Index: /trunk/ippconfig/megacam/phase2.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/megacam/phase2.config	(revision 7744)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/megacam/phase2.config	(revision 7745)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 NONLIN		BOOL	FALSE		# Non-linearity correction
 OVERSCAN	BOOL	TRUE		# Overscan subtraction
-BIAS		BOOL	TRUE		# Bias subtraction
+BIAS		BOOL	FALSE		# Bias subtraction
 DARK		BOOL	FALSE		# Dark subtraction
-FLAT		BOOL	TRUE		# Flat-field normalisation
+FLAT		BOOL	FALSE		# Flat-field normalisation
 FRINGE		BOOL	FALSE		# Fringe subtraction
 PHOTOM		BOOL	FALSE		# Source identification and photometry
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 BIN2.FITS	BOOL	TRUE		# Save 2nd binned chip image?
 BIN1.JPEG	BOOL	TRUE		# Save 1st binned jpeg?
-BIN2.JPEG	BOOL	TRUE		# Save 2nd binned jpeg?
+BIN2.JPEG	BOOL	FALSE		# Save 2nd binned jpeg?
 
 # Non-linearity correction
Index: /trunk/ippconfig/megacam_alternate/format.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/megacam_alternate/format.config	(revision 7744)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/megacam_alternate/format.config	(revision 7745)
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 		CELL.BIASSEC.SOURCE	STR	VALUE
 		# CELL.TRIMSEC		STR	[11:2100,1:4644]  # col1 <= 0 -> decrement relative to NAXIS1
-		CELL.TRIMSEC		STR	[10:0,1:0]  # col1 <= 0 -> decrement relative to NAXIS1
+		CELL.TRIMSEC		STR	[17:1040,5:2300]  # col1 <= 0 -> decrement relative to NAXIS1
 		# CELL.BIASSEC		STR	[1:9,1:4644]  # empty region
 	END
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 DEFAULTS	METADATA
 	FPA.RADECSYS	STR	ICRS
-	CELL.GAIN	F32	1.0
+	CELL.GAIN	F32	4.0
 	CELL.READNOISE	F32	0.0
 	CELL.SATURATION	F32	65535
-	CELL.BAD	F32	0
+	CELL.BAD	F32	-10
 	CELL.READDIR	S32	1
 	CELL.TIMESYS	STR	UTC
Index: /trunk/ippconfig/megacam_alternate/psphot.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/megacam_alternate/psphot.config	(revision 7744)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/megacam_alternate/psphot.config	(revision 7745)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-SAVE.BACKMDL	BOOL 	TRUE
-SAVE.BACKGND	BOOL 	TRUE
-SAVE.BACKSUB	BOOL 	TRUE
-SAVE.RESID	BOOL 	TRUE
+#SAVE.BACKMDL	BOOL 	TRUE
+#SAVE.BACKGND	BOOL 	TRUE
+#SAVE.BACKSUB	BOOL 	TRUE
+#SAVE.RESID	BOOL 	TRUE
 #SAVE.PSF	BOOL 	TRUE
 #LOAD.PSF	BOOL 	FALSE
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
 GAIN                STR  HD:GAIN         # electrons / DN
 ZERO_POINT          F32  25.000          # zero point used by DVO
+
+# un-comment this if a bias / background has been subtracted
+BACKGROUND.LEVEL    F32  100.0           # subtracted background level:
 
 # background model : 
@@ -22,5 +25,5 @@
 YMAX                F32   -2        	 # maximum valid y-coord
 SATURATION          F32  50000     	 # saturation level on this chip
-MIN_VALID_PIXEL     F32      1     	 # saturation level on this chip
+MIN_VALID_PIXEL     F32   -20     	 # saturation level on this chip
 
 # image statistics parameters
@@ -30,5 +33,5 @@
 PEAKS_SMOOTH_SIGMA  F32  1.0       	 # smoothing kernel sigma in pixels
 PEAKS_SMOOTH_NSIGMA F32  3.0   	   	 # smoothing kernel width in sigmas
-PEAKS_NSIGMA_LIMIT  F32  25.0 	   	 # peak significance threshold
+PEAKS_NSIGMA_LIMIT  F32  3.0 	   	 # peak significance threshold
 
 # basic object statistics
Index: /trunk/ippconfig/simple/phase2.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/simple/phase2.config	(revision 7744)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/simple/phase2.config	(revision 7745)
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 CHIP.FITS       BOOL   	TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
 FPA1.FITS       BOOL   	TRUE            # Save 1st binned fpa image? 
-FPA2.FITS       BOOL   	FALSE           # Save 2nd binned fpa image? 
+FPA2.FITS       BOOL   	TRUE            # Save 2nd binned fpa image? 
 BIN1.FITS	BOOL	TRUE 		# Save 1st binned chip image?
-BIN2.FITS	BOOL	FALSE		# Save 2nd binned chip image?
+BIN2.FITS	BOOL	TRUE		# Save 2nd binned chip image?
 BIN1.JPEG	BOOL	TRUE		# Save 1st binned jpeg?
-BIN2.JPEG	BOOL	FALSE		# Save 2nd binned jpeg?
+BIN2.JPEG	BOOL	TRUE		# Save 2nd binned jpeg?
 
 # Non-linearity correction
Index: /trunk/ippconfig/simple/psphot.config
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippconfig/simple/psphot.config	(revision 7744)
+++ /trunk/ippconfig/simple/psphot.config	(revision 7745)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-#SAVE.BACKMDL	BOOL 	TRUE
-#SAVE.BACKGND	BOOL 	TRUE
-#SAVE.BACKSUB	BOOL 	TRUE
-#SAVE.RESID	BOOL 	TRUE
+SAVE.BACKMDL	BOOL 	TRUE
+SAVE.BACKGND	BOOL 	TRUE
+SAVE.BACKSUB	BOOL 	TRUE
+SAVE.RESID	BOOL 	TRUE
 #SAVE.PSF	BOOL 	TRUE
 #LOAD.PSF	BOOL 	FALSE