diff --git a/eiger/test/consume_live.py b/eiger/test/consume_live.py
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+from _ctypes import Structure
+from ctypes import c_uint64, c_uint16
+import zmq
+
+
+image_metadata_dtype_mapping = {
+    1: 'uint8',
+    2: 'uint16',
+    4: 'uint32',
+    8: 'uint64',
+    12: 'float16',
+    14: 'float32',
+    18: 'float64'
+}
+
+class ImageMetadata(Structure):
+    _pack_ = 1
+    _fields_ = [
+                ("version", c_uint64),
+                ("id", c_uint64),
+                ("height", c_uint64),
+                ("width", c_uint64),
+
+                ("dtype", c_uint16),
+                ("encoding", c_uint16),
+                ("source_id", c_uint16),
+                ("status", c_uint16),
+
+                ("user_1", c_uint64),
+                ("user_2", c_uint64),]
+
+    def as_dict(self):
+        return dict((f, getattr(self, f)) for f, _ in self._fields_)
+
+flags=0
+zmq_context = zmq.Context(io_threads=4)
+poller = zmq.Poller()
+backend_socket = zmq_context.socket(zmq.SUB)
+backend_socket.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "")
+backend_socket.connect("ipc:///tmp/std-daq-cSAXS.EG01V01-image_stream")
+poller.register(backend_socket, zmq.POLLIN)
+while True:
+    events = dict(poller.poll(2000))
+    if backend_socket in events:
+        metadata = ImageMetadata.from_buffer_copy(backend_socket.recv(flags))
+        image = backend_socket.recv(flags, copy=False, track=False)
+        print(f"Recv img id: {metadata.id}")
+    else:
+        print("nothing")
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