What is the difference between the status codes LOS_STATUS and NEXT_FILE_STATUS as returned by the read_drec() module?
The distinction for these two codes comes into play when dealing with real-time acquisition of the data to be placed into IDFS format. The code LOS_STATUS is interpreted to mean that the LOS (loss of signal) code has been received and thus, no more data is being telemetered down until the AOS (acquisition of signal) code is again received. The NEXT_FILE_STATUS code is used to represent the situation where the IDFS data/header files had to be closed prior to the end of the current acquisition period. A new set of IDFS data/header files was created to continue with the transformation of the data stream into an IDFS data set.
