Problem solved, it was just a silly mistake on my part. It turns out my 
system's PATH pointed to an older version of msconvert. I changed that and 
now it is working perfectly.

Best,
Will

On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:49:04 PM UTC-4, Will Fondrie wrote:
>
> Thank you Jimmy,
>
> I'll submit my problem to the msconvert support list. When I hear back, 
> I'll make sure to update here with the answer as well. I'm glad to know 
> that it won't be a problem searching with Comet.
>
> Best,
> Will
>
> On Friday, October 3, 2014 1:14:23 PM UTC-4, Jimmy Eng wrote:
>>
>> To search MS3 spectra in Comet, you need to set the parameter "ms_level = 
>> 3".  Typically the value of that parameter is set to "2" for MS/MS scans.
>>
>>    
>> http://comet-ms.sourceforge.net/parameters/parameters_201402/ms_level.php
>>
>> Although a few of the ProteoWizard devs are here too, you might consider 
>> sending your msconvert issue to their support list:  
>> [email protected]
>>
>> - Jimmy
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Will Fondrie <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We have a RAW file that was collected using MS3 on an Orbitrap Fusion, 
>>> and I have a couple questions about processing it.
>>>
>>> First, what is the best way to convert the RAW file to mzML, so that it 
>>> can be searched with Comet or one of the other TPP search engines? I've 
>>> tried using the latest version of msconvert (ProteoWizard 3.0.6736) but I 
>>> get an error:
>>>
>>> processing file: 09222014_005.raw
>>> writing output file: .\09222014_005.mzML
>>> Error writing run 1 in "09222014_005.raw":
>>> [ScanFilter::parse()] error parsing "FTMS + p NSI sps d Full ms3 
>>> 380.1937@cid35.
>>> 00 [email protected] [100.0000-500.0000]": bad lexical cast: source type 
>>> value could not be interpreted as target
>>>
>>> Also, after converting the RAW file, are the any special parameters I 
>>> would need to set in order to search it with Comet?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Will
>>>
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