Essential FTIR can read data from most spectroscopy file formats.

New file formats can be supported free of charge. Contact essentialFTIR@tds.net for information

Any of the supported file formats can be converted into any of the supported formats for writing data.

Click here for information about batch file conversion.

Supported File Types

  • A2 / Agilent (.a2r)
  • ASCII (x,y) pairs (.csv, .tbl, .xy, .asc, .prn, .txt, .dpt, .dat, etc.)
  • ASD / Panalytical FieldSpec, LabSpec, TerraSpec NIR (.asd, .sco, .000)
  • Analect/Beijing Rayleigh/Hamilton-Sundstrand/Applied Instrument Technologies (.asf)
  • Andor Raman (.sif)
  • Avantes (.raw8, .rwd8, .abs8, .trm8, .refl8, .irr8, .rir8)
  • BWTech Raman (.txt)
  • Biorad / Digilab / Varian / Agilent (.bsp)
  • Bruker OPUS (.0, .1, etc)
  • Buck Scientific(.scn)
  • CSV Comma Separated Values (.csv)
  • Cary UV-VIS-NIR (*.bsw, *.asp)
  • Digital Micrograph (.dm3)
  • FOSS Near-IR (.nir)
  • Gasmet (.spe)
  • Grams (Galactic, Spectra-Calc) (.spc)
  • HP-IRD GC-IR files (.cgm)
  • Interspectrum (.spe)
  • JCAMP-DX (.dx, .jdx)
  • Jasco (.jws, .j1d)
  • Kassay files (.dat, .bgd)
  • Lab Cognition Panorama/Spectacle (.irs)
  • Lambda Scientific .gfi)
  • Lumex (.spa, .ifa, .rfa)
  • Lumex Infralum (.spa, .ifa, .rfa)
  • MKS (.lab)
  • Mattson WinFIRST
  • Nicolet/Thermo Omnic (.spa)
  • Ocean Optics OOIBASE32 files (.scope, .scope.txt)
  • Ocean Optics Raman files (.ram)
  • Ocean Optics ProcSpec files (.procspec)
  • Ocean Optics json files (.json)
  • Panalytical / ASD (.asd, .sco, .000)
  • Perkin Elmer (.sp, .asc, .txt, .pe, .lsc)
  • IBM/Nicolet PCIR (.ird, .irs, .bkg, .ifg)
  • Philips EAGLE-IR PU9600 / PU9800(.ird, .irs, .bkg, .ifg)
  • PE NIR PioNIR (.pdf)
  • Princeton files (.spe )
  • Protrustech Raman (.ptt)
  • Renishaw Raman (.wdf, .esp)
  • Roper Winspec WinView (.spe )
  • Sadtler User Spectral Files (.irs)
  • Shimadzu IRSolutions (.smf, .ispd, .itcd)
  • Shimadzu RF Spectrofluorophotometer (.spc)
  • Shimadzu UV 1800, 2500, 3600, 3600i (.spc .vspd)
  • Smiths Detection HazMatID Ranger (.RangerResult)
  • Smiths Detection RespondeR RCI (Raman Chemical Identifier)(.rar)
  • SpectralID libraries (.isl, .itl, .idx, .ipl)
  • Unicam UV-VIS (.scn)
  • Yokogawa NIR (.sp2)

Supported Spectral Library Formats

  • Galactic/Grams/SpectralID user libraries (.isl, .itl, .idx)
  • Mattson WinFIRST user libraries
  • Perkin Elmer user libraries (.dlg, .slb)
  • Sadtler user libraries
  • Thermo Omnic user libraries (.lbt, .lbd, .lbp)

All ASCII/text spectral datafiles including these:

  • Aster Spectral Library (.spectrum.txt)
  • Avantes AvaSoft Software (.tat, .tit, .trt, .ttt)
  • Beckman Coulter DU 600/7000 (.scn, .asc)
  • Bio-Rad FTS 3000 MX FTIR-Spektrometer (.csv)
  • GL Gem Raman (.fak, .rruff)
  • Hewlett Packard 8453 (.csv)
  • Horiba Datamax (.prn)
  • IKS XDAP (.spk)
  • InfraLUM FT-08
  • Milton Roy Spectronic 3000 (.asc)
  • Photolab / SpectroFlex UV-VIS
  • Princeton Instruments WinSpec 1.6-Software ASCII files (.prn)
  • RRUFF Raman mineral database (.rruff)
  • Scinco Neosys 2000 UV-Vis Spektrometer (.csv)
  • StellarNet SpectraSize (.abs, .trm, .ssm, .irr, .lib)
  • Thermo Electron Helios Alpha spectrometer (.csv)
  • USGS spectral library files (.asc)
  • Unicam U450 spectrometer (.csv)
  • Varian Cary 50 (.csv)
  • WTW PhotoLab (.csv)

Supported File Formats for Saving Data

  • ASCII (x,y) pairs (.csv)
  • AIT (Analect) .asf
  • Excel (.xls) (Export only)
  • Grams (Galactic, Spectra-Calc) (.spc)
  • Matlab (.mat) (Export only)
  • JCAMP-DX (.dx, .jdx)
  • Perkin Elmer (.sp)