read_primary_headers

ccsdspy.utils.read_primary_headers(file)

Read primary header fields and return contents as a dictionary of arrays.

This function works with mixed files containing multiple APIDs, which may include both fixed length and variable length packets.

Parameters:

filestr, file-like

Path to file on the local file system, or file-like object

Returns:

header_arraysdict, string to NumPy array

Dictionary mapping header names to NumPy arrays. The header names are: CCSDS_VERSION_NUMBER, CCSDS_PACKET_TYPE, CCSDS_SECONDARY_FLAG, CCSDS_SEQUENCE_FLAG, CCSDS_APID, CCSDS_SEQUENCE_COUNT, CCSDS_PACKET_LENGTH