extractIFCBdata.py function, idle

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I am working on converting IFCB files to use in Ecotaxa and have gone through the installation process. After a few attempts of running extractIFCBdata.py, it's not clear to me whether it's working, or what to expect to happen.

First, I tried running extractIFCBdata.py -h in the command prompt shell:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4317]
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C:\Users\IFCB> C:\Users\IFCB\Documents\ifcb-tools\extractIFCBdata.py -h

C:\Users\IFCB>
[main 2024-11-12T13:16:53.822Z] update#setState idle
[main 2024-11-12T13:17:23.832Z] update#setState checking for updates
[main 2024-11-12T13:17:23.851Z] update#setState downloading
[main 2024-11-12T13:17:30.691Z] update#setState downloaded
[main 2024-11-12T13:17:30.692Z] update#setState updating
[main 2024-11-12T13:17:53.803Z] update#setState ready
[main 2024-11-12T13:25:42.708Z] Extension host with pid 20680 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
[main 2024-11-12T13:25:42.842Z] [UtilityProcessWorker]: terminated unexpectedly with code 18446744072773829000, signal: unknown

In addition to the messages that are shown above, this opened up the code in X. When we closed X, the final line above showed up.

Next, we tried running the function with the arguments filled out:

C:\Users\IFCB> C:\Users\IFCB\Documents\ifcb-tools\extractIFCBdata.py -r C:\Users\IFCB\Documents\ecotaxa\input\20241017 -m C:\Users\IFCB\Documents\ecotaxa\input\20241017\20241017_wfu_ifcb_metadata.csv -o C:\Users\IFCB\Documents\ecotaxa\output ecotaxa

Again, the script opened up in X and we got the following messages in the shell:

C:\Users\IFCB>
[main 2024-11-12T13:32:49.250Z] update#setState idle
[main 2024-11-12T13:33:19.257Z] update#setState checking for updates
[main 2024-11-12T13:33:19.359Z] update#setState idle
[main 2024-11-12T13:56:12.314Z] No ptyHost heartbeat after 6 seconds

We are using Python version 3.9.0 and have Matlab version 2022. What should we be seeing when we run the extractIFCBdata.py function?

Thanks for any insight you can provide!