diff --git a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
index df76c44879bfccc56d43cbcc2df8c77721a2b77b..adf3fcf265ac1b668681193307a95040c77df44f 100644
--- a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
+++ b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
@@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ def addFolders(configFlags,folderstrings,detDb=None,className=None):
             loadFolders.append((className, _extractFolder(fs)));
         result.getCondAlgo("CondInputLoader").Load+=loadFolders
         #result.addCondAlgo(CondInputLoader(Load=loadFolders))
- 
 
+        from AthenaPoolCnvSvc.AthenaPoolCnvSvcConf import AthenaPoolCnvSvc
+        apcs=AthenaPoolCnvSvc()
+        result.addService(apcs)
+        from GaudiSvc.GaudiSvcConf import EvtPersistencySvc
+        result.addService(EvtPersistencySvc("EventPersistencySvc",CnvServices=[apcs.getFullJobOptName(),]))
 
     
     if detDb is not None:
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/CMakeLists.txt b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c26680ffc24e703b533fbd89dff898e68dfac96..3d0bec07ecbed30c7d6ddbf51189ba3a35eacd1e 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ atlas_add_component( SCT_Cabling
 # Install files from the package:
 atlas_install_joboptions( share/*.py )
 atlas_install_runtime( share/*.dat )
+atlas_install_scripts( share/*.sh )
 atlas_install_python_modules( python/*.py )
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingCfg.py b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingCfg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ced7a83dfd74955ab1f02abdbec7c017e5161f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingCfg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+
+
+def McEventSelectorCfg(configFlags):
+    cfg=ComponentAccumulator()
+
+    from AthenaCommon import AtlasUnixStandardJob
+
+    from McEventSelector.McEventSelectorConf import McCnvSvc
+    mcCnvSvc = McCnvSvc()
+    cfg.addService(mcCnvSvc)
+    from GaudiSvc.GaudiSvcConf import EvtPersistencySvc
+    cfg.addService(EvtPersistencySvc("EventPersistencySvc",CnvServices=[mcCnvSvc.getFullJobOptName(),]))
+
+    from McEventSelector.McEventSelectorConf import McEventSelector
+    evSel=McEventSelector("EventSelector")
+    evSel.RunNumber = configFlags.Input.RunNumber
+    evSel.InitialTimeStamp = configFlags.Input.InitialTimeStamp
+    cfg.addService(evSel)
+    cfg.setAppProperty("EvtSel",evSel.getFullJobOptName())
+
+    return cfg
+
+
+def SCT_CablingFoldersCfg(configFlags):
+    cfg=ComponentAccumulator()
+
+    path="/SCT/DAQ/Config/"
+    if configFlags.IOVDb.DatabaseInstance == "COMP200":
+        path="/SCT/DAQ/Configuration/"
+
+    instance="SCT"
+    if ConfigFlags.Input.isMC:
+        instance="SCT_OFL"
+
+    from IOVDbSvc.IOVDbSvcConfig import addFolders, IOVDbSvcCfg
+    cfg.merge(addFolders(configFlags, [path+"ROD", path+"RODMUR", path+"MUR", path+"Geog"], instance, className="CondAttrListVec")[0])
+
+    return cfg, path
+
+
+def SCT_CablingCondAlgCfg(configFlags):
+    cfg=ComponentAccumulator()
+
+    foldersCfg,path=SCT_CablingFoldersCfg(configFlags)
+    cfg.merge(foldersCfg)
+
+    from SCT_Cabling.SCT_CablingConf import SCT_CablingCondAlgFromCoraCool
+    cfg.addCondAlgo(SCT_CablingCondAlgFromCoraCool(ReadKeyRod=path+"ROD",
+                                                   ReadKeyRodMur=path+"RODMUR",
+                                                   ReadKeyMur=path+"MUR",
+                                                   ReadKeyGeo=path+"Geog"))
+
+    return cfg
+
+
+def SCT_TestCablingAlgCfg(configFlags):
+    cfg=ComponentAccumulator()
+
+    cfg.merge(SCT_CablingCondAlgCfg(configFlags))
+
+    from AtlasGeoModel.GeoModelConfig import GeoModelCfg
+    geoCfg,gms=GeoModelCfg(configFlags)
+    cfg.merge(geoCfg)
+
+    from AthenaCommon.Constants import INFO
+    from AthenaCommon.CfgGetter import getPrivateTool
+    SCT_CablingTool = getPrivateTool("SCT_CablingTool")
+    SCT_CablingTool.DataSource = "COOLVECTOR"
+    SCT_CablingTool.OutputLevel = INFO
+
+    from SCT_Cabling.SCT_CablingConf import SCT_TestCablingAlg
+    testAlg = SCT_TestCablingAlg(SCT_CablingTool = SCT_CablingTool,
+                                 OutputLevel = INFO)
+    cfg.addEventAlgo(testAlg)
+
+    return cfg
+
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    from AthenaCommon.Logging import log
+    from AthenaCommon.Constants import DEBUG
+    log.setLevel(DEBUG)
+
+    from AthenaCommon.Configurable import Configurable
+    Configurable.configurableRun3Behavior=1
+    
+    from AthenaConfiguration.AllConfigFlags import ConfigFlags
+    ConfigFlags.Input.isMC = True
+    ConfigFlags.Input.RunNumber = 300000
+    ConfigFlags.addFlag("Input.InitialTimeStamp", 1500000000)
+    # https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/AtlasComputing/ConditionsRun1RunNumbers
+    ConfigFlags.IOVDb.GlobalTag = "OFLCOND-RUN12-SDR-25"
+    ConfigFlags.GeoModel.AtlasVersion = "ATLAS-R2-2015-03-01-00"
+    ConfigFlags.lock()
+
+    cfg=ComponentAccumulator()
+    cfg.merge(McEventSelectorCfg(ConfigFlags))
+    cfg.merge(SCT_TestCablingAlgCfg(ConfigFlags))
+
+    f=open("TestSCT_CablingCfg.pkl","w")
+    cfg.store(f)
+    f.close()
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingCfg.sh b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingCfg.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88f32dd6140baf22497cc84561b50b3a4be3c431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingCfg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rm -rf newJOtest.py bootstrap.pkl bootstrap.py
+
+# this is a hack to pre-confgure scheduler and other MT services, 
+#will be taken away once NEW system has better means to influence the bootstrap content
+cat <<EOF >> bootstrap.py
+from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import theApp, ServiceMgr as svcMgr
+svcMgr.AvalancheSchedulerSvc.ShowControlFlow=True
+svcMgr.AvalancheSchedulerSvc.ShowDataDependencies=True
+EOF
+
+athena --threads=1 --config-only=bootstrap.pkl bootstrap.py
+
+get_files -jo SCT_Cabling/TestSCT_CablingCfg.py
+ 
+python TestSCT_CablingCfg.py # generate pickle
+status=$?
+if [ ${status} -ne 0 ] 
+then
+    echo "ERROR in configuration generation stage, stopping"
+    exit -1
+else
+    echo
+    echo "JOs reading stage finished, launching Athena from pickle file"
+    echo 
+    athena --evtMax=2 TestSCT_CablingCfg.pkl
+fi
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingSimple.py b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingSimple.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..85875c9dc690f51c57fa20e0fd967313a07e2065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetDetDescr/SCT_Cabling/share/TestSCT_CablingSimple.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+################################################################################
+# Job options file to test the Cabling
+################################################################################
+
+from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import theApp
+theApp.EvtMax = 1
+theApp.AuditAlgorithms = True
+
+from AthenaCommon.AppMgr import ServiceMgr
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# Set output lvl (VERBOSE, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL)
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+ServiceMgr.MessageSvc.OutputLevel = INFO
+ServiceMgr.MessageSvc.infoLimit = 100000
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# Event selector settings. Use McEventSelector
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+import AthenaCommon.AtlasUnixGeneratorJob
+ServiceMgr.EventSelector.RunNumber = 310809
+# initial time stamp - this is number of seconds since 1st Jan 1970 GMT
+# run 310809 Recording start/end 2016-Oct-17 21:39:18 / 2016-Oct-18 16:45:23 UTC
+ServiceMgr.EventSelector.InitialTimeStamp = 1476741326 # LB 18 of run 310809, 10/17/2016 @ 9:55pm (UTC)
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# Load IOVDbSvc
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+from IOVDbSvc.CondDB import conddb
+ServiceMgr.IOVDbSvc.GlobalTag = "OFLCOND-RUN12-SDR-25"
+ServiceMgr.IOVDbSvc.OutputLevel = DEBUG
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# use auditors
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+from GaudiSvc.GaudiSvcConf import AuditorSvc
+ServiceMgr += AuditorSvc()
+ServiceMgr.AuditorSvc.Auditors += [ "ChronoAuditor"]
+ServiceMgr.AuditorSvc.Auditors += [ "MemStatAuditor" ]
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# Load Geometry
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+from AthenaCommon.GlobalFlags import globalflags
+globalflags.DetDescrVersion = "ATLAS-R2-2015-03-01-00"
+globalflags.DetGeo="atlas"
+globalflags.InputFormat="pool"
+globalflags.DataSource="geant4"
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# Set Detector setup
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# --- switch on InnerDetector
+from AthenaCommon.DetFlags import DetFlags
+DetFlags.ID_setOn()
+DetFlags.Calo_setOff()
+DetFlags.Muon_setOff()
+DetFlags.Truth_setOff()
+DetFlags.LVL1_setOff()
+DetFlags.SCT_setOn()
+DetFlags.pixel_setOff()
+DetFlags.TRT_setOff()
+
+# ---- switch parts of ID off/on as follows
+#switch off tasks
+DetFlags.pileup.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.simulate.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.makeRIO.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.writeBS.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.readRDOBS.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.readRIOBS.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.readRIOPool.all_setOff()
+DetFlags.writeRIOPool.all_setOff()
+
+import AtlasGeoModel.SetGeometryVersion
+import AtlasGeoModel.GeoModelInit
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+# Load CondAlg, Tool and TestAlg
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+from AthenaCommon.AlgSequence import AthSequencer
+condSeq = AthSequencer("AthCondSeq")
+condAlgName = "SCT_CablingCondAlgFromCoraCool"
+if not hasattr(condSeq, condAlgName):
+  from AthenaCommon.CfgGetter import getAlgorithm
+  SCT_CablingCondAlgFromCoraCool = getAlgorithm(condAlgName)
+  condSeq += SCT_CablingCondAlgFromCoraCool
+
+from AthenaCommon.CfgGetter import getPrivateTool
+SCT_CablingTool = getPrivateTool("SCT_CablingTool")
+SCT_CablingTool.DataSource = "COOLVECTOR"
+SCT_CablingTool.OutputLevel = INFO
+
+from AthenaCommon.AlgSequence import AlgSequence
+topSequence = AlgSequence()
+from SCT_Cabling.SCT_CablingConf import SCT_TestCablingAlg
+topSequence += SCT_TestCablingAlg(SCT_CablingTool=SCT_CablingTool,
+                                  OutputLevel = INFO)
+