Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppSim.config
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--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppSim.config	(revision 18012)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppSim.config	(revision 18021)
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 ### Recipe values for ppSim, the Pan-STARRS data simulator
+
+## XXX need to consider this better: used to run / skip fake, should be a function of chip (and context?)
+SKIP.FAKE       BOOL    TRUE
 
 IMAGE.TYPE      STR     BIAS            # default image type
@@ -123,2 +126,14 @@
 END
 
+FAKEPHOT    METADATA
+ BIAS            BOOL    FALSE
+ DARK            BOOL    FALSE
+ FLAT            BOOL    FALSE
+ SKY		 BOOL	 FALSE		# Sky illumination rate (e/s)
+ STARS.REAL  	 BOOL	 FALSE		# Add stars from a catalogue?
+ STARS.FAKE  	 BOOL	 TRUE		# Add stars from a catalogue?
+ PHOTOM          BOOL    FALSE           # perform photometry on the faked stars?
+ FORCED.PHOT     BOOL    TRUE
+ FORCED.CATDIR   STR     DVO.FORCE
+END
+