Re: EPICSII

From: Ray Hicks (rh208@cam.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Dec 07 2000 - 06:03:25 EST


I've had a quick look at the innards of one of Kevin's files, and they're a
long way off being FCS - could they be Profile?  Does anyone know of any
other Coulter proprietary file types of the same vintage as the EPICS-II?

Ray

From: "Nigel Blackhall" <Nigel.Blackhall@nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 09:26:53 +0000
To: cyto-inbox
Subject: Re: EPICSII


Dear all,

Kevin Strychar asked about data formats obtained with an EPICSII.

I have used an earlier model, the original EPICS, and can assure Kevin that
the data is in FCS 1.0 format as interpreted by Coulter.  The factor which
is most important is the version of the MDADS software used on the EPICS.

Another key element will be the number of channels per ADC, if one (or more)
channels are 1024 range then 3rd party software will have difficulty
interpretting the data.

It will probably be easier to  construct 256x256 channel histograms on the
MDADS and transfer these to 3rd party programmes.  I seem to remember that
histograms were easier for 3rd party software to recognise.

Regards

Nigel Blackhall
School of Biosciences
Plant Science Division
University of Nottingham
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Nottingham NG7 2RD
UK
Tel: +44 (0)115 9515151 ext 18501
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Email: Nigel.Blackhall@Nottingham.ac.uk
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