I tried to convert your scene with filemaker and it worked, but once I re-saved it with maya without any changes, it gave me an error:
Code:
Cannot convert maya file 'beads.ma' : To 499 out of bounds for .fc[1], in file 'beads.ma' at line 2139, in file 'start.ini' at line 19
Is there a specific version of maya I need to use or some settings I need to set?