Prepare the schedue and procedure files as usual but make sure the preob and checkmk5 procedures look like this: define preob 12276061017 "tsys commented out until there is diode control "!* systemp12 onsource sy=run setcl offset & disk2file=abort,, !+5s "!*+4s "caltsys_man enddef define checkmk5 12276045959x "sy=/home/oper/bin/auto_cor_check.sh & scan_check mk5=get_stats? mk5=status? !+3s sy=/home/oper/bin/data2vortex.sh & enddef Also check that /home/oper/bin/data2vortex.sh is going to do the right thing, check that the directory on vortex is mounted on mk5hb.