Modify and Convert HBM^®-MEA files

Scope / Short description

For the measurement devices of the MGC series the company HBM^® uses its own file format, the MEA format.

For modifying and for converting of MEA files three commandline tools are available.

MEA2DPF: MEA2DPF converts the MEA file in a Paradox^® database file (*.DPF). By using this tool the recorded data may now be used using e.g. MS-Access or other databases to read and process the data.
MEAMerge: MEAMerge merges two or more MEA files to one complete file. To to so it is required that all files have the same recording parameters (channels, recording frequency, etc.). The new MEA file contains all the data and may then be used as recorded in one piece.
MEARepair: MEARepair corrects the number of the recordsets in the file header to the number possible regarding the filesize (in bytes). Now all written recordsets are visible and may be accessed in the usual way, regardless if the file header was updated after writing the data. Using this tool makes it possible to rescue data and files from disk if the system crashed while writing data.

System requirements

Windows^® 7 or higher
32-Bit binaries only, running on x64 architecture should be possible as well.

Usage

Start of the executeable file via commandline.

Portability

The current version is specially adapted for Windows^®.
The source code should be compileable on all operating systems.

Downloads

Source package

MEAMerge Distribution.zip

Copyright

This software is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or (at your choice) newer. This means that if you want to use this software or parts of the sourcecode in a program that you release or distribute to anyone, the program must be free software and have a GPL-compatible license. If you would like advice on making your license GPL-compatible, contact licensing@gnu.org.

This software is provided in the hope that it may be useful, but without any warranty, see GNU General Public License for further details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License together with this software. If not please download from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

The part of the software created by me is free of third party rights. All used libraries are free software, but the respective licence terms apply. Please notice all details and information on this topic in this file.

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Modify and Convert HBM®-MEA files