diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
index 42e47a050..a42e7127d 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
@@ -1043,6 +1043,21 @@ slsDetectorDefs::detectorSettings multiSlsDetector::setSettings(detectorSettings
 
 
 
+int multiSlsDetector::getChanRegs(double* retval){
+  //nChansDet and currentNumChans is because of varying channel size per detector
+  int n = thisMultiDetector->numberOfChannels,nChansDet,currentNumChans=0;
+  double retval1[n];
+
+  for (int idet=0; idet<thisMultiDetector->numberOfDetectors; idet++) {
+    if (detectors[idet]) {
+      nChansDet = detectors[idet]->getChanRegs(retval1);
+
+      memcpy(retval + (currentNumChans * sizeof(double)), retval1 , nChansDet*sizeof(double));
+      currentNumChans += nChansDet;
+    }
+  }
+  return n;
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h
index 30b36a882..49473d3b0 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h
@@ -427,7 +427,12 @@ class multiSlsDetector  : public slsDetectorUtils {
   detectorSettings setSettings(detectorSettings isettings, int imod=-1);
 
 
-
+  /**
+   	Returns the trimbits from the detector's shared memmory
+   	\param retval is the array with the trimbits
+   	\returns the total number of channels for the detector
+   */
+  int getChanRegs(double* retval);
 
 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
index a24c5ccef..484bb7c07 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ int slsDetector::setModule(sls_detector_module module){
 };
 
 slsDetectorDefs::sls_detector_module  *slsDetector::getModule(int imod){
-
+cout<<"getModuke:"<<imod<<endl;
 #ifdef VERBOSE
   std::cout << "slsDetector get module " << std::endl;
 #endif 
@@ -2813,6 +2813,19 @@ slsDetectorDefs::detectorSettings slsDetector::setSettings( detectorSettings ise
 };
 
 
+
+int slsDetector::getChanRegs(double* retval){
+  int n=getTotalNumberOfChannels();
+  //else the original array has 0 initialized
+  if(chanregs){
+    for (int i=0; i<n; i++)
+      retval[i] = (double) chanregs[i];
+  }
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+
 int slsDetector::updateDetectorNoWait() {
 
 	// int ret=OK;
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h
index 13a6208b4..a477a58f5 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h
@@ -881,6 +881,14 @@ typedef  struct sharedSlsDetector {
   detectorSettings setSettings(detectorSettings isettings, int imod=-1);
   //virtual detectorSettings setSettings(detectorSettings isettings, int imod=-1);
 
+  /**
+   	gets the trimbits from shared memory *chanRegs
+   	\param retval is the array with the trimbits
+   	\returns the total number of channels for the detector
+   	\sa ::sls_detector_module
+   */
+  int getChanRegs(double* retval);
+
   /**
 
   updates the shared memory receiving the data from the detector (without asking and closing the connection
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/angularConversionStatic.o b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/angularConversionStatic.o
index 1bb505f1f..0bc7d3b3d 100644
Binary files a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/angularConversionStatic.o and b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/angularConversionStatic.o differ