diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- SVTDataToRawTrackerHitDriver.java	24 May 2012 17:29:38 -0000	1.11
+++ SVTDataToRawTrackerHitDriver.java	13 Jul 2012 23:10:20 -0000	1.12
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@

 import org.lcsim.util.Driver;
 import org.lcsim.util.lcio.LCIOUtil;
 

+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Jeremy McCormick <[log in to unmask]>
+ * @author Omar Moreno <[log in to unmask]>
+ * $Id: SVTDataToRawTrackerHitDriver.java,v 1.12 2012/07/13 23:10:20 omoreno Exp $
+ */

 public class SVTDataToRawTrackerHitDriver extends Driver {
 
     String svtDataCollectionName = "SVTData";

@@ -72,8 +78,11 @@

         	}  
         	
             int sensorChannel = svtData.getSensorChannel();

-            if (sensorChannel >= HPSSVTConstants.TOTAL_STRIPS_PER_SENSOR) {
-                continue; //strip 639 exists as an APV channel but not as a sensor strip; drop it

+            
+            //strip 639 exists as an APV channel but not as a sensor strip; drop it
+            // If the channel has been tagged to be bad, drop it 
+            if (sensorChannel >= HPSSVTConstants.TOTAL_STRIPS_PER_SENSOR || HPSSVTCalibrationConstants.isBadChannel(sensor, sensorChannel)) {
+                continue; 

             }
 
             // Get all shaper signal samples associated with this hit