diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- HPSEcalFADCReadoutDriver.java	11 Jan 2012 18:45:13 -0000	1.5
+++ HPSEcalFADCReadoutDriver.java	19 Jan 2012 17:07:14 -0000	1.6
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@

  * Simulates time evolution of preamp output pulse.
  *
  * @author Sho Uemura <[log in to unmask]>

- * @version $Id: HPSEcalFADCReadoutDriver.java,v 1.5 2012/01/11 18:45:13 meeg Exp $

+ * @version $Id: HPSEcalFADCReadoutDriver.java,v 1.6 2012/01/19 17:07:14 meeg Exp $

  */
 public class HPSEcalFADCReadoutDriver extends HPSEcalReadoutDriver<RawCalorimeterHit> {
 	//buffer for deposited energy

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@

 	//shaper time constant in ns; negative values generate square pulses of the given width
 	double t0 = 18.0;
 	//delay (number of readout periods) between start of summing window and output of hit to clusterer

-	int delay0 = 128;

+	int delay0 = 64;

 	HPSEcalConverter converter = null;
 	//output buffer for hits
 	LinkedList<HPSFADCCalorimeterHit> buffer = new LinkedList<HPSFADCCalorimeterHit>();

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@

 		this.t0 = t0;
 	}
 

+	public void setDelay0(int delay0) {
+		this.delay0 = delay0;
+	}
+

 	public void setBufferLength(int bufferLength) {
 		this.bufferLength = bufferLength;
 		eDepMap = new HashMap<Long, RingBuffer>();

@@ -142,4 +146,4 @@

 				return 0.0;
 		}
 	}

-}

\ No newline at end of file

+}

diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- ecal_fadc_bkgd.lcsim	12 Jan 2012 00:26:16 -0000	1.7
+++ ecal_fadc_bkgd.lcsim	19 Jan 2012 17:07:15 -0000	1.8
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

 <!--
     Example LCSim steering file to run simple HPS ECal clustering and analysis.
     @author Sho Uemura <[log in to unmask]>

-    @version $Id: ecal_fadc_bkgd.lcsim,v 1.7 2012/01/12 00:26:16 meeg Exp $

+    @version $Id: ecal_fadc_bkgd.lcsim,v 1.8 2012/01/19 17:07:15 meeg Exp $

 -->
 <lcsim xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xs:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.lcsim.org/schemas/lcsim/1.0/lcsim.xsd">

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@

 			<ecalName>Ecal</ecalName>
 			<ecalCollectionName>EcalHits</ecalCollectionName>
 			<ecalRawCollectionName>EcalRawHits</ecalRawCollectionName>

-			<threshold>0.005</threshold>

+			<threshold>0.05</threshold>

 			<scale>0.08</scale>
 		</driver>
 		<driver name="EcalConverter"