diff --git a/site_ansto/counterdriv.c b/site_ansto/counterdriv.c
index 884e0617..ccbfd79e 100644
--- a/site_ansto/counterdriv.c
+++ b/site_ansto/counterdriv.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include "fortify.h"
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ static void flog(char flag, char* format, ...) {
   if (file) {
     struct timeval tv;
     (void) gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-    fprintf(file, "%02d:%02d:%02d:%06d::%c::",
+    fprintf(file, "%02ld:%02ld:%02ld:%06ld::%c::",
         tv.tv_sec % (24 * 3600) / 3600,
         tv.tv_sec % (3600) / 60,
         tv.tv_sec % 60,
@@ -250,7 +251,6 @@ static int MonWrite(pBeamMon self, char* text) {
 
   status = writeRS232(self->controller, text, (int) len);
   if (status != 1) {
-    char str[80];
     flog('#', "MonWrite status = %d, errno = %d\n", status, errno); 
     self->errorCode = status;
     if (status == BADSEND && errno == EPIPE)
@@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ static int MonWrite(pBeamMon self, char* text) {
  */
 static int MonRead(pBeamMon self, /*@out@*/ char* text, int *pLen) {
   int i, status, retries=2;
-  char str[80];
-  char buf[1];
 
   *text = '\0';
   for (i = 0; i <= retries; i++) {
@@ -388,7 +386,6 @@ static void HandleReport(CounterDriver *cntrData, BUFFER* bp)
   BeamMon* self = NULL;
   char *cp = NULL;
   char *ep = NULL;
-  char str[100];
   self = (BeamMon *) cntrData->pData;
   /* TODO better than this */
   cp = &bp->body[26];
@@ -699,7 +696,6 @@ static int MonReadValues(CounterDriver *cntrData) {
  */
 static int MonGetError(CounterDriver *cntrData, int *iCode, char *error, int iErrLen) {
   BeamMon *self = NULL;
-  char str[40];
 
   self = (BeamMon *) cntrData->pData;
   /* Allocate iErrLen bytes for error messages */