Mac software for processing Bruker data
Ken Fishbein (fishbein@vax.grc.nia.nih.gov)
Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:20:53 -0400
We use NFS/Share to access the data on the spectrometer computer
from a Macintosh, without copying any files over the network. We then read
the data into Igor Pro (Wavemetrics, Inc.) and plot it using a macro I
wrote called Stackplot. This approach works for 1D FID's, spectra, and
sequences of spectra (e.g. a T1 experiment) as well as for profiles
extracted from tomography data sets and small 2D experiments. For images
and 2D and 3D spectra, we use Spyglass Transform and Spyglass Dicer to
render the images. We have found that Igor Pro makes figures from NMR data
sets better than any other product we have tested. It is much more powerful
and flexible than any NMR-specific software on the market for this purpose.
This approach is described in the April 1993 edition of the NMR Newsletter
(formerly TAMU).
To process (e.g. apodize, transform, etc.) NMR data on the
Macintosh, you can try MacFID from Tecmag, MacRMN from Phil Grandinetti, or
WIN-NMR for the Mac from Bruker. Alternatively, you might consider
installing an X windows server such as White Pine Software's eXodus II and
running an SGI-based package such as XWIN-NMR, TRIAD, or Felix remotely.
This will give much faster performance for processing large
multidimensional data sets than using the Mac's processor for the
calculations.
Sincerely,
Ken Fishbein
Facility Manager, NMR Unit
NIH/NIA/GRC
Ph. (410) 558-8176, 8388, 8169
FAX (410) 558-8173
E-mail: fishbein@vax.grc.nia.nih.gov
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