diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/MANIFEST.TXT
index 7521efaa..89c8a5e2 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics.py
 server_config.tcl
 barebones.tcl
 util
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/MANIFEST.TXT
index e8de9be2..6ca7ab23 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 dingo_configuration.tcl
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ced76c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/dingo/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'dingo_sics'
+inst_name = 'dingo'
+inst_config = 'dingo_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/MANIFEST.TXT
index c058f196..0ab31880 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
 instrument_vars.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2a6af78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/hipd/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'wombat_sics'
+inst_name = 'wombat'
+inst_config = 'wombat_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/MANIFEST.TXT
index e770e1f6..de1b6bd1 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
 instrument_vars.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..321d54a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/hrpd/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'echidna_sics'
+inst_name = 'echidna'
+inst_config = 'echidna_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/MANIFEST.TXT
index 89fa2dfa..4e62d61e 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 kookaburra_configuration.tcl
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d976d11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/kookaburra/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'kookaburra_sics'
+inst_name = 'kookaburra'
+inst_config = 'kookaburra_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/MANIFEST.TXT
index 75371c6c..1ddf45f1 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 lyrebird_configuration.tcl
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ddd852f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/lyrebird/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'lyrebird_sics'
+inst_name = 'lyrebird'
+inst_config = 'lyrebird_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/MANIFEST.TXT
index bc3a006e..f5807a59 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 pelican_configuration.tcl
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d72c5850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/pelican/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'pelican_sics'
+inst_name = 'pelican'
+inst_config = 'pelican_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/MANIFEST.TXT
index 15faf1c1..c48c7d9a 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 platypus_configuration.tcl
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d44a3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'platypus_sics'
+inst_name = 'platypus'
+inst_config = 'platypus_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/MANIFEST.TXT
index 3adb26a4..afc3c3c1 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
 kowari_configuration.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e5a95b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/rsd/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'kowari_sics'
+inst_name = 'kowari'
+inst_config = 'kowari_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/runsics.py b/site_ansto/instrument/runsics.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..82b940de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/runsics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 expandtab
+import sys
+import os
+import getpass
+import resource
+import subprocess
+import shlex
+import argparse
+import re
+import socket
+from runsics_def import *
+
+# Re-open stdout unbuffered because we want to see feedback live as it happens.
+sys.stdout = os.fdopen(sys.stdout.fileno(), 'w',0)
+
+# TODO These numbers should be available on the system to any application
+server_port = {
+    'sics':      {'telnet': 60001, 'interrupt': 60002, 'server': 60003, 'quieck': 60004},
+    'scriptval': {'telnet': 60011, 'interrupt': 60012, 'server': 60013, 'quieck': 60014}
+}
+inst_test_sockoffset = {
+  'wombat': 0,
+  'echidna': 100,
+  'kowari': 200,
+  'quokka': 300,
+  'platypus': 400,
+  'taipan': 500,
+  'pelican': 600,
+  'dingo': 700,
+  'emu': 800,
+  'kookaburra': 900,
+  'bilby': 1000
+}
+
+def sics_preexec():
+    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (resource.RLIM_INFINITY, resource.RLIM_INFINITY))
+    os.umask(0022)
+
+# TODO Launch simulated devices if TEST_SICS=fakedev.  Must write launch script first.
+def start_cmd(server, args):
+    if status_cmd(server, args):
+        print '%s is already running. Cowardly refusing to launch it twice' % server
+        return
+    sicsenv = {
+        'none':       None,
+        'fullsim':   {'SICS_SIMULATION': 'full'},
+        'fakedev':   {'SICS_SIMULATION': 'fakedev'},
+        'scriptval': {'SICS_SIMULATION': 'script_validator'}
+    }
+    execenv = os.environ
+    if (args.sockoffset != 'none'):
+        execenv['SOCKOFFSET'] = str(inst_test_sockoffset[args.sockoffset])
+    # Set SICS_SIMULATION environment variable    
+    if (server == 'scriptval'):
+        execenv.update(sicsenv['scriptval'])
+    else:
+        execenv.update(sicsenv[args.test])
+    start_str = 'sudo -Eu %s %s/SICServer -d %s' % (args.user, args.dir, args.config)
+    # Suppress output if launching the script validator
+    if (server == 'scriptval'):
+        with open(os.devnull) as fp:
+            subprocess.call(shlex.split(start_str), preexec_fn=sics_preexec, env=execenv, cwd=args.dir, stderr=fp, stdout=fp)
+    else:
+        subprocess.call(shlex.split(start_str), preexec_fn=sics_preexec, env=execenv, cwd=args.dir)
+    status_cmd(server, args)
+
+def stop_cmd(server, args):
+    INTMSG = 'SICSINT 6'
+    ret = status_cmd(server, args)
+    if ret:
+        (serv_port, pid) = ret
+        if (args.sockoffset == 'none'):
+            int_port = server_port[server]['interrupt']
+        else:
+            int_port = server_port[server]['interrupt'] + inst_test_sockoffset[args.sockoffset]
+        print 'STOP %s(%d) listening on %d' % (server, pid, serv_port)
+        print "Sending '%s' to %d" % (INTMSG, int_port)
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        sock.sendto( INTMSG + '\n\r', ('localhost', int_port) )
+        sock.close()
+        if status_cmd(server, args):
+            print 'Failed to stop %s' % server
+            print 'Try harder dammit!'
+            subprocess.call(shlex.split('sudo -Eu root killall SICServer'))
+        else:
+            return
+        if status_cmd(server, args):
+            print 'Failed again!'
+            print 'Die damn you! DIE!!'
+            subprocess.call(shlex.split('sudo -Eu root killall -s15 SICServer'))
+        else:
+            return
+        if status_cmd(server, args):
+            print 'Why wont you die!!??'
+            print 'I give up. Try calling a SICS programmer or sysadmin'
+
+
+def status_cmd(server, args):
+    if (args.sockoffset == 'none'):
+        sock = server_port[server]['server']
+    else:
+        sock = server_port[server]['server'] + inst_test_sockoffset[args.sockoffset]
+    status_cmd = 'sudo -Eu %s netstat -nltp' % args.user
+    with open(os.devnull) as fp:
+        netstat_str = subprocess.check_output(shlex.split(status_cmd), stderr=fp)
+    #Find PID of SICServer listening on server port
+    m = re.search(':%d .* (\d+)\/SICServer' % sock, netstat_str)
+    if m:
+        pid = int(m.group(1))
+        print '%s listening on port %d, PID=%d' % (server, sock, pid)
+        return (sock, pid)
+    else:
+        print '%s not running' % server
+        return ''
+
+def main(**kwargs):
+    runsics_cmd = {'start': start_cmd, 'stop': stop_cmd, 'status': status_cmd}
+    # Setup defaults.  Use nice defaults in test environments.
+    if os.environ.has_key('TEST_SICS'):
+        deflt_user = getpass.getuser()
+        deflt_test = os.environ['TEST_SICS']
+        deflt_dir  = './' 
+        deflt_sockoffset = inst_name
+    else:
+        deflt_user = inst_user
+        deflt_test = 'none'
+        deflt_dir  = '/usr/local/sics/server' 
+        deflt_sockoffset = 'none'
+    # Parse arguments
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='SICS Server startup script.' )
+    cmd_grp = parser.add_argument_group('Commands', 'Runsics commands')
+    adv_grp = parser.add_argument_group('Advanced', 'Options providing more control. Usually only useful for SICS developers and testers. If you are running multiple instances of SICS on a single host you can set the TEST_SICS environment variable to one of the --test values to get nice defaults.')
+    # Mandatory arguments
+    cmd_grp.add_argument('cmd', choices=['start', 'stop', 'status'])
+    # Advanced arguments
+    adv_grp.add_argument('-c', '--config', help='Run SICS with the given configuration file. Default=%s' % inst_config, default = inst_config )
+    adv_grp.add_argument('-d', '--dir', help='Run SICS from the given directory. Default=%s' % deflt_dir, default = deflt_dir)
+    adv_grp.add_argument('-t', '--test', choices=['fullsim', 'fakedev', 'scriptval'], help='Run SICS in the given mode. Default=%s' % deflt_test, default=deflt_test)
+    adv_grp.add_argument('-u', '--user', help='Run SICS as the given user. Default=%s' % deflt_user, default = deflt_user )
+    adv_grp.add_argument('--sockoffset', help='Offset the sockets to allow multiple SICS instances on a single host. Default=%s' % deflt_sockoffset, choices=inst_test_sockoffset.keys(), default = deflt_sockoffset )
+    exc_grp = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    exc_grp.add_argument('--sicsonly', help='Just run SICS without the script validator', action='store_true', default=False)
+    exc_grp.add_argument('--scriptval', help='Launch script validator as well as SICServer.  Use this to override the default action when the TEST_SICS environmant variable is set.', action='store_true', default=False)
+    args = parser.parse_args() 
+    # Don't launch script validator in development environments.
+    if args.scriptval:
+        deflt_sicsonly = False
+    elif os.environ.has_key('TEST_SICS'):
+        deflt_sicsonly = True
+    else:
+        deflt_sicsonly = args.sicsonly
+    # Launch SICS
+    if (deflt_sicsonly):
+        runsics_cmd[args.cmd]('sics', args)
+    else:
+        runsics_cmd[args.cmd]('sics', args)
+        runsics_cmd[args.cmd]('scriptval', args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/sans/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/MANIFEST.TXT
index 2a8bd319..92a3f6d5 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/sans/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 quokka_configuration.tcl
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/sans/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a4a613f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'quokka_sics'
+inst_name = 'quokka'
+inst_config = 'quokka_configuration.tcl'
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/server_config.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/server_config.tcl
index b708853a..aab91abe 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/server_config.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/server_config.tcl
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #set sicsroot /usr/local/sics
 VarMake sicsdebug Int Mugger
 sicsdebug 0
+set telnetport    60001
+set interruptport 60002
+set serverport    60003
+set quieckport    60004
 
 # Simulation flags, possible values = true or false
 # true: The simulated driver will be used.
@@ -41,6 +45,12 @@ proc syncbackup {file} {
   backup motorSave
 }
 publish syncbackup Spy
+if [info exists env(SOCKOFFSET)] {
+  set telnetport    [expr {$telnetport + $env(SOCKOFFSET)}]
+  set interruptport [expr {$interruptport + $env(SOCKOFFSET)}]
+  set serverport    [expr {$serverport + $env(SOCKOFFSET)}]
+  set quieckport    [expr {$quieckport + $env(SOCKOFFSET)}]
+}
 if {[info exists env(SICS_SIMULATION)] != 1} {
   set sicsroot ../
   source sics_ports.tcl
@@ -66,21 +76,22 @@ if {[info exists env(SICS_SIMULATION)] != 1} {
   switch $env(SICS_SIMULATION) {
     "full" {
       set sicsroot ../
-      source sics_ports.tcl
       sics_simulation true
     }
     "fakedev" {
       set sicsroot ../
-      source sics_ports.tcl
       sics_simulation fakedev
     }
     "script_validator" {
       VarMake sics_script_validator Text internal
       sics_script_validator true
       set sicsroot ../script_validator/
-      source script_validator_ports.tcl
+      set telnetport    [expr {$telnetport    + 10}]
+      set interruptport [expr {$interruptport + 10}]
+      set serverport    [expr {$serverport    + 10}]
+      set quieckport    [expr {$quieckport    + 10}]
       sics_simulation true
-      MakeSync localhost [expr [get_portnum $serverport ]-10] spy 007 ../log/syncfile.tcl
+      MakeSync localhost $serverport spy 007 ../log/syncfile.tcl
     }
     default {
       error "ERROR: SICS_SIMULATION must be full, script_validator, or fakedev, not $env(SICS_SIMULATION)"
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/tas/MANIFEST.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/tas/MANIFEST.TXT
index 2871a006..d223330f 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/tas/MANIFEST.TXT
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/tas/MANIFEST.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+runsics_def.py
 sics_ports.tcl
 script_validator_ports.tcl
 taipan_configuration.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/tas/runsics_def.py b/site_ansto/instrument/tas/runsics_def.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..432a2caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/tas/runsics_def.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inst_user = 'taipan_sics'
+inst_name = 'taipan'
+inst_config = 'taipan_configuration.tcl'