diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4afc66924ab59dbfca92f5512176c41691660d0..2b4fbffaf750f9afd0b6eab32d38af8036019f66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ core.*
 *PVs.list
 *-loc/*.Makefile
 ts2evm-loc/*.Makefile
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+**/pid.txt
diff --git a/cmds/evm-simple.cmd b/cmds/evm-simple.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/ts2evm-loc/ts2evmApp/Db/ts2_evm_controls.template b/ts2evm-loc/ts2evmApp/Db/ts2_evm_controls.template
index 7a8bbf81e0cdbd9558b32debfb255777cd2eef27..033e26d0f47fed746312be5cf5a911eef53d45c3 100644
--- a/ts2evm-loc/ts2evmApp/Db/ts2_evm_controls.template
+++ b/ts2evm-loc/ts2evmApp/Db/ts2_evm_controls.template
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ record(aSub, "$(P)$(R=)Seq2-Write-aSub") {
 ########################################################
 # Cycle counter
 ########################################################
-record(calc, "$(P)$(R=)$(S=:)Cycle-Cnt")
+record(calc, "$(P)$(R=)Cycle-Cnt")
 {
     field(DESC, "Cycle Counter")
     field(CALC, "A+B+C")
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ record(aSub, "$(P)$(R=)CycleId-aSub") {
     field(OUTA, "$(EVGPREFIX)dbus-send-u32 CP")
     
     field(FTVB, "ULONG")
-    field(OUTB, "$(P)$(R=)$(S=:)CycleId-RB CP")
+    field(OUTB, "$(P)$(R=)CycleId-RB CP")
 
     field(TPRO, "0")
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ record(aSub, "$(P)$(R=)CycleId-aSub") {
 ########################################################
 # Cycle ID readback
 ########################################################
-record(int64in, "$(P)$(R=)$(S=:)CycleId-RB") {
+record(int64in, "$(P)$(R=)CycleId-RB") {
     field(DESC, "ID Cycle")
     field(DTYP, "Soft Channel")
     field(SCAN, "Passive")