Dear Graeme and Eiger users,

     We have been grasping this nettle since last Summer, and it is a
particularly stinging one. At least, crystallographers who have a need
to process Eiger datasets right now can do this with autoPROC with a
fair chance of success. The remaining problems that are turning up at
the moment have to do not just with incomplete information in locally
produced miniCBF files but with inconsistencies between information of
differing provenance about the same items.

     We know of a number of beamlines and users that make use of the
HDF5 converter now included in autoPROC for the task of generating
miniCBF files. If you install the latest (snapshot) version of
autoPROC by going to

               http://www.globalphasing.com/autoproc/

you will have access not only to the native Eiger/HDF5 support in
autoPROC, but also to the latest version of our converter utility. See

 http://www.globalphasing.com/autoproc/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes-autoPROC_snapshot_20160304.txt
 http://www.globalphasing.com/autoproc/wiki/index.cgi?DataProcessingHdf5

We hope that the resulting CBF files (with full mini-cbf header) would
be fully compatible with other processing packages, viewers or tools -
if they can't read HDF5 datasets directly.

     Please let us know if there are inconsistencies or issues. This
invitation extends to all users of this HDF5 capability in autoPROC.


     With best wishes,
     
Clemens, Claus and Gerard.

--
On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 07:57:57PM +0000, Graeme Winter wrote:
> Hello World,
>
> A few times over the last week we at the xia2 helpdesk have been asked about support for Eiger detectors, and particularly local dialects of CBF file which are created on Eiger powered beamlines. Often we are able to get a single image which is helpful but from there it is hard to prove everything is working right.
>
> Please could beamline scientists who have an Eiger and use local software to make this into miniCBF files get in touch, ideally with an example data set, so we can test the support in xia2 and DIALS and make corrections where necessary.
>
> Thanks & best wishes Graeme
> --
> This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail.
> Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd.
> Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message.
> Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom