diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
index b9de27c64..1bca22309 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.cpp
@@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ slsDetectorDefs::detectorSettings multiSlsDetector::setSettings(detectorSettings
 
 
 
-int multiSlsDetector::getChanRegs(double* retval){
+int multiSlsDetector::getChanRegs(double* retval,bool fromDetector){
   //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);
+      nChansDet = detectors[idet]->getChanRegs(retval1,fromDetector);
 
       memcpy(retval + (currentNumChans * sizeof(double)), retval1 , nChansDet*sizeof(double));
       currentNumChans += nChansDet;
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h
index 49473d3b0..951a1383b 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector/multiSlsDetector.h
@@ -430,9 +430,10 @@ class multiSlsDetector  : public slsDetectorUtils {
   /**
    	Returns the trimbits from the detector's shared memmory
    	\param retval is the array with the trimbits
+   	\param fromDetector is true if the trimbits shared memory have to be uploaded from detector
    	\returns the total number of channels for the detector
    */
-  int getChanRegs(double* retval);
+  int getChanRegs(double* retval,bool fromDetector);
 
 
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.cpp
index 484bb7c07..92515b7a2 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 
@@ -2814,9 +2814,13 @@ slsDetectorDefs::detectorSettings slsDetector::setSettings( detectorSettings ise
 
 
 
-int slsDetector::getChanRegs(double* retval){
+int slsDetector::getChanRegs(double* retval,bool fromDetector){
   int n=getTotalNumberOfChannels();
-  //else the original array has 0 initialized
+  if(fromDetector){
+    for(int im=0;im<setNumberOfModules();im++)
+      getModule(im);
+  }
+  //the original array has 0 initialized
   if(chanregs){
     for (int i=0; i<n; i++)
       retval[i] = (double) chanregs[i];
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h
index a477a58f5..401f776d3 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetector.h
@@ -884,10 +884,11 @@ typedef  struct sharedSlsDetector {
   /**
    	gets the trimbits from shared memory *chanRegs
    	\param retval is the array with the trimbits
+   	\param fromDetector is true if the trimbits shared memory have to be uploaded from detector
    	\returns the total number of channels for the detector
    	\sa ::sls_detector_module
    */
-  int getChanRegs(double* retval);
+  int getChanRegs(double* retval,bool fromDetector);
 
   /**