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VARIABLE

        MIRA\VARIABLE section|* read|write

    Generates a SIC copy of one of the following MIRA data sections
    (wildcard permitted, activates all sections), for read (default)
    ow write access. For further documentation on MIRA's data structure,
    please consult section 5 of the MIRA manual. The section MON consists of
    SIC structures MON%HEADER and MON%DATA. Each frontend-backend
    combination has its own GAINS and REDUCE section (e.g. GAINS1, REDUCE3,
    etc.). The sections SCAN, FEBE, and DATA consist of header and data
    structures for each frontend-backend combination, e.g. SCAN1%HEADER,
    SCAN1%DATA, FEBE2%HEADER, FEBE3%DATA, and so on. The DATA and HEADER
    structures of section ARRAY are written for each baseband, e.g.
    ARRAY1%HEADER1, ARRAY2%DATA3, etc.

    VARIABLE PRIM     Retrieves the IMBFITS primary header.
    VARIABLE SCAN     Same for the scan header and table sections.
    VARIABLE FEBE     Information related to the frontend-backend combination.
    VARIABLE ARRAY    Raw data headers and data sections.
    VARIABLE DATA     For calibrated raw data, and monitor points interpolated
                      at the backend timestamps.
    VARIABLE MON      Monitoring headers and table sections.
    VARIABLE GAINS    Calibration parameter for each frontend-backend
                      combination.
    VARIABLE CHOICE   Search options for MIRA's command FIND.
    VARIABLE REDUCE   MIRA internal flags for calibration history.
    VARIABLE LIST     Entries of the current index list.


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