Source code for pymepix.config.load_config

# This file is part of Pymepix
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# A. F. Al-Refaie, M. Johny, J. Correa, D. Pennicard, P. Svihra, A. Nomerotski, S. Trippel, and J. Küpper:
# "PymePix: a python library for SPIDR readout of Timepix3", J. Inst. 14, P10003 (2019)
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# global import for config file

from pathlib import Path, PurePath
import sys

import yaml
import random

global default_cfg

# print("\033[93m" + "USB trainID not started" + "\033[0m")



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def load_config(config_name="default.yaml"):
    global default_cfg
    cfg_file = Path(PurePath(__file__).parent, config_name)
    if Path(cfg_file).is_file():
        with open(cfg_file, "r") as f:
            default_cfg = yaml.safe_load(f)
    else:
        print(f"Cannot find config {cfg_file} file")
        sys.exit()
    # choose random port for ZMQ connections
    default_cfg["zmq_port"] = random.randint(2000, 65000)



load_config()