Loading SSI M-Probe Files

SSI M-Probe files may exist in an ASCII format where multiple regions appear in the same file or alternatively, the data is described by a control file with the spectra stored in separate .reg files in a sub-directory where the sub-directory has the same name as the base-name of the control file.

There are two methods for loading M-probe files.

• ASCII format files must have an .mrs extension and may be opened directly through the Convert Dialog window.

• The binary format consists of an .mrs file together with a directory of the same name as the base-name of the .mrs file. To load the information held in this binary format the base-name of the .mrs file must be specified but with an .ssi extension replacing the .mrs extension (Figure 1.)

Figure 1: The binary data held in the file/directory pair named Alfoil will be converted to ISO format.