Accuracy of data in .par file about VersaStudio

[Earnest-pyja]

Hello,

I have a problem in dealing with the data in .par file. Because i found the Zre and Zim data in .par file in different from the data exported with VersaStudio.
The manual of VersaStudio also points out this issue:"The EIS data within the raw data file is un-calibrated and should not be used for data analysis. Only EIS data that is copied and pasted from within VersaStudio should be used for any data exportation and analysis. "
I read the code of impedance.py, it seems raw data of .par file is not processed.
So I want to know how to deal with it, or I missed the code dealing with this issue.

Thanks.

[mdmurbach]

Unfortunately, if the data in the .par file is not meant to be used for data analysis, then I don't think that impedance.py will be able to be used (unless you know what processing VersaStudio is applying and we can add it). You can see here, that the readVersaStudio is just reading in the Segment value directly. @BGerwe have you seen this issue at all? Should we add a disclaimer to the readVersaStudio function?

@Earnest-pyja do you have a link to the manual/section that you can share so we can add a reference?

[BGerwe]

Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with this issue. I briefly worked with data in .par format, but my collaborators collected the data so I never really interacted with their software

[Earnest-pyja]

Unfortunately, if the data in the .par file is not meant to be used for data analysis, then I don't think that impedance.py will be able to be used (unless you know what processing VersaStudio is applying and we can add it). You can see here, that the readVersaStudio is just reading in the Segment value directly. @BGerwe have you seen this issue at all? Should we add a disclaimer to the readVersaStudio function?

@Earnest-pyja do you have a link to the manual/section that you can share so we can add a reference?

I found it in this website (page 104--Appendix 3): https://manualzz.com/doc/28282919/versastudio---princeton-applied-research.

"The EIS data within the raw data file is un-calibrated and should not be used for data analysis. Only EIS data that is copied and pasted from within VersaStudio should be used for any data exportation and analysis. "

Actually, this sentence is from "VersaStudio Software Manual", you could find it in official manual directly.

[BGerwe]

Given this, we can either add this disclaimer into the readVersaStudio or remove the function entirely. I'm inclined toward the former, but curious if that potentially creates more trouble for folks who may be unwittingly analyzing poor data.