diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/script_validator/hmm_configuration.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/script_validator/hmm_configuration.tcl
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+MakeCounter bm SIM -.5
+bm SetExponent 0
+MakeHM hmm SIM
+hmm configure HistMode Normal
+hmm configure OverFlowMode    Ceil
+hmm configure dim0 512
+hmm configure dim1 128
+hmm configure rank 2
+hmm configure BinWidth 4
+#hmm configure BinWidth 1
+hmm preset 100.
+hmm CountMode Timer
+hmm configure Counter counter
+hmm configure init 0
+hmm init
+
+MakeScanCommand hmscan bm echidna.hdd recover.bin
+
+proc hs_prepare {scanobjectname userobjectname} {}
+proc hs_finish {scanobjectname userobjectname} {}