diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sim-batch.xml b/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sim-batch.xml
index fbd47695..0752914c 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sim-batch.xml
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sim-batch.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
     <!-- General Simulator Configuration (used for all simulation setups) -->
     <simconfig>
         <Debug value="0" />
-        <DatabaseRecording value="1" />
+        <DatabaseRecording value="0" />
         <PowerAnalysis value="0" />
         <EnableWindowing value = "0" />
         <WindowSize value="1000" />
-        <NumberOfTracePlayers value="4"/>
+        <NumberOfTracePlayers value="1"/>
         <NumberOfMemChannels value="4"/>
         <ControllerCoreDisableRefresh value="0"/>
         <ThermalSimulation value="0"/>
@@ -39,15 +39,12 @@
     </addressmappings>
 
     <mcconfigs>
-        <mcconfig src="../../DRAMSys/simulator/resources/configs/mcconfigs/sms.xml"/>
+        <mcconfig src="../../DRAMSys/simulator/resources/configs/mcconfigs/fifoStrict.xml"/>
     </mcconfigs>
 
     <tracesetups>
-        <tracesetup id="sms">
-            <device clkMhz="200">t1.stl</device>
-            <device clkMhz="200">t2.stl</device>
-            <device clkMhz="200">t3.stl</device>
-            <device clkMhz="200">t4.stl</device>
+        <tracesetup id="fifo">
+            <device clkMhz="200">chstone-adpcm_32.stl</device>
         </tracesetup>
     </tracesetups>
 
diff --git a/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sms-example.xml b/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sms-example.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbd47695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DRAMSys/simulator/resources/simulations/sms-example.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<simulation>
+    <!-- General Simulator Configuration (used for all simulation setups) -->
+    <simconfig>
+        <Debug value="0" />
+        <DatabaseRecording value="1" />
+        <PowerAnalysis value="0" />
+        <EnableWindowing value = "0" />
+        <WindowSize value="1000" />
+        <NumberOfTracePlayers value="4"/>
+        <NumberOfMemChannels value="4"/>
+        <ControllerCoreDisableRefresh value="0"/>
+        <ThermalSimulation value="0"/>
+        <SimulationProgressBar value="0"/>
+        <NumberOfDevicesOnDIMM value = "1" />
+        <CheckTLM2Protocol value = "0" />
+    </simconfig>
+
+    <!-- Temperature Simulator Configuration (used for all simulation setups) -->
+    <thermalsimconfig>
+        <TemperatureScale value="Celsius" />
+        <StaticTemperatureDefaultValue value="89" />
+        <ThermalSimPeriod value="100" />
+        <ThermalSimUnit value="us" />
+        <PowerInfoFile value="../../DRAMSys/simulator/resources/configs/thermalsim/powerInfo.xml"/>
+        <IceServerIp value="127.0.0.1" />
+        <IceServerPort value="11880" />
+        <SimPeriodAdjustFactor value="10" />
+        <NPowStableCyclesToIncreasePeriod value="5" />
+        <GenerateTemperatureMap value="1" />
+        <GeneratePowerMap value="1" />
+    </thermalsimconfig>
+
+    <memspecs>
+        <memspec src="../../DRAMSys/simulator/resources/configs/memspecs/WideIO.xml"></memspec>
+    </memspecs>
+
+    <addressmappings>
+        <addressmapping src="../../DRAMSys/simulator/resources/configs/amconfigs/am_wideio.xml"></addressmapping>
+    </addressmappings>
+
+    <mcconfigs>
+        <mcconfig src="../../DRAMSys/simulator/resources/configs/mcconfigs/sms.xml"/>
+    </mcconfigs>
+
+    <tracesetups>
+        <tracesetup id="sms">
+            <device clkMhz="200">t1.stl</device>
+            <device clkMhz="200">t2.stl</device>
+            <device clkMhz="200">t3.stl</device>
+            <device clkMhz="200">t4.stl</device>
+        </tracesetup>
+    </tracesetups>
+
+</simulation>
+