diff --git a/streamApp/example.cmd b/streamApp/example.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 06e0caa..e22d9fc
--- a/streamApp/example.cmd
+++ b/streamApp/example.cmd
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec O.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/streamApp $0
 dbLoadDatabase "O.Common/streamApp.dbd"
 streamApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver
 
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ epicsEnvSet "STREAM_PROTOCOL_PATH", ".:protocols:../protocols/"
 
 #example telnet style IP port setup
 drvAsynIPPortConfigure "terminal", "localhost:40000"
+
+# Either set terminators here or in the protocol
 asynOctetSetInputEos "terminal",0,"\r\n"
 asynOctetSetOutputEos "terminal",0,"\r\n"
 
@@ -27,12 +31,11 @@ asynOctetSetOutputEos "terminal",0,"\r\n"
 
 #load the records
 dbLoadRecords "example.db","PREFIX=DZ"
-#dbLoadRecords "scalcout.db","PREFIX=DZ"
 
-#lots! of debug output
+#lots(!) of debug output before iocInit
 #var streamDebug 1
 
 iocInit
 
 #enable debug output
-var streamDebug 1
+#var streamDebug 1
diff --git a/streamApp/regexp.cmd b/streamApp/regexp.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9e2396c..479eccd
--- a/streamApp/regexp.cmd
+++ b/streamApp/regexp.cmd
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec O.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/streamApp $0
 dbLoadDatabase "O.Common/streamApp.dbd"
 streamApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver
 
@@ -7,4 +9,6 @@ drvAsynIPPortConfigure web epics.web.psi.ch:80 0 1
 dbLoadRecords regexp.db
 
 iocInit
-# var streamDebug 1
+#var streamDebug 1
+
+dbgf DZ:regexp
diff --git a/streamApp/regexp.db b/streamApp/regexp.db
index 42a6eb2..ba41e0e 100644
--- a/streamApp/regexp.db
+++ b/streamApp/regexp.db
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ record (stringin, "DZ:regexp")
 {
     field (DTYP, "stream")
     field (INP,  "@regexp.proto readTitle web")
+    field (PINI, "YES")
 }
diff --git a/streamApp/simple.cmd b/streamApp/simple.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2ccc662..7aa4b7a
--- a/streamApp/simple.cmd
+++ b/streamApp/simple.cmd
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec O.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/streamApp $0
 dbLoadDatabase "O.Common/streamApp.dbd"
 streamApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver
 
 #where can protocols be located?
 epicsEnvSet "STREAM_PROTOCOL_PATH", ".:protocols:../protocols/"
 
-#setup the busses
+#setup the hardware
 
-#drvAsynIPPortConfigure "L0", "localhost:40000"
-vxi11Configure "L0","gpib-dz-1",0,0.0,"gpib0",0,0
+drvAsynIPPortConfigure "L0", "localhost:40000"
+#vxi11Configure "L0","gpib-hostname-or-ip",0,0.0,"gpib0"
 
 #load the records
 dbLoadRecords "simple.db","P=DZ,BUS=L0 28"
 
-var streamDebug 1
 iocInit
 
 #enable debug output
diff --git a/streamApp/test.cmd b/streamApp/test.cmd
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7650d99..f98f59f
--- a/streamApp/test.cmd
+++ b/streamApp/test.cmd
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec O.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/streamApp $0
 dbLoadDatabase "O.Common/streamApp.dbd"
 streamApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver
 
@@ -7,4 +9,4 @@ drvAsynIPPortConfigure "terminal", "localhost:40000"
 
 dbLoadRecords "test.db","P=TEST"
 iocInit
-var streamDebug 1
+#var streamDebug 1