4Links Multi-link SpaceWire Recorder Version 4, User Manual

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9.5. The MSR File Format
The format of the files stored by the
msr
program is complex, due to:

The need to interleave eight streams of recorded SpaceWire traffic into a sequential form for
transmission across the Ethernet;

The need to accommodate SpaceWire packets of unlimited length;

The need to compress values such as time-tags to minimise the file size;

The need to do all of this really fast.
4Links reserves the right to change the MSR file format. If this happens, the
msr
and
read.jar
programs will
be updated to reflect these changes and thus provide the stable supported interface for this product.