Extract text from Geolocator and light show files (LUX)
To convert LUX Data files to another format, you need Light-O-Rama or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Sensor Data & Sequence" file type, you need software like Light-O-Rama or a similar tool.
The .LUX file extension primarily represents an Environmental data logger file created by Migrate Technology Ltd tracking devices, or a Light show sequence file used by Light-O-Rama software. For environmental tracking, these files store geolocation and light intensity data captured by tiny animal tags. In the lighting industry, they store programmed sequences for synchronized holiday light displays.
These are highly proprietary formats. The main disadvantage is vendor lock-in. You typically need the original, expensive software - such as LoggerPro for Migrate Technology tags or the Light-O-Rama Sequencer - to read the data. These files are not supported by web browsers and will display as unreadable binary data if forced open in a standard text editor. This makes sharing data with external researchers or lighting technicians frustrating and limits collaborative work.
If you need to analyze the data, the best target formats are CSV or TXT. Converting to standard spreadsheet formats allows you to use Microsoft Excel or Python for detailed data modeling. However, converting complex light sequences to text may result in losing specific hardware channel mappings and exact timing metadata.
Because .LUX files are closed, proprietary formats, standard online converters consistently fail to process them. Niche hardware formats lack public documentation, meaning often only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible on convert.guru. We can inspect the file, extract raw text or internal content, and if a supported underlying format is detected, viewing or conversion might still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LUX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted LUZ, FF3, LCE and PAR files.
If you want to convert LUX file to PAR, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use Light-O-Rama or similar software from the "Environmental Data and Light Sequence" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to LUX, try Light-O-Rama or another comparable tool in the "Environmental Data and Light Sequence" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LUX converter.