diff --git a/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box b/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box
index 289fc6c6a..2ec09faf5 100644
--- a/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box
+++ b/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box
@@ -1,107 +1,111 @@
 # SRD diffusion demo - rigid box particles
 
 units		lj
 atom_style	sphere
 atom_modify	map array first big
 dimension	2
 
 # read in clusters of rigid bodies
 
 fix             molprop all property/atom mol
 read_data	data.box fix molprop NULL Molecules
 
 set		type 1 mass 1.0
 group		big type 1
 velocity	big create 1.44 87287 loop geom
 	
 # equilibrate big particles
 
 pair_style	soft 1.12
 pair_coeff	1 1 0.0 
 pair_coeff	2 2 0.0 0.0
 pair_coeff	1 2 0.0 0.0
 
 variable        prefactor equal ramp(0,60)
 fix             soft all adapt 1 pair soft a * * v_prefactor
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
 
 fix		1 big rigid molecule
 fix		2 all enforce2d
 
 #dump		1 all atom 10 dump.box.equil
 
+compute		tbig all temp/sphere
+thermo_modify	temp tbig
+
 thermo		100
 run		1000
 
 #undump		1
 unfix           soft
 unfix		1
 unfix		2
 
 # add small particles as hi density lattice
 
 region		plane block INF INF INF INF -0.001 0.001 units box
 lattice		sq 85.0
 create_atoms	2 region plane
 
 set		type 2 mass 0.1
 group		small type 2
 velocity	small create 1.0 593849 loop geom
 
 # delete overlaps
 # must set 1-2 cutoff to non-zero value
 
 pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
 pair_coeff	1 1 1.0 1.0
 pair_coeff	2 2 0.0 1.0 0.0
 pair_coeff	1 2 0.0 1.0 1.0
 
 delete_atoms	overlap 1.0 small big
 
 # SRD run
 
 reset_timestep	0
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
 
 comm_modify	mode multi group big vel yes
 neigh_modify	include big
 
 # no pairwise interactions with small particles
 
 pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
 pair_coeff	1 1 1.0 1.0
 pair_coeff	2 2 0.0 1.0 0.0
 pair_coeff	1 2 0.0 1.0 0.0
 
 # use fix SRD to push small particles out from inside big ones
 # if comment out, big particles won't see SRD particles
 
 timestep	0.001
 
 fix		1 big rigid molecule
 fix	        2 small srd 20 big 1.0 0.25 49894 shift yes 54979 &
 		  search 0.2 collision slip inside ignore overlap yes
 fix		3 all enforce2d
 
 # diagnostics
 
+uncompute       tbig
 compute		tbig big temp/sphere
 variable	pebig equal pe*atoms/count(big)
 variable	ebig equal etotal*atoms/count(big)
 thermo_style	custom step temp f_2[8] etotal v_pebig v_ebig press &
 		f_2[1] f_2[2] f_2[3] f_2[4] f_2[5] &
 		f_2[6] f_2[7] f_2[8] f_2[9] f_2[10] f_2[11] f_2[12]
 
 thermo_modify	temp tbig
 thermo		1000
 
 #dump		1 all atom 1000 dump.box
 
 #dump		1 all image 1000 image.*.jpg type type zoom 1.6
 #dump_modify	1 pad 6 adiam 1 1 adiam 2 0.2
 
 run		100000
diff --git a/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box.mp b/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box.mp
index 2d6a2d2df..295355259 100644
--- a/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box.mp
+++ b/examples/ASPHERE/box/in.box.mp
@@ -1,108 +1,112 @@
 # SRD viscosity demo - rigid box particles
 
 units		lj
 atom_style	sphere
 atom_modify	map array first big
 dimension	2
 
 # read in clusters of rigid bodies
 
 fix             molprop all property/atom mol
 read_data	data.box fix molprop NULL Molecules
 
 set		type 1 mass 1.0
 group		big type 1
 velocity	big create 1.44 87287 loop geom
 	
 # equilibrate big particles
 
 pair_style	soft 1.12
 pair_coeff	1 1 0.0 
 pair_coeff	2 2 0.0 0.0
 pair_coeff	1 2 0.0 0.0
 
 variable        prefactor equal ramp(0,60)
 fix             soft all adapt 1 pair soft a * * v_prefactor
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
 
 fix		1 big rigid molecule
 fix		2 all enforce2d
 
 #dump		1 all atom 10 dump.box.equil
 
+compute		tbig all temp/sphere
+thermo_modify	temp tbig
+
 thermo		100
 run		1000
 
 #undump		1
 unfix           soft  
 unfix		1
 unfix		2
 
 # add small particles as hi density lattice
 
 region		plane block INF INF INF INF -0.001 0.001 units box
 lattice		sq 85.0
 create_atoms	2 region plane
 
 set		type 2 mass 0.1
 group		small type 2
 velocity	small create 1.0 593849 loop geom
 
 # delete overlaps
 # must set 1-2 cutoff to non-zero value
 
 pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
 pair_coeff	1 1 1.0 1.0
 pair_coeff	2 2 0.0 1.0 0.0
 pair_coeff	1 2 0.0 1.0 1.0
 
 delete_atoms	overlap 1.0 small big
 
 # SRD run
 
 reset_timestep	0
 
 neighbor	0.3 bin
 neigh_modify	delay 0 every 1 check yes
 
 comm_modify	mode multi group big vel yes
 neigh_modify	include big
 
 # no pairwise interactions with small particles
 
 pair_style	lj/cut 2.5
 pair_coeff	1 1 1.0 1.0
 pair_coeff	2 2 0.0 1.0 0.0
 pair_coeff	1 2 0.0 1.0 0.0
 
 # use fix SRD to push small particles out from inside big ones
 # if comment out, big particles won't see SRD particles
 
 timestep	0.001
 
 fix		1 big rigid molecule
 fix	        2 small srd 20 big 1.0 0.25 49894 shift yes 54979 &
 		  search 0.2 collision slip inside ignore overlap yes
 fix		3 small viscosity 10 x y 50
 fix		4 all enforce2d
 
 # diagnostics
 
+uncompute       tbig
 compute		tbig big temp/sphere
 variable	pebig equal pe*atoms/count(big)
 variable	ebig equal etotal*atoms/count(big)
 thermo_style	custom step temp f_2[8] etotal v_pebig v_ebig press &
 		f_2[1] f_2[2] f_2[3] f_2[4] f_2[5] &
 		f_2[6] f_2[7] f_2[8] f_2[9] f_2[10] f_2[11] f_2[12]
 
 thermo_modify	temp tbig
 thermo		1000
 
 #dump		1 all atom 1000 dump.box.mp
 
 #dump		1 all image 1000 image.*.jpg type type zoom 1.6
 #dump_modify	1 pad 6 adiam 1 1 adiam 2 0.2
 
 run		100000