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andrew m sila (asila)
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 3:50 am:   

Thank you Ian and Ingrid. I am writing to Dr. Hui now no request for the converter. I am so grateful to all of you there for your support and quick responses. Keep it strong.
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Ian Michael (admin)
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Post Number: 15
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 8:30 am:   

Posted on behalf of Fred McClure:
Andrew,

There is such a converter, which I thought was a part of OPUS. However, you may want to contact Dr. Hui Li ( [email protected] ) for confirmation of this fact. I do know there is a converter to text from OPUS, supplied by Bruker. Whether you have it or not may depend on the level of OPUS you qualify for.

Fred

Posted on behalf of Ingrid M�ge
Dear Andrew,

With The Unscrambler version 9.7 you can import Opus files directly, without converting to JCAMP-DX first. I guess that will remove one of your steps, even if it is not exactly what you are looking for.
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andrew m sila (asila)
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Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:32 am:   

Thanks Horward. Yes you are right indeed ultimately I can achieve what I want after a longer path! And as I said I was exploring whether there is a tool out there that is already available which can can reduce the number of steps am going through.
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Howard Mark (hlmark)
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Post Number: 171
Registered: 9-2001
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 4:50 am:   

I presume you've already done a general search of the I-net. Seems like you'll have to have it custom-made. Bruker is one possibility, of course, but it's unlikely that they'll want to spend the time needed to do that instead of developing a new product. Even if they were willing, they'd have to charge so much that the price would be completely unreasonable.

If you have a definition of that file format, then any independent programmer could do it on a consulting basis, even myself. The price would still be pretty high. Since you can ultimately make the conversion you need, why is it so critical to do it in a single step?

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andrew m sila (asila)
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Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 2:51 am:   

Thank you Howard and Kenneth. I am using the conversion Macro built in OPUS for converting OPUS to JCAMP-DX. I will then read JCAMP files into UNSCRAMBLER from where I export as ascii file. What am seeking for is a tool that can directly convert the OPUS files into ASCII.
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Kenneth Gallaher (ken_g)
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Post Number: 34
Registered: 7-2006
Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 8:57 am:   

OPUS itself will save to JCAMP format. Look in the main manual and search on "jcamp" or "format."
So will GRAMS file converter.
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Howard Mark (hlmark)
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Post Number: 170
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Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 8:49 am:   

Andrew - the first place to check would be with Bruker. Nowadays, many manufacturers have data exporting capability to alternate formats, often EXCEL or neutral, public-domain formats such as JCAMP-DX. From that it's relatively straightforward to convert to something else, especially a flat ASCII file.

Howard

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andrew m sila (asila)
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Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 5:35 am:   

I am working with spectra generated using bruker MPA instrument. I would like to build a database using the spectra which is in OPUS format by first converting into text file then create flat file tables. Is there anyone there who has developed a routine for converting OPUS files into text files?

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