As many if you know, if you want to acquire x-ray maps using PeakSight instead of Probe Image, for subsequent quantification in CalcImage you will need to export the x-ray maps from PeakSight as ASCII .TXT files.
This is done by using the ConvertToProbImag.exe application from Probe Image | File menu (JEOL x-ray maps can be converted to PrbImg files by the ConvertToPrbImg app without an additional export to ASCII step).
However, John Fournelle and Aurelien Moy discovered that if one does not declare element and x-ray symbols for the acquisition, as seen here on these lines shown here:
Analysis Parameters :
Sp Elements Xtal Position Bias Gain Dtime Blin Wind Mode
Sp1 38483(0) LTAP 38483 1300 2600 3 560 Inte
Sp2 27663(0) TAP 27663 1300 2400 3 560 Inte
Sp3 38388(0) LPET 38388 1800 170 3 560 Inte
Sp4 50562(0) PC0 50562 1530 400 3 430 4500 Diff
Sp5 48015(0) LLIF 48015 1950 178 3 560 Inte
The ConvertToPrbImg.exe app will fail with errors. There is also a problem with the tab delimiting for some reason. They also ran in Integral mode which means they have the PHA window values missing. The correct format should include the element symbol and x-ray symbol as shown here:
Analysis Parameters :
Sp Elements Xtal Position Bias Gain Dtime Blin Wind Mode
Sp1 Zr La PET 69723 1400 1120 3 539 4000 Diff
Sp2 Pu Ma QTZ 55079 1900 1200 3 552 4000 Diff
Sp3 Am Ma QTZ 53747 1900 1000 3 540 4000 Diff
Sp4 Si Ka TAP 27139 1400 1350 3 580 4000 Diff
These are from a Cameca ASCII export done by Philipp Poeml.
The real problem is that Cameca refuses to release the file format of their binary ImpDat x-ray map format, and instead insist that we use the ASCII export format, but this format is problematic for many reasons...