_FUNCnnn.STS

Binary scan statistics file. One file per function (e.g. _FUNC001.STS, _FUNC002.STS). Records per-scan instrument housekeeping values: electrode voltages, collision energies, push counts, lock-mass corrections, and TIC traces.

Status: Fully Decoded

File Layout

[32-byte file preamble]
[n_desc × 48-byte descriptor records]      (starting at offset 0x20)
[n_scans × scan_record_size bytes of data]

Total header size = 32 + n_desc × 48. This equals the data_offset stored at preamble byte 0.

File Preamble (32 bytes)

Offset	Type	Description
0x00	u16	data_offset - byte offset where per-scan data begins
0x02	u16	Format version (always 1 observed)
0x04	u16	scan_record_size - bytes per scan in the data section
0x06	u16	n_desc - number of descriptor records
0x08-0x1F	-	Zeroes (padding to 32 bytes)

Equations:

• data_offset = 32 + n_desc * 48
• n_scans = (file_size - data_offset) / scan_record_size

Validated:

• PXD058812 P15: data_offset=0x4D0=1232, scan_sz=63, n_desc=25, n_scans=197
• PXD075602 DHPR: data_offset=0x0AA0=2720, scan_sz=167, n_desc=56, n_scans=1150

Descriptor Records (48 bytes each)

Each descriptor defines one channel stored in the per-scan data section.

Offset within record	Type	Description
0x00	u16	Channel sequence number (not always contiguous; some skip)
0x02	u16	Encoding type (see table below)
0x04	u16	Byte offset of this channel within each scan record
0x06-0x2F	bytes	Null-padded ASCII channel name (42 bytes)

Encoding Types

Type code	C type	Size	Notes
0	u8	1 byte	Boolean flag / small integer
1	i16	2 bytes	Signed 16-bit integer
2	u32	4 bytes	Unsigned 32-bit integer
3	f32	4 bytes	IEEE 754 single-precision float

The byte offset in the descriptor (0x04) is used directly as an index into the per-scan record. Channels are packed without explicit gaps; the offset of channel k+1 equals offset k + size(type k).

Per-Scan Data

The data section starts at data_offset and contains n_scans consecutive records, each scan_record_size bytes. To read channel X for scan S:

channel_value = scan_data[S * scan_record_size + descriptor[X].offset]

decoded using the descriptor's encoding type.

Known Channels

Observed across all four corpus datasets. Channels available depend on instrument generation; newer firmware adds channels.

Seq	Name	Type	Code	Notes
13	Segment Number	i16	varies	0 for normal scans
52	Cone	i16	varies	Cone voltage (V); matches _extern.inf Sampling Cone
62	Collision Energy	f32	varies	Per-scan collision energy (eV)
76/78	Pusher Frequency / Collision Energy2	varies	varies	Function-dependent
100	Reference Scan	u8	varies	1 if this scan is a lock-mass reference
101	Use lock mass correction	u8	varies	Boolean
102	Lock mass correction	f32	varies	Mass correction applied (Da)
103	Use temp correction	u8	varies	Boolean
104	Temperature correction	f32	varies	Temperature-derived TOF correction (µs)
107	TIC Trace A	f32	varies	Total Ion Current (a.u.) for function A
108	TIC Trace B	f32	varies	Total Ion Current (a.u.) for function B
116	Scan Push Count	u32	varies	Number of ADC pushes summed in this scan
117	Scanwave Normalisation Factor	f32	varies	IMS normalisation factor
121	ETD Fragmentation Mode	i16	varies	0 = CID; non-zero = ETD

Not all channels are present in every file. Parse by looking up the descriptor list rather than assuming fixed offsets.

Observed Values

Dataset	n_desc	scan_sz	Cone	Collision Energy	Push Count
PXD058812 P15 (non-IMS QTOF)	25	63	30 V	10.0 eV	-
PXD075602 DHPR (Xevo G2-XS)	56	167	30 V	4.0 eV	8299

Push Count = 8299 in DHPR: 8299 × 60.25 µs ≈ 0.50 s per scan, consistent with the 0.50 s scan time recorded in _FUNCTNS.INF.

Relationship to IDX Fields

The IDX +0x08 field (30-byte Variant B, value labelled "Large value / TIC?") likely corresponds to one of the TIC Trace channels here. This cross-check has not yet been confirmed empirically.

Reference Sources

• Empirical analysis: all _FUNC001.STS files in corpus
• Corpus samples:
  • PXD058812/molecular_mass_P15_01.raw (25 channels, 63 bytes/scan)
  • PXD075602/DHPR_11257-1.raw (56 channels, 167 bytes/scan)