Decoding DataVault parameters

[zibrov-zlobin]

I was wondering if it is possible to decode the parameters saved in a datafile without using labrad with, say, just plain python tools?
We sometimes end up sending our datasets to collaborators who dont use labrad.

It seems like it is not trivial -- I need to unflatten labrad type and decode from base64? Maybe I am missing something and it is possible to do this without using labrad types?

[maffoo]

The parameters are encoded by flattening a labrad data value to bytes, and then base64 encoding. To decode you have to do the reverse. I suspect that the easiest way to have a collaborator access the data is to just send them the code snippet of the decoder and have them pip install pylabrad. They don't need a full labrad installation of course, just the pylabrad library. Otherwise they'd have to write their own code to understand the labrad pyte format, type tags, etc.