diff --git a/cal_tools/cal_tools/dssclib.py b/cal_tools/cal_tools/dssclib.py
index 2b311d0d9314eaaf0a3cad0809dd61d5fec05a29..e2a9ad370f10dcecad7c51a8843b59f85e77ce3f 100644
--- a/cal_tools/cal_tools/dssclib.py
+++ b/cal_tools/cal_tools/dssclib.py
@@ -71,19 +71,28 @@ def get_dssc_ctrl_data(in_folder, slow_data_pattern,
     if len(ctrlDataFiles) == 0:
         print("No Control Slow Data found!")
         return targetGainAll, encodedGainAll, operatingFreqAll
+    
+    print(ctrlDataFiles)
+    
+    daq_format = ''
 
     ctrlloc = None
-    ctlrh5file = h5py.File(next(iter(ctrlDataFiles.values())), 'r')
+    filename = next(iter(ctrlDataFiles.values()))
+    print("filename: ", filename)
+    ctlrh5file = h5py.File(filename, 'r')
     if '/METADATA/dataSources/deviceId' in ctlrh5file:
         ctrlloc = ctlrh5file['/METADATA/dataSources/deviceId'][0]
+        daq_format = ctlrh5file['/METADATA/dataFormatVersion'][0].decode("utf-8")
     elif '/METADATA/deviceId' in ctlrh5file:
         ctrlloc = ctlrh5file['/METADATA/deviceId'][0]
     else:
-        print("Control Slow Data not correct!")
+        print("No Slow Control Data found in files!")
         return targetGainAll, encodedGainAll, operatingFreqAll
-
+    
     ctrlloc = ctrlloc.decode("utf-8")
     ctrlloc = ctrlloc[:ctrlloc.find('/')]
+    
+    print("ctrlloc: ", ctrlloc)
 
     tGain = {}
     encodedGain = {}
@@ -91,30 +100,35 @@ def get_dssc_ctrl_data(in_folder, slow_data_pattern,
     for quadrant, file in ctrlDataFiles.items():
         if len(file):
             h5file = h5py.File(file)
-            if not f'/RUN/{ctrlloc}/FPGA/PPT_Q{quadrant}/epcRegisterFilePath/value' in h5file:
-                print(f"Slow control data file {file} is not usable")
-                continue
-            epcConfig = h5file[f'/RUN/{ctrlloc}/FPGA/PPT_Q{quadrant}/epcRegisterFilePath/value'][0]\
-                .decode("utf-8")
-            epcConfig = epcConfig[epcConfig.rfind('/') + 1:]
-
-            print(f"EPC configuration: {epcConfig}")
-
-            targGain = _extr_gainparam_conffilename(epcConfig)
-
-            tGain[quadrant] = float(targGain) if targGain is not None else 0.0
-            # 0.0 is default value for TG
+            if  daq_format != '':
+                epcConfig = h5file[f'/RUN/{ctrlloc}/FPGA/PPT_Q{quadrant}/epcRegisterFilePath/value'][0]\
+                    .decode("utf-8")
+                epcConfig = epcConfig[epcConfig.rfind('/') + 1:]
+                
+                print(f"EPC configuration: {epcConfig}")
+                targGain = _extr_gainparam_conffilename(epcConfig)
+                tGain[quadrant] = float(targGain) if targGain is not None else 0.0
+                # 0.0 is default value for TG
+            else:
+                tGain[quadrant] = 0.0
 
             gainSettingsMap = {}
             for coarseParam in ['fcfEnCap', 'csaFbCap', 'csaResistor']:
                 gainSettingsMap[coarseParam] = int(
                     h5file[f'/RUN/{ctrlloc}/FPGA/PPT_Q{quadrant}/gain/{coarseParam}/value'][0])
 
-            irampSettings = h5file[f'/RUN/{ctrlloc}/FPGA/PPT_Q{quadrant}/gain/irampFineTrm/value'][0]\
-                .decode("utf-8")
+            iramp_path = f'/RUN/{ctrlloc}/FPGA/PPT_Q{quadrant}/gain/irampFineTrm/value'
+            if daq_format != '':
+                irampSettings = h5file[iramp_path][0].decode("utf-8")
+            elif iramp_path in h5file:
+                irampSettings = h5file[iramp_path][0]
+            else:
+                irampSettings = "Various"
 
             gainSettingsMap['trimmed'] = np.int64(
                 1) if irampSettings == "Various" else np.int64(0)
+            
+            print('trimmed: ', gainSettingsMap['trimmed'])
 
             encodedGain[quadrant] = _get_gain_encoded_val(gainSettingsMap)