Purpose

XIO (short for XDAT input/output) is a utility code that converts measured data specified in a series of one or more ASCII input files into a pair of binary files.  One file will have the file extension .radx and the other will have the file extension .xdat (e.g., cho.radx and cho.xdat).  These two binary files make it easy for the VC software to access (load) and manipulate the measured data.  The processing of measured data into a pair of binary files is a necessary step to use the non-linear regression analysis features of the VC software.

Getting Started

First download and install a copy of the XIO software and sample input files on your local computer (click here to jump to the software download area or the installation area). The XIO application is a command line utility, so it is best to execute it from a DOS/Windows or Unix command line prompt (refer to your operating system documentation or local expert if this is a complete mystery to you). To execute the utility code, simply type the word XIO and press the enter key. The XIO application will prompt you for the name of an input file. See the screen shot below.

Enter the name of an (ASCII) input file (in this case du145.inp) and press return. If you did all of these steps correctly, you should see something like:

The XDAT modules interpretation of the exposure scenarios will be written to an ASCII file named du145.out . Use any ASCII file editor (e.g., the MS Windows notepad or WordPad application) to view/print the contents of the file.

Program usage

XIO <source file> -<command line option>
XIO -H

OPTIONS:
S: silent program execution
H: program help

EXAMPLES:
XIO [interactive program input]
XIO myapp.inp -S [silent execution]
XIO myapp.xdat [run with default options]
XIO -H [program help]

Last updated: 10 June, 2011
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