Here is the File format of (from http://licel.com/manuals/programmingManual.pdf) Sample file header a9981017.204567 Berlin 10/08/1999 17:20:36 10/08/1999 17:20:41 0015 0015.0 0053.0 00 0000000 0010 0002000 0005 02 1 0 2 08000 1 1600 07.5 286.o 0 0 00 000 12 002000 0.100 BT1 1 1 2 08000 1 1600 07.5 286.o 0 0 00 000 00 002000 0.793 BC1 Line 1 Filename string a. Format: ?yyMddhh.mmssmsms ? - The first letter can be choose freely. yy - Two numbers showing the years in the century. M - One number containing the month as a hexadecimal number (December  C). dd - Two numbers containing the day of month. hh - Two numbers containing the hours since midnight. mm - Two numbers containing the minutes. s - Two number containing the seconds. ms - Two number containing the milliseconds divided by ten. Line 2 Location String with 8 Letters. Start Time dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss.. Stop Time dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss. Hight asl. Four digits (meter). Longitude Four digits (including - sign). one digit for decimal grades. Lattitude Four digits (including - sign). one digit for decimal grades. zenith angle Two digits in degrees. 37 C - Example Programs Line 3 Laser 1 Number of shots Integer 7 digits Pulse repetition frequency for Laser 1 Integer 5 digits Laser 2 Number of shots Integer 7 digits Pulse repetition frequency for Laser 2 Integer 5 digits number of datasets in the file Integer 2 digits Dataset Description Active 1 if dataset is present, 0 otherwise Analog/Photoncounting Analog  0, Photoncounting  1 Laser source One digit Laser 1  1, Laser 2  2. Number of bins 5 digits 1 PMT highvoltage Four digits in Volt binwidth In meter two digits before . and 2 digits after the dot Laser wavelength In nm, three digits dot Polarisation One letter, o  no polarisation, s  perpendikular, l  parallel 0 0 00 000 Backward compatibility number of ADC bits In case of an analog dataset, otherwise 0 number of shots 6 digits analog input range/discriminator level Analog input range in Volt in case of analog dataset , discriminator level in case of photon counting, one digit dot 3 digits. Dataset descriptor BT  analog dataset, BC  photon counting, the number is the transient recorder number as a hexadecimal. The data set description is followed by an extra CRLF. The datasets are 32bit integer values and are separated by CRLF. The last dataset is followed by a CRLF. These CRLF are used as markers and can be used as check points for file integrity.