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<diag_name>.adios2_operator.type = zfp
<diag_name>.adios2_operator.parameters.precision = 3
+* ``<diag_name>.adios2_engine.type`` (``bp4``, ``sst``, ``ssc``, ``dataman``) optional,
+ `ADIOS2 Engine type <https://openpmd-api.readthedocs.io/en/0.14.0/details/backendconfig.html#adios2>`__ for `openPMD <https://www.openPMD.org>`_ data dumps.
+ See full list of engines at `ADIOS2 readthedocs <https://adios2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/engines/engines.html>`__
+
+* ``<diag_name>.adios2_engine.parameters.*`` optional,
+ `ADIOS2 Engine parameters <https://openpmd-api.readthedocs.io/en/0.14.0/details/backendconfig.html#adios2>`__ for `openPMD <https://www.openPMD.org>`_ data dumps.
+
+ An example for parameters for the BP engine are setting the number of writers (``NumAggregators``), transparently redirecting data to burst buffers etc.
+ A detailed list of engine-specific parameters are available at the official `ADIOS2 documentation <https://adios2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/engines/engines.html>`__
+
+ .. code-block:: text
+
+ <diag_name>.adios2_engine.parameter.NumAggregators = 2048
+ <diag_name>.adios2_engine.parameters.BurstBufferPath="/mnt/bb/username"
+
* ``<diag_name>.fields_to_plot`` (list of `strings`, optional)
Fields written to output.
Possible values: ``Ex`` ``Ey`` ``Ez`` ``Bx`` ``By`` ``Bz`` ``jx`` ``jy`` ``jz`` ``part_per_cell`` ``rho`` ``phi`` ``F`` ``part_per_grid`` ``divE`` ``divB`` and ``rho_<species_name>``, where ``<species_name>`` must match the name of one of the available particle species. Note that ``phi`` will only be written out when do_electrostatic==labframe.