File formats

Use this page as a quick index of the files you can download (or upload) for BactoBox®.

Overview

summary.csv Tabular export of measurements and key metadata.

💾 10–100 KiB 💽 text/csv 💻 Excel / LibreOffice

summary.csv

measurements.zip Archive of measurement-related files (typically one BDR per measurement).

💾 1–5 MiB 💽 application/zip 💻 File Explorer / 7‑Zip

measurements.zip

Device data bundle (DDB) Support bundle with system logs plus measurement files.

💾 10–100 MiB 💽 application/zip 💻 Share with support

Device data bundle (DDB)

SWU file Software update package for the BactoBox® device.

💾 100–150 MiB 💽 application/octet-stream 💻 Access

SWU file

CRS file Classification rule set (gating) used by the Measure program.

💾 ~500 KiB 💽 application/vnd.sbt.crs+json 💻 Access

CRS file

GMI file Backup image used for backup & restore of software and data.

💾 1–8 GiB 💽 application/vnd.sbt.gmi+zip 💻 Access

GMI file

BDR file BactoBox® binary with per-object classification metrics.

💾 0.5–2 MiB (2–3 min) 💽 application/vnd.sbt.bdr 💻 pilus (Python)

BDR file

IQS file BactoBox® binary with a demodulated data stream.

💾 ~100 MiB (2–3 min) 💽 application/vnd.sbt.iqs 💻 pilus (Python)

IQS file

Both measurements.zip and DDB are ZIP files. They can also share the same bbXXXXXXXX-YYYY-MM-DD.zip naming pattern, but the contents differ.