We have timeharp-200 running under WIN XP 32 bit, please give us advice to read a .t3r file, we have generated

WE want to read a .t3r file with detailed photon counting time-tags generated by a single Timeharp 200 card and a photomultiplier detecting photon events. Is there an information about programs like " FRETchen" from Dr. Gansen, which was able to open these files?

If there is a module in LABVIEW 8.5 for example, which let the file open and read the time tags precisely it would also help.

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<An ancient (2011) Answer had an older script> that didn't work for the poster. You have links to the above? A Google search didn't uncover either of those two references.

The present TimeHarp 260 page at the manufacturer's website indicates there is a DLL API that should work with it or some Python wrappers, but not likely that will work for the TimeHarp 200 you have; there's no reference to what may be an earlier version presently at the web site. The 32-bit XP environment may be a problem these days.

https://github.com/search?&q=picoquant+OR+picoharp+OR+hydraharp+OR+TimeHarp is a link from the PicoQuant site open-source software page and is the only reference there at all to the .t3r file format. It appears to be a totally proprietary format not documented publicly.. I gather it isn't defined in the product documentation?

You probably should approach the manufacturer support directly for options/advice.

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You might investigate <PIE Analysis for MATLAB>. <Its documentation> indicates it can be used to read old t3r files.

The only other thing I've found so far is an <open source package libpicoquant on GitHub> that looks as though has the necessary code pieces but would take delving into to figure out which would need to use to package into a MATLAB-callable function.