MESSENGER-FIPS File formats
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Beam files - Contain absolute measurements of the ion beam flux

.BM input file format:
Column#                   Content
0                                 Beam Counts

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Background files - Contain background rates for detectors.

.BKGD input file format:
Column#                   Content
0                                Start Background Counts Before
1                                Stop Background Counts Before
2                                Valid Event Background Counts Before
3                                Start Background Counts After
4                                Stop Background Counts After
5                                Valid Event Background Counts After

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Housekeeping files - contain housekeeping data.

.HK input files:

Column#                   Content
0                                Time Stamp
1                                Wedge value
2                                Strip value
3                                Zigzag value
4                                +15V Monitor
5                                -15V Monitor
6                                +5V Monitor
7                                -5V Monitor
8                                +3.5V Monitor
9                                +2.5V Monitor
10					   Reference Temperature
11					   Temperature 1
12					   Temperature 2
13					   +15kV board Temp 
14					   MCP Voltage
15					   Post-acceleration Voltage
16					   Deflection System Voltage

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Ion files - Contains position and TOF information for individual ion events.

.ION input files:

Column#                     Contents
0                                  Time Stamp
1                                  Wedge
2                                  Strip
3                                  Zig Zag
4                                  TOF

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Rate files - Contains start, stop, and valid event rates.

.RTE input file format:
Column#                   Content
0                                Time Stamp
1                                Start Counts
2                                Stop Counts
3                                Valid Event Counts
4                                Hydrogen Event Counts
5                                Start Rate Counts
6                                Stop Rate Counts
7                                Valid Event Rate Counts
8                                Hydrogen Event Rate Counts
9                                Status Word