diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetectorBase.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetectorBase.h
index 48c99ab7a..63a2bd031 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetectorBase.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetector/slsDetectorBase.h
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class slsDetectorBase :  public virtual slsDetectorDefs  {
 
   virtual int getFileIndexFromFileName(string fname)=0;
 
+  virtual int getIndicesFromFileName(string fname,int &index)=0;
+
   virtual double *convertAngles()=0;
   /** 
       set rate correction
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIO.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIO.h
index 690ec4360..e934b5fd4 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIO.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIO.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class fileIO :  public fileIOStatic, public virtual slsDetectorBase  {
   using fileIOStatic::createFileName;
 
   int getFileIndexFromFileName(string fname){return fileIOStatic::getFileIndexFromFileName(fname);};
+  int getIndicesFromFileName(string fname, int &index){return fileIOStatic::getIndicesFromFileName(fname,index);};
   int getVariablesFromFileName(string fname, int &index, int &p_index, double &sv0, double &sv1){return fileIOStatic::getVariablesFromFileName(fname, index, p_index, sv0, sv1);};
   int getVariablesFromFileName(string fname, int &index, int &f_index, int &p_index, double &sv0, double &sv1, int &detindex){return fileIOStatic::getVariablesFromFileName(fname, f_index, index, p_index, sv0, sv1, detindex);};
   /**
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIOStatic.h b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIOStatic.h
index 793be6ebf..b5aaed8cb 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIOStatic.h
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/fileIOStatic.h
@@ -113,7 +113,30 @@ class fileIOStatic  {
     return 0;								\
   };
   
-  
+  /** static function that returns the frame index and file index from the file name
+      \param fname file name
+      \param index reference to index
+      \returns frame index
+  */
+  static int getIndicesFromFileName(string fname,int &index){										\
+	  int i;																				\
+	  string s;  																			\
+	  size_t uscore=fname.rfind("_");														\
+	  if (uscore==string::npos)       return -1;											\
+	  s=fname;																				\
+	  if (sscanf(s.substr(uscore+1,s.size()-uscore-1).c_str(),"%d",&i)){ 					\
+		  index=i;																			\
+	  	  s=fname.substr(0,uscore);															\
+	  }																						\
+	  else      cout << "******************************** cannot parse file index" << endl; \
+	  uscore=s.rfind("_");																	\
+	  if (sscanf( s.substr(uscore+1,s.size()-uscore-1).c_str(),"f%d",&i)) 					\
+		  if(i==-1)return 0;																\
+		  else return i; 																	\
+	  cout << "******************************** cannot parse frame index" << endl;			\
+	  return 0;																				\
+  };
+
   
   /** static function that returns the variables from the file name 
       \param fname file name
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/postProcessing.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/postProcessing.cpp
index 898227c3e..847866b72 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/postProcessing.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsDetectorAnalysis/postProcessing.cpp
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ void postProcessing::processFrame(int *myData, int delflag) {
      cout << "writing raw data " << endl;
      
 #endif
-     if (getDetectorsType()==MYTHEN){cout<<"gonna write datafile"<<endl;
+     if (getDetectorsType()==MYTHEN){
     // if (fdata) {
        //uses static function?!?!?!?
-       writeDataFile (fname+string(".raw"),fdata, NULL, NULL, 'i');cout<<"finished writing datafile"<<endl;
+       writeDataFile (fname+string(".raw"),fdata, NULL, NULL, 'i');
      } else {
        writeDataFile ((void*)myData, frameIndex);
      }
diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiver/slsReceiverFunctionList.c b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiver/slsReceiverFunctionList.c
index 195e00d36..1702f7400 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiver/slsReceiverFunctionList.c
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/slsReceiver/slsReceiverFunctionList.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int stopReceiver(){
 
 char* readFrame(){
 	int i;
-	for(i=0;i<10;i++){
+	for(i=0;i<20;i++){
 		if ((((int)*((int*)buffer))%2)!=0)
 			break;
 		else