The following classes implement different MDF version3 blocks.

AttachmentBlock Class

class asammdf.mdf4.AttachmentBlock(**kargs)

ATBLOCK class

When adding new attachments only embedded attachemnts are allowed, with keyword argument data of type bytes

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
extract
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

Channel Class

class asammdf.mdf4.Channel(**kargs)

CNBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

ChannelConversion Class

class asammdf.mdf4.ChannelConversion(**kargs)

CCBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

ChannelGroup Class

class asammdf.mdf4.ChannelGroup(**kargs)

CGBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

DataGroup Class

class asammdf.mdf4.DataGroup(**kargs)

DGBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

DataList Class

class asammdf.mdf4.DataList(**kargs)

DLBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

DataBlock Class

class asammdf.mdf4.DataBlock(**kargs)

DTBLOCK class Raw channel dta can be compressed to save RAM; set the compression keyword argument to True when instantiating the object

Parameters:

compression : bool

enable raw channel data compression in RAM

address : int

DTBLOCK address inside the file

file_stream : int

file handle

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

FileIdentificationBlock Class

class asammdf.mdf4.FileIdentificationBlock(**kargs)

IDBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

HeaderBlock Class

class asammdf.mdf4.HeaderBlock(**kargs)

HDBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

SourceInformation Class

class asammdf.mdf4.SourceInformation(**kargs)

SIBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

FileHistory Class

class asammdf.mdf4.FileHistory(**kargs)

FHBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

TextBlock Class

class asammdf.mdf4.TextBlock(**kargs)

common TXBLOCK and MDBLOCK class

Methods

clear
copy	Generic (shallow and deep) copying operations.
from_text
fromkeys
get
items
keys
pop
popitem
setdefault
update
values

classmethod from_text(text, meta=False)

Create a TextBlock from a str or bytes

Parameters:

text : str | bytes

input text

meta : bool

enable meta text block

Examples

>>> t = TextBlock.from_text(b'speed')
>>> t['id']
b'##TX'
>>> t.text_str
speed
>>> t = TextBlock.from_text('mass', meta=True)
>>> t['id']
b'##MD'