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Read proprietary file formats from electrochemical test stations
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Test set-up info not available #65

Open Etruria89 opened 3 years ago

Etruria89 commented 3 years ago

Is there any possibility to extract the test-set up information like the ones contained in the .mps from the .mpr? Do you know if they are hidden in the file or if they can not be retrieved from the .mpr?

chatcannon commented 3 years ago

There is definitely more information in the .mpr file than is loaded by Galvani. Unfortunately Bio-Logic refuse to publish information about the file format so I have to go on what I can deduce from inspecting the file data. You can help by contacting your Bio-Logic sales rep and requesting that they change this policy and publish documentation about the .mpr file format.

If it's important to be able to load the test setup information before Bio-Logic changes their policy then that will require some detective work. Ideally you would start with a bunch of files each with a single aspect of the test setup changed, so you can look at what changed at the binary level when you change one thing in the setup. I don't work with batteries any more so I don't have access to a machine where I can do this myself.

Etruria89 commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. How were you inspecting the binary file during your "reverse engineering" to detect the information in the .mpr file?

chatcannon commented 3 years ago

On Wednesday, 1 September 2021 12:18:43 EEST Danzi Federico wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. How were you inspecting the binary file during your "reverse engineering" to detect the information in the .mpr file?

I used a program called Okteta

https://apps.kde.org/okteta/

There are probably other programs available to do the same thing if that one doesn't suit you for whatever reason.

Etruria89 commented 3 years ago

Thanks!