diff --git a/Database/ConnectionManagement/FaserAuthentication/data/dblookup.xml b/Database/ConnectionManagement/FaserAuthentication/data/dblookup.xml
index 863c1753634c76579c8a7ebe6c51854e9ed2ba5a..1eff574f4c8756311fd412f5cc082a04bdd1d9f0 100644
--- a/Database/ConnectionManagement/FaserAuthentication/data/dblookup.xml
+++ b/Database/ConnectionManagement/FaserAuthentication/data/dblookup.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
  <service name="sqlite_file:///cvmfs/faser.cern.ch/repo/sw/database/DBRelease/current/sqlite200/ALLP200.db" accessMode="read" />
 </logicalservice>
 
-<logicalservice name="COOLOFL_TDAQ">
- <service name="sqlite_file:/home/tboeckh/tracking/run/CABP200.db" accessMode="read" />
-<!--   <service name="sqlite_file:data/sqlite200/CABP200.db" accessMode="read" />-->
-<!--   <service name="sqlite_file:///cvmfs/faser.cern.ch/repo/sw/database/DBRelease/current/sqlite200/CABP200.db" accessMode="read" />-->
-</logicalservice>
+ <logicalservice name="COOLOFL_TDAQ">
+  <service name="sqlite_file:data/sqlite200/CABP200.db" accessMode="read" />
+  <service name="sqlite_file:///cvmfs/faser.cern.ch/repo/sw/database/DBRelease/current/sqlite200/CABP200.db" accessMode="read" />
+ </logicalservice>
+
+ <logicalservice name="COOLOFL_INDET">
+  <service name="sqlite_file:/home/tboeckh/tracking/run/noisy_strips.db" accessMode="read" />
+ </logicalservice>
 
 <logicalservice name="COOLOFL_TRIGGER">
    <service name="sqlite_file:data/sqlite200/waveform_reco.db" accessMode="read" />
diff --git a/Tracker/TrackerConditions/FaserSCT_ConditionsTools/python/FaserSCT_ConditionsSummaryToolConfig.py b/Tracker/TrackerConditions/FaserSCT_ConditionsTools/python/FaserSCT_ConditionsSummaryToolConfig.py
index 29328f76725805b0003ee2e223510a5a16853bab..07248a130d49726b724b42198317e14542e687af 100644
--- a/Tracker/TrackerConditions/FaserSCT_ConditionsTools/python/FaserSCT_ConditionsSummaryToolConfig.py
+++ b/Tracker/TrackerConditions/FaserSCT_ConditionsTools/python/FaserSCT_ConditionsSummaryToolConfig.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ FaserSCT_ConfigurationConditionsTool = CompFactory.FaserSCT_ConfigurationConditi
 
 def FaserSCT_ConfigurationCondAlgCfg(flags, name="FaserSCT_ConfigurationCondAlg", **kwargs):
     acc = ComponentAccumulator()
-    dbInstance = kwargs.get("dbInstance", "TDAQ_OFL")
+    dbInstance = kwargs.get("dbInstance", "INDET_OFL")
     dbFolder = kwargs.get("dbFolder", "/SCT/DAQ/NoisyStrips")
     acc.merge(addFolders(flags, folderstrings=dbFolder, detDb=dbInstance, className="CondAttrListCollection"))
     acc.addCondAlgo(FaserSCT_ConfigurationCondAlg(name, **kwargs))
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def FaserSCT_ConfigurationConditionsToolCfg(flags, name="FaserSCT_ConfigurationC
     acc = ComponentAccumulator()
     # tool = kwargs.get("ConditionsTools", FaserSCT_ConfigurationConditionsToolCfg(flags))
     # folder arguments
-    dbInstance = kwargs.get("dbInstance", "TDAQ_OFL")
+    dbInstance = kwargs.get("dbInstance", "INDET_OFL")
     dbFolder = kwargs.get("dbFolder", "/SCT/DAQ/NoisyStrips")
     acc.merge(FaserSCT_ConfigurationCondAlgCfg(flags, name="FaserSCT_ConfigurationCondAlg", **kwargs))
     # acc.setPrivateTools(tool)
diff --git a/Tracker/TrackerRecAlgs/NoisyStripFinder/share/noisyStripDB.py b/Tracker/TrackerRecAlgs/NoisyStripFinder/share/noisyStripDB.py
index 3113ece23bed8651083ca1bf593003fb4b4dcf1f..5ad5282fe1f56d66d0b7bfd9703d81112ed7589a 100644
--- a/Tracker/TrackerRecAlgs/NoisyStripFinder/share/noisyStripDB.py
+++ b/Tracker/TrackerRecAlgs/NoisyStripFinder/share/noisyStripDB.py
@@ -1,627 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/env python
-
-# Requires python 3.8 or higher
-
+import argparse
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 
-description = '<timeStamp>run-lumi</timeStamp><addrHeader><address_header clid="1238547719" service_type="71" /></addrHeader><typeName>CondAttrListCollection</typeName>'
-
-# Station, plane pairs for hardware ID running from 0 to 15.
-# - Extracted with "extracteTRBMapping.py" script from run info database
-mappingData = {
-    429: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    586: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1003: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1040: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1099: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1217: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1305: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1320: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    1342: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    3284: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    3287: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    3288: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4272: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4359: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4399: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4404: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4411: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4418: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4439: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4857: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4865: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4875: [(0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4892: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4900: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4912: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4954: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4989: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4991: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4993: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4996: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    4997: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    5042: [(-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    5050: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-    5303: [(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (2, 2), (3, 0), (3, 1), (3, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1), (0, 0), (0, 1), (0, 2), (-1, -1), (-1, -1)],
-}
-
-maxInt32 = 0xFFFFFFFF
-
-# PMT type, followed by station, plate, pmt for scintillators
-# or row, module, pmt for the calorimeter
-# Extracted from DAQ configuration using extractDigitizerMapping.py
-digi_map = {
-    429: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 2, 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 3, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0)],
-    466: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0)],
-    639: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 2, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0)],
-    660: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('trigger', 0, 2, 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('none', 0),
-          ('clock', 0)],
-    1324: [('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    1345: [('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    1386: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    3243: [('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    3247: [('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    3395: [('calo', 1, 2, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 2, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4272: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4360: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 2, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4399: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4409: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 2, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4411: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4429: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 2, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4439: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4452: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4876: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4892: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4904: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4912: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4954: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4989: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4991: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4993: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4996: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    4997: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    5042: [('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    5050: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('none', 0),
-           ('clock', 0)],
-    6525: [('calo', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('calo', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('vetonu', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('vetonu', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 0, 0),
-           ('veto', 1, 1, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 1),
-           ('trigger', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 0, 0),
-           ('preshower', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('veto', 0, 1, 0),
-           ('clock', 0)]
-}
-
-
-# Range map from extractDigitizerScale.py
-range_map = {
-    432: {0: 2.0,
-          1: 2.0,
-          2: 2.0,
-          3: 2.0,
-          4: 2.0,
-          5: 2.0,
-          6: 2.0,
-          7: 2.0,
-          8: 2.0,
-          9: 2.0,
-          10: 2.0,
-          11: 2.0,
-          12: 2.0,
-          13: 2.0,
-          14: 2.0,
-          15: 2.0}
-}
-
-# Look for data entry errors
-
-print('Validating TRB data')
-
-lastRun = 0
-for run, data in mappingData.items():
-    assert isinstance(run, int), 'Run number is not integer'
-    assert run > lastRun, 'Run numbers out of order'
-    assert run <= maxInt32, 'Run number out of range'
-    lastRun = run
-    assert len(data) == 16, 'Run does not have 16 TRB entries'
-    for i in range(16):
-        assert len(data[i]) == 2, 'TRB entry does not have two values'
-        assert isinstance(data[i][0], int), 'Station number is not integer'
-        assert isinstance(data[i][1], int), 'Plane number is not integer'
-        assert data[i][0] >= -1 and data[i][0] <= 3, 'Invalid station number'
-        assert data[i][1] >= -1 and data[i][1] <= 2, 'Invalid plane number'
-        assert (data[i][0] == -1 and data[i][1] == -1) or (data[i][0] != -1 and data[i][1] != -1), 'Invalid station/plane combination'
-    for i in range(15):
-        if data[i][0] != -1:
-            for j in range(15-i):
-                k = i + j + 1
-                assert (data[i][0] != data[k][0] or data[i][1] != data[k][1]), 'Duplicated (station, plane) pair'
-
-print('Validating digitizer data')
-
-lastRun = 0
-for run, data in digi_map.items():
-    assert isinstance(run, int), 'Run number is not integer'
-    assert run > lastRun, 'Run numbers out of order'
-    assert run <= maxInt32, 'Run number out of range'
-    lastRun = run
-    assert len(data) == 16, 'Run does not have 16 digitizer channels'
-    for i in range(16):
-        if data[i][0] == 'none': continue  # Skip empty channels
-        if data[i][0] == 'clock': continue
-        assert len(data[i]) == 4, 'Digitizer entry does not have four values'
-        assert isinstance(data[i][0], str), 'Digitizer type is not string'
-        assert isinstance(data[i][1], int), 'Digitizer station is not int'
-        assert isinstance(data[i][2], int), 'Digitizer plane is not int'
-        assert isinstance(data[i][3], int), 'Digitizer pmt is not int'
-        assert data[i][0] in ['trigger', 'veto', 'vetonu', 'preshower', 'calo'], 'Invalid type'
-        assert data[i][1] >= -1 and data[i][1] <= 1, 'Invalid station number'
-        assert data[i][2] >= -1 and data[i][2] <= 3, 'Invalid plate number'
-        assert data[i][3] >= -1 and data[i][3] <= 1, 'Invalid pmt number'
-
-# Data looks OK
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("file", help="full path to input file")
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # Sensor hash, strip, occupancy triplet extracted from the NoisyPixels.xml file which can be produced with the
 # NoisyStripFinderHist_Analysis.py
-# TODO fix hard-coded path to XML file
-tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.parse('/home/tboeckh/tracking/run/NoisyPixels.xml')
+tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.parse(args.file)
 root = tree.getroot()
 noisyStrips = []
 for sensor in list(root):
@@ -633,87 +20,13 @@ for sensor in list(root):
 from PyCool import cool
 
 dbSvc = cool.DatabaseSvcFactory.databaseService()
-connectString = 'sqlite://;schema=CABP200.db;dbname=OFLP200'
+connectString = 'sqlite://;schema=noisy_strips.db;dbname=OFLP200'
 
 print('Recreating database')
 
 dbSvc.dropDatabase(connectString)
 db = dbSvc.createDatabase(connectString)
 
-cableSpec = cool.RecordSpecification()
-cableSpec.extend( 'station', cool.StorageType.Int32 )
-cableSpec.extend( 'plane'  , cool.StorageType.Int32 )
-
-cableFolderSpec = cool.FolderSpecification(cool.FolderVersioning.SINGLE_VERSION, cableSpec)
-cableFolder = db.createFolder('/SCT/DAQ/CableMapping', cableFolderSpec, description, True)
-
-# There should be one record entered per TRB per IOV
-lastValid = cool.ValidityKeyMax
-for firstValidRun, mapping in reversed(mappingData.items()):
-    firstValid = (firstValidRun << 32)
-    for hardwareID in range(16):
-        cableRecord = cool.Record(cableSpec)
-        cableRecord[ 'station' ] = mapping[hardwareID][0]
-        cableRecord[ 'plane' ] = mapping[hardwareID][1]
-        cableFolder.storeObject( firstValid, lastValid, cableRecord, int(hardwareID) )
-    lastValid = ((firstValidRun - 1) << 32) | (cool.ValidityKeyMax & 0x00000000FFFFFFFF)
-
-
-# Add digitizer mapping
-print('Recreating digitizer database')
-
-cableSpec = cool.RecordSpecification()
-cableSpec.extend( 'type', cool.StorageType.String255 )
-cableSpec.extend( 'station', cool.StorageType.Int32 )  # Used for scintillators
-cableSpec.extend( 'plate', cool.StorageType.Int32 )
-cableSpec.extend( 'row', cool.StorageType.Int32 ) # Used for calorimeters
-cableSpec.extend( 'module', cool.StorageType.Int32 )
-cableSpec.extend( 'pmt', cool.StorageType.Int32 )
-
-digiFolderSpec = cool.FolderSpecification(cool.FolderVersioning.SINGLE_VERSION, cableSpec)
-digiFolder = db.createFolder('/WAVE/DAQ/CableMapping', digiFolderSpec, description, True)
-
-# There should be one record entered per IOV
-lastValid = cool.ValidityKeyMax
-for firstValidRun, mapping in reversed(digi_map.items()):
-    firstValid = (firstValidRun << 32)
-    for channel in range(16):
-        cableRecord = cool.Record(cableSpec)
-        cableRecord[ 'type' ] = mapping[channel][0]
-        if cableRecord[ 'type' ] == 'calo':
-            cableRecord['row'] = mapping[channel][1]
-            cableRecord['module'] = mapping[channel][2]
-            cableRecord['pmt'] = mapping[channel][3]
-        # Already asserted allowable types above
-        elif len(mapping[channel]) == 4:
-            cableRecord['station'] = mapping[channel][1]
-            cableRecord['plate'] = mapping[channel][2]
-            cableRecord['pmt'] = mapping[channel][3]
-
-        digiFolder.storeObject( firstValid, lastValid, cableRecord, int(channel) )
-
-    lastValid = ((firstValidRun - 1) << 32) | (cool.ValidityKeyMax & 0x00000000FFFFFFFF)
-
-# Add digitizer scale
-print('Recreating digitizer scale')
-
-digiSpec = cool.RecordSpecification()
-digiSpec.extend('range', cool.StorageType.Float)
-
-digiFolderSpec = cool.FolderSpecification(cool.FolderVersioning.SINGLE_VERSION, digiSpec)
-digiFolder = db.createFolder('/WAVE/DAQ/Range', digiFolderSpec, description, True)
-
-# There should be one record entered per IOV
-lastValid = cool.ValidityKeyMax
-for firstValidRun, mapping in reversed(range_map.items()):
-    firstValid = (firstValidRun << 32)
-    for channel in range(16):
-        digiRecord = cool.Record(digiSpec)
-        digiRecord['range'] = mapping[channel]
-        digiFolder.storeObject( firstValid, lastValid, digiRecord, int(channel) )
-
-    lastValid = ((firstValidRun - 1) << 32) | (cool.ValidityKeyMax & 0x00000000FFFFFFFF)
-
 noisyStripsSpec = cool.RecordSpecification()
 noisyStripsSpec.extend('sensor', cool.StorageType.Int32)
 noisyStripsSpec.extend('strip', cool.StorageType.Int32)
@@ -724,7 +37,7 @@ noisyStripsFolderSpec = cool.FolderSpecification(cool.FolderVersioning.SINGLE_VE
 noisyStripsFolder = db.createFolder('/SCT/DAQ/NoisyStrips', noisyStripsFolderSpec, description, True)
 
 firstValid = 429 << 32
-lastValid = 8000 << 32
+lastValid = cool.ValidityKeyMax
 for i, strip in enumerate(noisyStrips):
     noisyStripsRecord = cool.Record(noisyStripsSpec)
     noisyStripsRecord['sensor'] = strip[0]