Using the most recent build of hps-java, we obtain the following error during event processing on the monitoring application in the counting house:

SEVERE: Error making ECal hits
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.hps.evio.ECalEvioReader.makePulseHits(ECalEvioReader.java:259)
    at org.hps.evio.ECalEvioReader.makeHits(ECalEvioReader.java:129)
    at org.hps.evio.LCSimEngRunEventBuilder.makeLCSimEvent(LCSimEngRunEventBuilder.java:47)
    at org.hps.record.composite.LcioEventAdapter.recordSupplied(LcioEventAdapter.java:82)
    at org.freehep.record.loop.DefaultRecordLoop.consumeRecord(DefaultRecordLoop.java:832)
    at org.freehep.record.loop.DefaultRecordLoop.loop(DefaultRecordLoop.java:668)
    at org.freehep.record.loop.DefaultRecordLoop.execute(DefaultRecordLoop.java:566)
    at org.hps.record.composite.CompositeLoop.loop(CompositeLoop.java:211)
    at org.hps.record.composite.EventProcessingThread.run(EventProcessingThread.java:48)