diff --git a/tcl/drivers/luft.tcl b/tcl/drivers/luft.tcl
index d876760..a597cba 100644
--- a/tcl/drivers/luft.tcl
+++ b/tcl/drivers/luft.tcl
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ proc luft::writeCf {} {
   } else {
     luft::set_error "epics error: $val $errtxt"
   }
-  if {[scan [lindex [sct target] 0] %d period]} {
-    sct timeout [expr [clock seconds] + $period + 10]
+  catch {
+    sct timeout [expr [clock seconds] + $timeout + 10]
   }
   return idle
 }
diff --git a/tcl/luft.tclsh b/tcl/luft.tclsh
index 1aa17c6..c579f05 100755
--- a/tcl/luft.tclsh
+++ b/tcl/luft.tclsh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ proc readpipe {} {
     puts stdout "> $line"
   }
   if {[eof $sea(pipe)]} {
+   puts stdout EOF
    exit
   }
   lassign $line adr date time value
@@ -65,7 +66,12 @@ set env(EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST) NO
 set env(PATH) $env(PATH):/afs/psi.ch/project/sinq/rhel7/stow/base-3.15.5/bin/linux-x86_64-debug/
 
 set sea(debug) [lindex "$argv 0" 0]
-set sea(heartbeat) 300
+if {$sea(debug) eq "1"} {
+  set sea(heartbeat) 20
+} else {
+  set sea(heartbeat) 300
+  set sea(debug) 0
+}
 
 # connect to sea server prep0
 set sea(sock) [socket samenv.psi.ch 8640]
@@ -78,15 +84,14 @@ if {$sea(debug)} {
 set cmd "/afs/psi.ch/project/sinq/rhel7/stow/base-3.15.5/bin/linux-x86_64-debug/camonitor [array names values]"
 
 set ret [catch {set proc [exec ps ax -o pid,args | grep $cmd]} msg]
+set killed [list]
 if {$ret == 0} {
   foreach line [split $proc "\n"] {
     set l [split [string trim $line]]
     set c [lrange $l 1 end]
     if {"$c" eq "$cmd"} {
       # process was still running
-      if {$sea(debug)} {
-        puts stdout "kill $proc ($c)"
-      }
+      lappend killed [lindex $l 0]
       exec kill -9 [lindex $l 0]
     }
   }
@@ -95,5 +100,15 @@ if {$ret == 0} {
 set sea(pipe) [open "|$cmd" r]
 fileevent $sea(pipe) readable readpipe
 
-puts stdout [pid $sea(pipe)]
+set mypid [pid $sea(pipe)]
+set f [open $env(HOME)/monitfiles/luft_camonitor.pid w]
+puts $f $mypid
+close $f
+
+puts stdout $mypid
+if {[llength $killed] > 0 && $sea(debug)} {
+  puts stdout "killed $killed"
+}
+
+seacom "clientlog luft started"
 vwait forever