in the Data Explorer

 

 

 

software after a spectrum is manually processed.

 

 

 

• Mariner .DAT format data file (version 3.0 and later)

 

 

 

in the Mariner Instrument Control Panel for a

 

 

 

snapshot of spectrum data.

 

 

 

NOTE: Results for a .DAT file are stored within the .DAT

 

 

 

file, not as a separate file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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