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+# Demo cuts for hodtest
+#
+
+Block: RawDecode
+
+Pedestal_event    g.evtyp==4
+RawDecode_master  1
+
+Block: Decode
+Decode_master     !Pedestal_event
+
+Block: CoarseTracking
+CoarseTracking_master !Pedestal_event
+
+Block: CoarseReconstruct
+RawCoarseReconstruct !Pedestal_event
+