Aha, thanks Matt! Does msconvert have a centroid mode then?
Thanks,

David

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Matt Chambers
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> -c is not a standard parameter. It is a filter that specifies centroiding
> instead of profile mode... thus your ReAdW DTA has peaks and your msconvert
> DTA has profile data points. But I also suggest that mzxml2search should
> have printed a warning (or did you ignore it?) because the mzXML was
> annotated to be in profile mode and profile mode DTAs and MGFs are senseless
> AFAIK.
>
> Hope this helps,
> -Matt
>
>
>
> On 1/30/2013 2:41 PM, David Zhao wrote:
>>
>> Hi Matt and Jimmy,
>>
>> I'm processing a Thermo Q-exactive generated raw file, and I see some
>> discrenpencies in the mzXML ms/ms peak data and dta generated using
>> mzxml2search tool by using msconvert or ReAdW-4.6.0.exe.
>> mzXML was generated using standard parameters without any filter.
>> ReAdW.exe --mzXML -c
>> msconvert.exe --mzXML --32
>>
>> and I used mzxml2search from TPP to convert mzXML to dta files, please
>> find attached dta files for scan 3, they are quite different.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Jimmy Eng <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> ReAdW requires the corresponding XRawfile2.dll from Thermo's Xcalibur
>>> software; it currently won't work with the one from MSFileReader.  If I
>>> get
>>> time this week, I can see if I can get it working with MSFileReader.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:51 PM, David Zhao <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Jimmy. Another question (sorry :-): does ReAdW expects
>>>> Xrawfile2.dll to reside in a particular directory? My PC is 64 bit
>>>> Windows 7
>>>> machine, I downloaded Msfilereader from Thermo (I don't have Xcalibur
>>>> installed on my machine), and installed the 32 bit version. Msconvert
>>>> works
>>>> fine. However, even after I run "regsvr32 C:\Program Files
>>>> (x86)\Thermo\MSFileReader\XRawfile2.dll", ReAdW still gives me an error:
>>>> Unable to initialize Xcalibur 2.0 interface; falling back to 1.4
>>>> interface
>>>> Unable to initialize XCalibur 1.4 interface; check installation
>>>> hint: try running the command "regsvr32
>>>> C:\<path_to_Xcalibur_dll>\XRawfile2.dll"
>>>> unable to interface with Thermo library
>>>>
>>>> So first of all, can I use the dll from MSFileReader with ReAdW.exe, if
>>>> I
>>>> can, how should I register it so it'll be found the program.
>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Jimmy Eng <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can find the ReAdW binary I use here:
>>>>> https://proteomicsresource.washington.edu/tools.php
>>>>>
>>>>> There's no huge changes from previous releases.  Mainly minor fixes to
>>>>> support the Q Exactive instrument, remove 0 intensity peaks for file
>>>>> size,
>>>>> etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 8:50 AM, David Zhao <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Jimmy. I may need a updated version of ReAdW. Do you know if I
>>>>>> can let ReAdW or msconvet to output raw file header information, such
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> method used, serial number, processing mode, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:43:47 AM UTC-8, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, that is the standalone project which is now also used in the
>>>>>>> TPP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For converting Thermo raw files to mzXML, consider using msconvert
>>>>>>> which is now the default converter in the TPP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I happen to still use ReAdW though.  That code actually does get
>>>>>>> update
>>>>>>> as needed but it doesn't get built and distributed via the Sashimi
>>>>>>> SourceForge project anymore.  Feel free to email me offlist if you
>>>>>>> want an
>>>>>>> updated binary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is no one who currently "owns" jrap.  Consider taking ownership
>>>>>>> of it yourself if you think you can update it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:40 AM, David Zhao <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks, Jimmy. Is this the project you are referring to:
>>>>>>>> https://code.google.com/p/mstoolkit/ ?
>>>>>>>> Is ReAdW still the de facto tool to use to convert Thermo's raw
>>>>>>>> files
>>>>>>>> to mzXML? It hasn't been updated for years, but like you said, mzXML
>>>>>>>> specs
>>>>>>>> hasn't changed either.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BTW, is jrap no longer supported? Could you point to the right
>>>>>>>> person
>>>>>>>> if it still is.
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:08:00 AM UTC-8, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I believe MzXML2Search currently uses the mzParser code which you
>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>> find in MSToolkit.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 10:23 PM, David Zhao <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Jimmy and Eric. I'll look into other alternatives as
>>>>>>>>>> suggested. My problems that we have a lot of codes still rely on
>>>>>>>>>> jrap to
>>>>>>>>>> parse mzXML file, but jrap can't seem to parse mzXML generated by
>>>>>>>>>> ReAdW from
>>>>>>>>>> the latest Thermo q exactive instrument ( some scans return
>>>>>>>>>> negative mz and
>>>>>>>>>> intensities).
>>>>>>>>>> However, mzxml2search from TPP can parse the mzXML just fine,
>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>> makes me think the jrap is out of date.  What parser does
>>>>>>>>>> mzXML2search use
>>>>>>>>>> in this case then?
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:25:41 PM UTC-8, Eric Deutsch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> And if you’re in the market for a Java implementation (like
>>>>>>>>>>> JRAP),
>>>>>>>>>>> then I’d recommend jmzreader:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/jmzreader/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Eng
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:18 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [spctools-discuss] Re: JRAP question
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> At this point, you can probably not worry about jrap not being
>>>>>>>>>>> updated because the mzXML format isn't really in flux.  But if
>>>>>>>>>>> you want to
>>>>>>>>>>> look for alternatives ...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Quite a few folks here would tell you to look at ProteoWizard
>>>>>>>>>>> http://proteowizard.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Possibly look into OpenMS (I honestly have no clue how pertinent
>>>>>>>>>>> this is):  http://open-ms.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Also MSToolkit:  https://code.google.com/p/mstoolkit/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Other folks should chime in if there are other parsing libraries
>>>>>>>>>>> out there (which I know there are).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:20 PM, David Zhao <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Jimmy! So it sounds like jrap is not being updated
>>>>>>>>>>> anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>> If i'd like to keep up to date with a mzXML parser, which library
>>>>>>>>>>> should I
>>>>>>>>>>> follow?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:14:17 PM UTC-8, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not a jrap user nor do I know what file are associated with
>>>>>>>>>>> what versions.  But if you are looking for jrap_3.0.jar and
>>>>>>>>>>> jakarta-regexp-1.4.jar, you can find  them here:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://sashimi.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sashimi/trunk/jrap/sax2/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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