diff --git a/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Request.cc b/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Request.cc
index 459dc006c5904ba14a1d876131c78ae245773b78..288006eb727f1c48cec012a4da3dd0ba7148e200 100644
--- a/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Request.cc
+++ b/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Request.cc
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ namespace LOFAR
     }
 
 
-    void DH_Request::writeBuf(const ConverterCommand& cmd,
-                              const RequestData& req)
+    void DH_Request::writeBuf(const ConverterCommand& command,
+                              const RequestData& request)
     {
       // Create the output blob that will hold the request data to be sent to
       // the converter server.
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ namespace LOFAR
       // \note We don't need to call putStart() and putEnd() on the blob
       // stream; this is done by the DataBlobExtra class in the Transport
       // library.
-      bos << cmd 
-          << req;
+      bos << command 
+          << request;
     }
 
 
-    void DH_Request::readBuf(ConverterCommand& cmd,
-                             RequestData& req)
+    void DH_Request::readBuf(ConverterCommand& command,
+                             RequestData& request)
     {
       // Open the input blob to read the data that were just received from the
       // converter client.
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ namespace LOFAR
       ASSERT(found && version == theirVersionNr);
       
       // Retrieve the converter request.
-      bis >> cmd
-          >> req;
+      bis >> command
+          >> request;
 
       // Assert that we're really at the end of the blob.
       bis.getEnd();
diff --git a/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Result.cc b/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Result.cc
index abf4fafc93c16b1c4b34883bed861e3651fa08aa..d02bdd15cf2a677c63dcd8eab1e385093b09b48e 100644
--- a/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Result.cc
+++ b/LCS/AMC/AMCBase/src/DH_Result.cc
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ namespace LOFAR
     }
 
 
-    void DH_Result::writeBuf(const ConverterStatus& sts, 
-                             const ResultData& res)
+    void DH_Result::writeBuf(const ConverterStatus& status, 
+                             const ResultData& result)
     {
       // Create the output blob that will hold the result data to be sent to
       // the converter client.
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ namespace LOFAR
       // \note We don't need to call putStart() and putEnd() on the blob
       // stream; this is done by the DataBlobExtra class in the Transport
       // library.
-      bos << sts
-          << res;
+      bos << status
+          << result;
     }
 
 
-    void DH_Result::readBuf(ConverterStatus& sts, ResultData& res)
+    void DH_Result::readBuf(ConverterStatus& status, ResultData& result)
     {
       // Open the input blob to read the data that were just received from the
       // converter server.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace LOFAR
       ASSERT(found && version == theirVersionNr);
       
       // Retrieve the converter result.
-      bis >> sts >> res;
+      bis >> status >> result;
 
       // Assert that we're really at the end of the blob.
       bis.getEnd();