RTA Inputs

RTA requires the following input for processing:

Tile images contained in local system memory.
RunInfo.xml, which is generated automatically at the beginning of the run. The file provides the following information.
Run name
Number of cycles
Whether a read is indexed
Number of tiles on the flow cell
RTA.exe.config, which is a software configuration file in XML format.

RTA receives commands from the control software about the location of RunInfo.xml and whether an optional output folder is specified.