Hi Sangeetha,
Here is an XDS.INP that I recently used to process data from X6A; you 
could try inputing your parameters in this file (or at least compare the 
two).
Hope that helps, and good luck!
-Chris

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Sangeetha Vedula wrote:
> I checked:
>
> 1. I did name it XDS.INP; no problem there.
> 2. The path along with file name template is only about 30 characters.
> 3. No. of files = 156 (DATA_RANGE=1 156)
> 4. Edited Nx, Ny, Qx, Qy (unless the image header is wrong, which 
> could cause problems, but why does it have a problem with data range?).
>
> I am attaching the file, XDS.INP that I am using. Thank you so much in 
> advance for taking the time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sangeetha.
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Kay Diederichs 
> <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     Sangeetha Vedula schrieb:
>
>         Hello all,
>
>         Apologies for the non-CCP4 question.
>
>         I am trying to process some data collected at X6A in March. I
>         edited the XDS.inp file for ADSC detector. When I try to run
>         xds, however, it gives an error immediately:
>
>         !!! ERROR !!! UNDEFINED DATA_RANGE=
>
>         I checked the data range and the image path and template I
>         gave. Doesn't appear to be anything wrong. What could be
>         causing the error, though?
>
>         Thanks for any input and suggestions!
>
>         Sangeetha.
>
>
>     Hello Sangeetha,
>
>     please post your XDS.INP for us to check.
>
>     Kay
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>




!*****************************************************************************
! File XDS.INP  containing named arguments for running XDS (arbitrary order).
! For further explanations of the meaning of these parameters see 'xds.man'.
! Characters in a line to the right of an exclamation mark are comment.
!*****************************************************************************
!*************** Example for MAR345 IP at Dartmouth Med School ***************
!*****************************************************************************
!

!====================== JOB CONTROL PARAMETERS ===============================
! JOB= XDS !XYCORR INIT COLSPOT IDXREF DEFPIX XPLAN INTEGRATE CORRECT
 JOB= DEFPIX INTEGRATE CORRECT

!====================== GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS ===============================
 DETECTOR_DISTANCE= 145  !(mm)
 OSCILLATION_RANGE= 0.2          !degrees (>0)
 ORGX=1045 ORGY=1047    !Detector origin (pixels).  ORGX=NX/2; ORGY=NY/2
!STARTING_ANGLE=  0.0      STARTING_FRAME=1
!used to define the angular origin about the rotation axis.
!Default:  STARTING_ANGLE=  0 at STARTING_FRAME=first data image

!==================== SELECTION OF DATA IMAGES ==============================
!Generic file name, access, and format of data images
 NAME_TEMPLATE_OF_DATA_FRAMES= ../ja001.uber/JA001_1_???.img SMV DIRECT

 DATA_RANGE=1 900      !Numbers of first and last data image collected

 BACKGROUND_RANGE=1 20  !Numbers of first and last data image for background

 SPOT_RANGE=1 900    !First and last data image number for finding spots
 !SPOT_RANGE=64 68      !Up to 10 SPOT_RANGE= parameters can be specified
 !SPOT_RANGE=220 230
 !SPOT_RANGE=340 350



!======================= CRYSTAL PARAMETERS =================================
SPACE_GROUP_NUMBER= 5  !0 for unknown crystals; cell constants are ignored.
UNIT_CELL_CONSTANTS= 168.179 83.944 89.184 90 100.392 90  

!Optional reindexing transformation to apply on reflection indices
!REIDX=   1  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0


!====================== INDEXING PARAMETERS =================================
!Never forget to check this, since the default 0 0 0 is almost always correct!
INDEX_ORIGIN= 0 0 0          ! used by "IDXREF" to add an index offset

!Additional parameters for fine tuning that rarely need to be changed
!INDEX_ERROR=0.05 INDEX_MAGNITUDE=8 INDEX_QUALITY=0.8
!SEPMIN=6.0 CLUSTER_RADIUS=3
!MAXIMUM_ERROR_OF_SPOT_POSITION=3.0


!================== CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTING REFLECTIONS ======================
 VALUE_RANGE_FOR_TRUSTED_DETECTOR_PIXELS= 6000 30000 !Used by DEFPIX
				   !for excluding shaded parts of the detector.

 INCLUDE_RESOLUTION_RANGE= 50.0 1.55 !Angstroem; used by DEFPIX,INTEGRATE,CORRECT

!used by CORRECT to exclude ice-reflections
!EXCLUDE_RESOLUTION_RANGE= 3.93 3.87 !ice-ring at 3.897 Angstrom
!EXCLUDE_RESOLUTION_RANGE= 3.70 3.64 !ice-ring at 3.669 Angstrom
!EXCLUDE_RESOLUTION_RANGE= 3.47 3.41 !ice-ring at 3.441 Angstrom
!EXCLUDE_RESOLUTION_RANGE= 2.70 2.64 !ice-ring at 2.671 Angstrom
!EXCLUDE_RESOLUTION_RANGE= 2.28 2.22 !ice-ring at 2.249 Angstrom

!WFAC1=1.5  !This controls the number of rejected MISFITS in CORRECT;
	    !a larger value leads to fewer rejections.


!============== INTEGRATION AND PEAK PROFILE PARAMETERS =====================
!Parameters that are refined during the "INTEGRATE" step.
!Refinement is turned off if none of the keywords is specified.
 REFINE(INTEGRATE)=! DISTANCE ORIENTATION  AXIS CELL !BEAM

!Specification of the peak profile parameters below overrides the automatic
!determination from the images specified in PROFILE_RANGE=
!Suggested values are listed near the end of INTEGRATE.LP
!BEAM_DIVERGENCE=  0.473  !arctan(spot diameter/DETECTOR_DISTANCE)
!BEAM_DIVERGENCE_E.S.D.=   0.047 !half-width (Sigma) of BEAM_DIVERGENCE
!REFLECTING_RANGE=  1.100 !for crossing the Ewald sphere on shortest route
!REFLECTING_RANGE_E.S.D.=  0.169 !half-width (mosaicity) of REFLECTING_RANGE
!NUMBER_OF_PROFILE_GRID_POINTS_ALONG_ALPHA/BETA=9 !used by: INTEGRATE
!NUMBER_OF_PROFILE_GRID_POINTS_ALONG_GAMMA= 9     !used by: INTEGRATE

!CUT=2.0    !defines the integration region for profile fitting
!MINPK=75.0 !minimum required percentage of observed reflection intensity
!DELPHI= 5.0!controls the number of reference profiles and scaling factors


!=========== PARAMETERS DEFINING BACKGROUND AND PEAK PIXELS =================
STRONG_PIXEL= 4                              !used by: COLSPOT
!A 'strong' pixel to be included in a spot must exceed the background
!by more than the given multiple of standard deviations.

!MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_STRONG_PIXELS=1500000       !used by: COLSPOT

!SPOT_MAXIMUM-CENTROID=3.0                     !used by: COLSPOT

MINIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PIXELS_IN_A_SPOT= 20          !used by: COLSPOT
!This allows to suppress spurious isolated pixels from entering the
!spot list generated by "COLSPOT".

NBX=4  NBY=4  !Define a rectangle of size (2*NBX+1)*(2*NBY+1)
!The variation of counts within the rectangle centered at each image pixel
!is used for distinguishing between background and spot pixels.

!BACKGROUND_PIXEL=6.0                          !used by: COLSPOT,INTEGRATE
!An image pixel does not belong to the background region if the local
!pixel variation exceeds the expected variation by the given number of
!standard deviations.

!SIGNAL_PIXEL=3.0                              !used by: INTEGRATE
!A pixel above the threshold contributes to the spot centroid


!==================== BEAM CHARACTERISTICS ==================================
 X-RAY_WAVELENGTH= 0.9782     !Angstroem
 FRACTION_OF_POLARIZATION=0.90 !default=0.5 for unpolarized beam;0.90 at DESY;
 POLARIZATION_PLANE_NORMAL= 0.0 1.0 0.0


!==================== DATA PROCESSING PARAMETERS ============================
 MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=10!<25;ignored by single cpu version of xds


!==================== DATA COLLECTION STRATEGY (XPLAN) ======================
!                       !!! Warning !!!
! If you processed your data for a crystal with unknown cell constants and
! space group symmetry, XPLAN will report the results for space group P1.

FRIEDEL'S_LAW=TRUE !Default is TRUE.

!RESOLUTION_SHELLS=10 6 5 4 3 2 1.5 1.3 1.2

STARTING_ANGLES_OF_SPINDLE_ROTATION= 0 0 10 !180 10

TOTAL_SPINDLE_ROTATION_RANGES= 40 60 10

!REFERENCE_DATA_SET= CK.HKL   !Name of a reference data set (optional)


!==================== DETECTOR IDENTITY/GEOMETRY ============================
 DETECTOR=ADSC  MINIMUM_VALID_PIXEL_VALUE=1  OVERLOAD= 65000
 NX=2084 NY=2084 QX=0.1296 QY=0.1296 !ADSC Q270 2x2bin IP
!NX=number of fast pixels (along X); QX=length of a X-pixel (mm)
!NY=number of slow pixels (along Y); QY=length of a Y-pixel (mm)
!
! Do not forget to define ORGX and ORGY, which are app. ORGX=NX/2, ORGY=NY/2

 INCIDENT_BEAM_DIRECTION= 0 0 1
 ROTATION_AXIS= 1.0 0.0 0.0
 DIRECTION_OF_DETECTOR_X-AXIS= 1.0 0.0 0.0
 DIRECTION_OF_DETECTOR_Y-AXIS= 0.0 1.0 0.0
 AIR=0.001        !Air absorption coefficient of x-rays


!File name, access, format of dark-current (non-Xray background) image
!DARK_CURRENT_IMAGE=../images/blank.tif    !hardly ever used

!MINUTE=0   !Maximum number of minutes to wait until data image must appears
	    !MINUTE>0 implies that only one processor will be used
!TEST=1     !Test flag. 1,2 additional diagnostics and images