Is it possible to post a sample code to convert the PLW file to CSV. I know you have a console app, but I need to integrate this code with another application. Appreciate if you can help me on this.
I too would like to be able to convert the PLW file either through Excel or via an independent program. I would like to run a macro in Excel or similar to control the conversion program. At the moment as Bilal says it doesn't allow automated input.
Is there a way for example of converting all plw files to csv within the root folder upon running the converter program. This way we could control via vba or vb. Net to open the converter in the background, it runs the converter and then take the csv information and run additional code to format the data further or add to a database.
Our IT department won't allow me to install the sdk so I am unable to develop myself.
Any help for both of us would be great. Any ideas how I can achieve the above result without installing the sdk
At the moment we do not have anything that could do what you are looking to undertake. Could you please e-mail support@picotech.com and we can discuss this further.
I would like to know if it is possible to customize the output of this app. At the moment the output I am getting in my csv files contains lot of information I don't need (PLW Converter Version, PLW File Header Version, Date of Test, Number of Channels, Last Sample Number and Sample Interval) but it doesn't have things I need like the name I gave to the channels which is usually present in the standard PicoLog text output.
This app was produced by a former colleague and hasn't had any major changes since.
Which device are you using? If you are using the PicoLog 6 software, the csv export feature will capture the channel names, although there isn't a bulk conversion utility. The PicoLog 6 software also uses a file format that is different to that used with PicoLog 5.
Hi Hitesh,
Thank you for you answer, I am using the PicoLog 6 software with a TC-08 Thermocouple Data Logger. I am aware of the possibility of using the software to obtain the CSV files with the channel names but I have hundreds of files to process and convert them singularly would require quite some time.
I am working on R so my only alternative would be to import the PLWs directly. Do you know any package that could do that for me?
I've checked the application and it will output the channel names.
I've updated it so that by default the settings are not printed (call the application with the -s flag to do this) - it should be available via the webpage later on today (version 1.0.1.0).
I am having problems to convert part of my PLW files.
After reading part of the measurements for some files the program shows the error "Index was outside the bounds of the array". For each file for which the program gives this message I am not obtaining any output.
Is there any way to obtain the converted file?
I am attaching examples of a couple of the "problematic" PLWs