--- chewbacca/PamOffLineSW/PamOffLineSW_Main.cpp	2010/02/12 04:46:53	1.11
+++ chewbacca/PamOffLineSW/PamOffLineSW_Main.cpp	2010/02/12 12:45:49	1.13
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //============================================================================
-// $Id: PamOffLineSW_Main.cpp,v 1.10 2010/02/11 09:02:10 mocchiut Exp $ 
+// $Id: PamOffLineSW_Main.cpp,v 1.12 2010/02/12 05:22:04 mocchiut Exp $ 
 // Description : Pamela Off-Line Software
 //============================================================================
 
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 Long64_t filelength = 0LL;
 Long64_t streamposi = 0LL;
 Long64_t streamposisaved = 0LL;
+Long64_t streamposiorig = 0LL;
 Int_t numposi = 10;
 Long64_t downcount = 1LL;
 TArrayL64 *dwin=new TArrayL64(12);
@@ -954,9 +955,19 @@
 		//
 		// we completely missed more than 10 VRL packets
 		//
-		if ( horrorcount > 10 && hc < 500 ){
-			hc++;
-		//if ( horrorcount > 1 ){
+		if (  hc == 1100 ){
+		  fin.seekg(streamposiorig);
+		  stringstream os;						
+		  os<<" NEW (EM) UN-RECOVERABLE SYNC WITH VRL HEADERS, SIG! ";
+		  os<<" new position in file, go back to "<<streamposiorig;
+		  string ms = os.str();
+		  mainLogUtil->logAll(ms);
+		  hc++;
+		  continue;
+		};
+		if ( horrorcount > 10 && hc < 1100 ){
+		  hc++;
+		  //if ( horrorcount > 1 ){
 		  stringstream os;						
 		  os<<" NEW (EM) THIS IS TOO MUCH, LOST SYNC WITH VRL HEADERS! try to recover horrorcount = "<<horrorcount;
 		  os<<" new position in file "<<(streamposi-(10LL*1024LL)+1LL);
@@ -1158,6 +1169,7 @@
 		    " This error occurred after byte: "<<iByte_tot<<" ... Route number unused= "<<(int)headVRL[3]<<" Resetting ROUTE to old value = "<<old_route<<" (download="<<download<<")";
 		  string ms = os.str();
 		  mainLogUtil->logAll(ms);
+		  if ( !hc && !horrorcount ) streamposiorig = streamposi;
 		  horrorcount++;
 		};