The default setup in SMALOD is for the data taken from an online data computer using big-endian format. The Endian-swap is determined at the system level depending on the endian format used by the offline data process computer (users' desktop or laptop), USAGE: smalod in=${DATPATH}/120505_02:52:05 out=test.uv rxif=0 \ sideband=1 For an online data computer using little-endian format, SMALOD gives an option to convert the online data to the data format used by users' computer, USAGE: smalod in=${DATPATH}/120611_19:01:41 out=test.uv rxif=0 \ options=sendian sideband=1