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+"""
+PUS & SpW packet header structure definitions and utility functions
+
+PUS-C for ARIEL
+
+Author: Marko Mecina (MM)
+"""
+### TBD ###
+import ctypes
+import datetime
+import struct
+import numpy as np
+
+import crcmod
+from s2k_partypes import ptt
+
+# ID of the parameter format type defining parameter
+FMT_TYPE_PARAM = 'DPPXXXXX'
+
+# pre/suffixes for TM/TC packets from/to PLMSIM
+# PLM_PKT_PREFIX = b'tc PUS_TC '
+PLM_PKT_PREFIX_TC_SEND = b'tc PUS_TC '
+PLM_PKT_PREFIX_TC = b'TM PUS_TC '
+PLM_PKT_PREFIX_TM = b'TM PUS_TM '
+PLM_PKT_SUFFIX = b'\r\n'
+
+# CRC methods
+puscrc = crcmod.predefined.mkPredefinedCrcFun('crc-ccitt-false')
+rmapcrc = crcmod.mkCrcFun(0x107, rev=True, initCrc=0, xorOut=0)
+PEC_LEN = 2 # in bytes
+RMAP_PEC_LEN = 1
+
+# PUS packet structure definition
+
+PUS_PKT_VERS_NUM = 0 # 0 for space packets
+PUS_VERSION = 2
+MAX_PKT_LEN = 1024 # 886 for TMs [EID-1298], 504 for TCs [EID-1361]
+
+TMTC = {0: 'TM', 1: 'TC'}
+TSYNC_FLAG = {0: 'U', 1: 'S'}
+
+PRIMARY_HEADER = [
+ ("PKT_VERS_NUM", ctypes.c_uint16, 3),
+ ("PKT_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint16, 1),
+ ("SEC_HEAD_FLAG", ctypes.c_uint16, 1),
+ ("APID", ctypes.c_uint16, 11),
+ ("SEQ_FLAGS", ctypes.c_uint16, 2),
+ ("PKT_SEQ_CNT", ctypes.c_uint16, 14),
+ ("PKT_LEN", ctypes.c_uint16, 16)
+]
+
+TM_SECONDARY_HEADER = [
+ ("PUS_VERSION", ctypes.c_uint8, 4),
+ ("SCTRS", ctypes.c_uint8, 4),
+ ("SERV_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint8, 8),
+ ("SERV_SUB_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint8, 8),
+ ("MTC", ctypes.c_uint16, 16),
+ ("DEST_ID", ctypes.c_uint16, 16),
+ ("CTIME", ctypes.c_uint32, 32),
+ ("FTIME", ctypes.c_uint16, 16)
+]
+
+TC_SECONDARY_HEADER = [
+ ("PUS_VERSION", ctypes.c_uint8, 4),
+ ("ACK", ctypes.c_uint8, 4),
+ ("SERV_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint8, 8),
+ ("SERV_SUB_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint8, 8),
+ ("SOURCE_ID", ctypes.c_uint16, 16)
+]
+
+# [format of time stamp, amount of bytes of time stamp including sync byte(s), fine time resolution, length of extra sync flag in bytes]
+timepack = [ptt(9, 17), 6, 2**16, 0]
+CUC_EPOCH = datetime.datetime(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
+
+
+def timecal(data, string=False, checkft=False):
+ if not isinstance(data, bytes):
+ try:
+ return data[0]
+ except (IndexError, TypeError):
+ return data
+
+ if len(data) == timepack[1]:
+ sync_byte = True
+ elif len(data) == timepack[1] - timepack[3]:
+ sync_byte = False
+ else:
+ raise ValueError('Wrong length of time stamp data ({} bytes)'.format(len(data)))
+
+ data = int.from_bytes(data, 'big')
+
+ if sync_byte:
+ coarse = data >> 24
+ fine = ((data >> 8) & 0xffff) / timepack[2]
+ else:
+ coarse = data >> 16
+ fine = (data & 0xffff) / timepack[2]
+
+ # check for fine time overflow
+ if checkft and (fine > timepack[2]):
+ raise ValueError('Fine time is greater than resolution {} > {}!'.format(fine, timepack[2]))
+
+ if string:
+ if sync_byte:
+ sync = 'S' if (data & 0xff) == 0b101 else 'U'
+ else:
+ sync = ''
+ return '{:.6f}{}'.format(coarse + fine, sync)
+
+ else:
+ return coarse + fine
+
+
+def calc_timestamp(time, sync=None, return_bytes=False):
+ if isinstance(time, (float, int)):
+ ctime = int(time)
+ ftime = round(time % 1 * timepack[2])
+ if ftime == timepack[2]:
+ ctime += 1
+ ftime = 0
+
+ elif isinstance(time, str):
+ if time[-1].upper() in ['U', 'S']:
+ t = float(time[:-1])
+ else:
+ t = float(time)
+ ctime = int(t)
+ ftime = round(t % 1 * timepack[2])
+ if ftime == timepack[2]:
+ ctime += 1
+ ftime = 0
+ sync = 0b101 if time[-1].upper() == 'S' else 0
+
+ elif isinstance(time, bytes):
+ if len(time) not in [timepack[1], timepack[1] - timepack[3]]:
+ raise ValueError(
+ 'Bytestring size ({}) does not match length specified in format ({})'.format(len(time), timepack[1]))
+ ctime = int.from_bytes(time[:4], 'big')
+ ftime = int.from_bytes(time[4:6], 'big')
+ if len(time) == timepack[1]:
+ sync = None
+ # sync = time[-1]
+ else:
+ sync = None
+
+ else:
+ raise TypeError('Unsupported input for time ({})'.format(type(time)))
+
+ if return_bytes:
+ if sync is None or sync is False:
+ return ctime.to_bytes(4, 'big') + ftime.to_bytes(2, 'big')
+ else:
+ pass
+ # no sync byte in ARIEL?
+ # return ctime.to_bytes(4, 'big') + ftime.to_bytes(2, 'big') + sync.to_bytes(1, 'big')
+ else:
+ return ctime, ftime, sync
+
+
+# P_HEADER_LEN = sum([x[2] for x in PRIMARY_HEADER]) // 8
+# TM_HEADER_LEN = sum([x[2] for x in PRIMARY_HEADER + TM_SECONDARY_HEADER]) // 8
+# TC_HEADER_LEN = sum([x[2] for x in PRIMARY_HEADER + TC_SECONDARY_HEADER]) // 8
+
+class RawGetterSetter:
+
+ @property
+ def raw(self):
+ return bytes(self.bin)
+
+ @raw.setter
+ def raw(self, rawdata):
+ self.bin[:] = rawdata
+
+
+class PHeaderBits(ctypes.BigEndianStructure):
+ _pack_ = 1
+ _fields_ = [(label, ctype, bits) for label, ctype, bits in PRIMARY_HEADER]
+
+
+P_HEADER_LEN = ctypes.sizeof(PHeaderBits)
+
+
+class PHeader(ctypes.Union, RawGetterSetter):
+ _pack_ = 1
+ _fields_ = [
+ ('bits', PHeaderBits),
+ ('bin', ctypes.c_ubyte * P_HEADER_LEN)
+ ]
+
+
+class TMHeaderBits(ctypes.BigEndianStructure):
+ _pack_ = 1
+ _fields_ = [(label, ctype, bits) for label, ctype, bits in PRIMARY_HEADER + TM_SECONDARY_HEADER]
+
+
+TM_HEADER_LEN = ctypes.sizeof(TMHeaderBits)
+
+
+class TMHeader(ctypes.Union, RawGetterSetter):
+ _pack_ = 1
+ _fields_ = [
+ ('bits', TMHeaderBits),
+ ('bin', ctypes.c_ubyte * TM_HEADER_LEN)
+ ]
+
+ def __init__(self):
+ super(TMHeader, self).__init__()
+ self.bits.PKT_VERS_NUM = PUS_PKT_VERS_NUM
+ self.bits.PKT_TYPE = 0
+ self.bits.PUS_VERSION = PUS_VERSION
+
+
+class TCHeaderBits(ctypes.BigEndianStructure):
+ _pack_ = 1
+ _fields_ = [(label, ctype, bits) for label, ctype, bits in PRIMARY_HEADER + TC_SECONDARY_HEADER]
+
+
+TC_HEADER_LEN = ctypes.sizeof(TCHeaderBits)
+
+
+class TCHeader(ctypes.Union, RawGetterSetter):
+ _pack_ = 1
+ _fields_ = [
+ ('bits', TCHeaderBits),
+ ('bin', ctypes.c_ubyte * TC_HEADER_LEN)
+ ]
+
+ def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
+ super(TCHeader, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
+ self.bits.PKT_VERS_NUM = PUS_PKT_VERS_NUM
+ self.bits.PKT_TYPE = 1
+ self.bits.PUS_VERSION = PUS_VERSION
+
+
+CUC_OFFSET = TMHeaderBits.CTIME.offset
+
+SPW_PROTOCOL_IDS = {
+ "RMAP": 0x01,
+ "FEEDATA": 0xF0,
+ "CCSDS": 0x02
+}
+
+# RMAP packet structure definitions
+
+RMAP_MAX_PKT_LEN = 2 ** 15
+SPW_DPU_LOGICAL_ADDRESS = 0x50
+SPW_FEE_LOGICAL_ADDRESS = 0x51
+SPW_FEE_KEY = 0xD1 # application authorisation key
+
+RMAP_COMMAND_HEADER = [
+ ("TARGET_LOGICAL_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("PROTOCOL_ID", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("PKT_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint32, 2),
+ ("WRITE", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("VERIFY", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("REPLY", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("INCREMENT", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("REPLY_ADDR_LEN", ctypes.c_uint32, 2),
+ ("KEY", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("INIT_LOGICAL_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("TRANSACTION_ID", ctypes.c_uint32, 16),
+ ("EXT_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 32),
+ ("DATA_LEN", ctypes.c_uint32, 24),
+ ("HEADER_CRC", ctypes.c_uint32, 8)
+]
+
+RMAP_REPLY_WRITE_HEADER = [
+ ("INIT_LOGICAL_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("PROTOCOL_ID", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("PKT_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint32, 2),
+ ("WRITE", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("VERIFY", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("REPLY", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("INCREMENT", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("REPLY_ADDR_LEN", ctypes.c_uint32, 2),
+ ("STATUS", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("TARGET_LOGICAL_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("TRANSACTION_ID", ctypes.c_uint32, 16),
+ ("HEADER_CRC", ctypes.c_uint32, 8)
+]
+
+RMAP_REPLY_READ_HEADER = [
+ ("INIT_LOGICAL_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("PROTOCOL_ID", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("PKT_TYPE", ctypes.c_uint32, 2),
+ ("WRITE", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("VERIFY", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("REPLY", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("INCREMENT", ctypes.c_uint32, 1),
+ ("REPLY_ADDR_LEN", ctypes.c_uint32, 2),
+ ("STATUS", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("TARGET_LOGICAL_ADDR", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("TRANSACTION_ID", ctypes.c_uint32, 16),
+ ("RESERVED", ctypes.c_uint32, 8),
+ ("DATA_LEN", ctypes.c_uint32, 24),
+ ("HEADER_CRC", ctypes.c_uint32, 8)
+]
+
+
+# S13 data header format, using python struct conventions
+S13_FMT_OBSID = 'I'
+S13_FMT_TIME = 'I'
+S13_FMT_FTIME = 'H'
+S13_FMT_COUNTER = 'H'
+_S13_HEADER_FMT = S13_FMT_OBSID + S13_FMT_TIME + S13_FMT_FTIME + S13_FMT_COUNTER
+
+
+def s13_unpack_data_header(buf):
+ return struct.unpack('>' + _S13_HEADER_FMT, buf[:struct.calcsize(_S13_HEADER_FMT)])