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FireFly™ Data Conversion Software

DESI Ion Source users now have the capability to convert their large data sets into file formats compatible with third party software using FireFly™ data conversion software. FireFly is compatible with Thermo Scientific, Bruker, LECO, Waters and AB Sciex data acquisition systems.

FireFly is a software program that extracts and builds data sets from data systems data conversion algorithms into file formats compatible with BioMAP, a third party image visualization and processing software program.

FireFly was created in order to enable visualization of multi-dimensional data sets, which Prosolia's DESI 2-D Ion Source can routinely generate in combination with mass spectrometers from select manufacturers.

Features of the FireFly program allow users to select ranges of data, scale the intensities, and bin the data in both m/z and time. FireFly extracts the raw instrument data without truncating the data and has the capacity to convert rich data sets typically encountered in high resolution mass spectrometry experiments.

Firefly 2.0 Features

  • Compatibility with Thermo Scientific Xcalibur™, Waters Mass Lynx™, AB Sciex Analyst™, Bruker Compass™ software, and LECO ChromaToF™ data acquisition software;*†
  • Improved data conversion efficiency;
  • Data conversion using Automatic Gain Control (AGC) or equivalent ion trap scan functions;
  • Auto Scaling for compatibility with BioMAP;
  • Optional file conversion without truncating data for BioMAP‡

* Compatibility restrictions apply;
† Xcalibur is a trademark of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Mass Lynx is a trademark of Waters Corp., Analyst is a trademark of AB Sciex, Compass is a trademark of Bruker Daltonics, ChromaToF is a trademark of LECO Corp.
‡ Not compatible with BioMAP. Requires additional software that reads Analyze 7.5 file formats.

BioMap, a common MS image data evaluation platform for Unix, Windows and MAC, was written in IDL™. It provides a common visualization and storage platform, which can be used for visualization of data from any source, provided that an import filter exists for this format. This platform can be extended by various software packages, individually designed for analysis of specific data sets. Visualization is based on multi-planar reconstruction allowing extraction of arbitrary slices from a 3D-volume.