# SICS Server Configuration

There is only one executable image of the SICS server for all instruments. The commands and hardware available for a particular instrument is defined through the instrument initialisation file. The contents of this file are described below.

Go to:

- An Overview about SICS initialisation.
- A description of SICS options.
- A discussion of SICS variables.
- Advice about hardware configuration.
- A description of command initialisation.
- Managing the SICS help system.
- Connecting SICS to McStas Simulations.