diff --git a/site_ansto/counterdriv.c b/site_ansto/counterdriv.c
index 992bdbd3..d0ca7022 100644
--- a/site_ansto/counterdriv.c
+++ b/site_ansto/counterdriv.c
@@ -25,42 +25,12 @@
 
 /*@-incondefs@*/
 /*@observer@*//*@dependent@*/  Tcl_Interp *InterpGetTcl(SicsInterp *pSics);
+int readRS232(prs232 self, /*@out@*/void *data, /*@out@*/int *dataLen);
+void getRS232Error(int iCode, /*@out@*/ char *errorBuffer, int errorBufferLen);
 /*@observer@*//*@dependent@*/ pCounterDriver CreateCounterDriver(char *name, char *type);
 void KillRS232(/*@only@ frees pData */ void *pData);
 /*@+incondefs@*/
 
-#if 0
-typedef struct __COUNTDRIV {
-  char *name;
-  char *type;
-  CounterMode eMode;
-  float fPreset;
-  float fLastCurrent;
-  float fTime;
-  int iNoOfMonitors;
-  long lCounts[MAXCOUNT];
-  int iPause;
-  int iErrorCode;
-  
-  int (*GetStatus)(CounterDriver *cntrData, float *fControl);
-  int (*Start)(CounterDriver *cntrData);
-  int (*Pause)(CounterDriver *cntrData);
-  int (*Continue)(CounterDriver *cntrData);
-  int (*Halt)(CounterDriver *cntrData);     
-  int (*ReadValues)(CounterDriver *cntrData);
-  int (*GetError)(CounterDriver *cntrData, int *iCode, char *error, int iErrLen);
-  int (*TryAndFixIt)(CounterDriver *cntrData, int iCode);
-  int (*Set)(CounterDriver *cntrData,char *name, int iCter, float fVal);
-  int (*Get)(CounterDriver *cntrData,char *name, int iCter, float *fVal);
-  int (*Send)(CounterDriver *cntrData, char *pText, char *pReply, int iReplyLen);
-  void (*KillPrivate)(CounterDriver *cntrData);
-  void *pData; /* counter specific data */
-
-  /*@observer@*//*@dependent@*/SConnection *pCon;
-  prs232 controller;
-                  
-} CountDriv, *BeamMon;
-#endif
 
 typedef struct {
   int length;
@@ -71,6 +41,7 @@ typedef struct {
   prs232 controller;
   int state;
   int errorCode;
+  char *errorMsg; /**< Points to memory for error messages */ 
   char *host;
   int iPort;
   float dummy_threshold;
@@ -116,9 +87,7 @@ static int MonWrite(pBeamMon self, char* text) {
   if (len > 0)
     flog('>', text);
 
-  /*@+matchanyintegral@ let size_t from strlen match int */
   status = writeRS232(self->controller, text, len);
-  /*@-matchanyintegral@*/
   if (status != 1) {
     self->errorCode = status;
     return FAILURE;
@@ -429,13 +398,36 @@ static int MonReadValues(CounterDriver *cntrData) {
  * \param *iCode error code returned to logical counter.
  * \param *error error message
  * \param iErrLen maximum error message length allowed.
+ * \return SUCCESS or FAILURE
  */
 static int MonGetError(CounterDriver *cntrData, int *iCode, char *error, int iErrLen) {
   BeamMon *self = NULL;
 
   flog('.', "MonGetError");
   self = (BeamMon *) cntrData->pData;
-  /* TODO*/
+  /* Allocate iErrLen bytes for error messages */
+  if (self->errorMsg == NULL) {
+    self->errorMsg = (char *) malloc(iErrLen);
+    if (self->errorMsg == NULL) {
+      return FAILURE;
+    }
+  }
+  error = self->errorMsg;
+  *iCode = self->errorCode;
+  switch (*iCode) { 
+    case 0:
+      strncpy(error, "UNKNOWN ERROR: counterdriv did not set an errorcode.", iErrLen);
+      break;
+    case NOTCONNECTED:
+    case TIMEOUT:
+    case BADSEND:
+    case BADMEMORY:
+      getRS232Error(*iCode, error, iErrLen);
+      break;
+    default:
+      snprintf(error, iErrLen, "Unknown error code: %d, returned from counterdriv", *iCode);
+  }
+  self->errorCode = 0;
   return SUCCESS;
 }  		
 
@@ -458,7 +450,10 @@ static int MonTryAndFixIt(CounterDriver *cntrData, int iCode) {
     case NOTCONNECTED:
       initRS232(self->controller);
       return COREDO;
-  /* TODO*/
+    case BADSEND:  
+    case TIMEOUT:
+    case BADMEMORY: /* Won't happen if MonConnect sets the send terminator */
+      return COREDO;
   }
   return COTERM;
 }
@@ -521,7 +516,8 @@ static void KillMon(pCounterDriver cntrData) {
   if (self) {
     if (self->host)
       free(self->host);
-  /* TODO*/
+    if (self->errorMsg)
+      free(self->errorMsg);
   }
 }
 
@@ -574,6 +570,9 @@ static void KillMon(pCounterDriver cntrData) {
     return NULL;
   }
   newCtr->controller = NULL;
+  newCtr->state = HWIdle;
+  newCtr->errorCode = 0;
+  newCtr->errorMsg = NULL;
   newCtr->host = NULL;
   newCtr->iPort = 0;
   newCtr->dummy_threshold = 0;