Hi Chris,

Just a reminder that the masswolf centroid mode is experimental, as noted in
the "usage" statement.

Matt, how is PWIZ centroiding?  Can msconvert be used to apply this signal
processing and output a processed mzXML file?

-Natalie


On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Chris Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Thanks Matt.
>
> That being said, I have a batch of profile data now that I will likely
> use the masswolf centroid option to deal with so I can search it in
> XTandem. Is there any way to batch process using Masswolf with the
> centroiding option? I notice its not part of the TPP.
>
> Chris
>
> On Jul 15, 2:46 pm, Matthew Chambers <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Chris,,
> >
> > AFAIK, X! Tandem isn't designed to run on profile mode data. If you are
> > using the default "total peaks" setting then it will take only the 50
> > most intense samples (not peaks, because it assumes every data point is
> > a peak). 50 samples are easily consumed by just a few peaks. You can
> > increase the total peaks setting, but I expect that would kill the score
> > discrimination because it's designed to look at peaks instead of
> > samples. You should continue to acquire centroided MS/MS data or at
> > least have some way to centroid it post-acquisition before sending it to
> > X! Tandem.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > chr12is wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> >
> > > I am encountering an error which I dont remember having troubles with
> > > before. I used to acquire my data such that in MS/MS mode it would be
> > > centroided, as in older versions of the TPP, filesizes over 4gb were
> > > problematic. Since I have noticed this isnt a problem anymore in the
> > > newer TPP versions, I am using 4.2.1, I have started acquiring in
> > > continuum mode again for MS/MS. I have MassLynx 4.1 installed, and
> > > have run centroided MS/MS files through the TPP on this computer with
> > > no problems.
> >
> > > However, if I take one of my new continuum files, it converts in
> > > masswolf with no errors, I am not centroiding in masswolf, or using
> > > gzip. When I take it to XTandem it gives me this error:
> >
> > > X! TANDEM 2 (2007.07.01.3)
> >
> > > Loading spectra ...
> > > This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an
> > > unusual way.
> > > Please contact the application's support team for more information.
> >
> > > Any ideas whats happening?
> >
>

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