diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/ControllerDefines.h b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/ControllerDefines.h
index 4c2c7ebf27a709bd724d066506f9e9f80562455d..d6cb089b03713bd328c67fe2a88c40cf22d8ca6f 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/ControllerDefines.h
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/ControllerDefines.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ enum	{
 	CNTLRTYPE_NO_TYPE = 0,				// no type defined yet
 	CNTLRTYPE_SCHEDULERCTRL,			// MACscheduler
 	CNTLRTYPE_OBSERVATIONCTRL,			// ObservationControl
+	CNTLRTYPE_ONLINECTRL,				// OnlineControl
+	CNTLRTYPE_OFFLINECTRL,				// OfflineControl
 	CNTLRTYPE_BEAMDIRECTIONCTRL,		// BeamDirectionControl
 	CNTLRTYPE_GROUPCTRL,				// RingControl
 	CNTLRTYPE_STATIONCTRL,				// StationControl
diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/Makefile.am b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/Makefile.am
index 861fb54d5fb68098384eb4fb37456ad2c42b1e07..fae43cd2a764676e1fbb11b0526b0a5899271cdc 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/Makefile.am
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/include/APL/APLCommon/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pkginclude_HEADERS = \
 	APL_Defines.h \
 	APLUtilities.h \
 	ControllerDefines.h \
+	StationInfo.h \
 	PropertySetAnswer.h \
 	PropertySetAnswerHandlerInterface.h  \
 	CTState.h \
diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ChildControl.cc b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ChildControl.cc
index b34acf73df77520ff7268117f705eeb4c3d113ac..c176fd59b74452b72a6079c84851214d56107908 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ChildControl.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ChildControl.cc
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 
 //# Includes
 #include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
-#include <Deployment/StationInfo.h>
 #include <APS/ParameterSet.h>
 #include <GCF/GCF_ServiceInfo.h>
 #include <GCF/Utils.h>
 #include <APL/APLCommon/APLUtilities.h>
+#include <APL/APLCommon/StationInfo.h>
 #include <APL/APLCommon/ChildControl.h>
 #include <Controller_Protocol.ph>
 #include <StartDaemon_Protocol.ph>
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ bool ChildControl::startChild (const string&		aName,
 	// Add some comment lines and some extra fields to the file
 	cntlrSet.add("prefix", prefix+position+nodeName+".");
 	cntlrSet.add("_instanceNr", lexical_cast<string>(instanceNr));
+	cntlrSet.add("_moduleName", nodeName);
 	cntlrSet.add("_treeID", lexical_cast<string>(anObsID));
-	cntlrSet.add("# modulename", nodeName);
-	cntlrSet.add("# pathname", prefix+position+nodeName+".");
+	cntlrSet.add("# moduleName", nodeName);
+	cntlrSet.add("# pathName", prefix+position+nodeName+".");
 	cntlrSet.add("# treeID", lexical_cast<string>(anObsID));
 	// Finally write to subset to the file.
 	cntlrSet.writeFile (cntlrSetName);
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ void ChildControl::_processActionList()
 		switch (action->requestedState) {
 		case CTState::CONNECTED: 	// start program, wait for CONNECTED msgs of child
 			{
-				// first check if connection if StartDaemon is made
+				// first check if connection with StartDaemon is made
 				SDiter	startDaemon = itsStartDaemonMap.find(action->hostname);
 				if (startDaemon == itsStartDaemonMap.end() || 
 											!startDaemon->second->isConnected()) {
@@ -781,7 +782,8 @@ GCFEvent::TResult	ChildControl::operational(GCFEvent&			event,
 	case F_INIT:
 		break;
 
-	case F_ENTRY:
+	case F_ENTRY:	// process actions that where queued during my startup.
+			_processActionList();
 		break;
 
 	case F_ACCEPT_REQ: {
diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ControllerDefines.cc b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ControllerDefines.cc
index e7018538be5f550d8de0b2de096a39ae62cb6832..d594163e4921468a73c49cea16887aff7500a7e1 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ControllerDefines.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ControllerDefines.cc
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 //# Includes
 #include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
 #include <Common/StringUtil.h>					// rtrim
-#include <Deployment/StationInfo.h>
 #include <GCF/Utils.h>							// myHostname
 #include <APS/ParameterSet.h>					// indexValue
 #include <APL/APLCommon/ControllerDefines.h>
+#include <APL/APLCommon/StationInfo.h>
 
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ typedef struct cntlrDefinition {
 } cntlrDefinition_t;
 
 static cntlrDefinition_t controllerTable[] = {
+//		executable				parsetNode		shared
+//----------------------------------------------------------
 	{	"",						"",				false	},
 	{	"MACScheduler", 		"MACScheduler",	false	},
 	{	"ObservationControl", 	"ObsCtrl",		false	},
+	{	"OnlineControl", 		"OnlineCtrl",	false	},
+	{	"OfflineControl", 		"OfflineCtrl",	false	},
 	{	"BeamDirectionControl",	"BeamDirCtrl",	true	},
 	{	"RingControl", 			"RingCtrl",		true	},
 	{	"StationControl", 		"StationCtrl",	false	},
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ int32	getControllerType	(const string&	controllerName)
 {
 	string	cntlrName(controllerName);		// destroyable copy
 	rtrim(cntlrName, "[]{}0123456789");		// cut down to executable name
+	// first try on controllername
 	uint32	idx = CNTLRTYPE_NO_TYPE + 1;
 	while (idx < CNTLRTYPE_NR_TYPES) {
 		if (!strcmp (controllerTable[idx].cntlrName, cntlrName.c_str())) {
@@ -142,6 +147,15 @@ int32	getControllerType	(const string&	controllerName)
 		idx++;
 	}
 
+	// not found, may user passed parsetNodename
+	idx = CNTLRTYPE_NO_TYPE + 1;
+	while (idx < CNTLRTYPE_NR_TYPES) {
+		if (!strcmp (controllerTable[idx].parsetName, cntlrName.c_str())) {
+			return (idx);
+		}
+		idx++;
+	}
+
 	return (CNTLRTYPE_NO_TYPE);
 }
 
diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/Makefile.am b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/Makefile.am
index 1444d091d7f91db5e40b1d87403993de754b94c6..6680bd38dd9ebd35a2004ce8c796d1aa95c8291d 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/Makefile.am
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ libaplcommon_la_SOURCES  =  $(DOCHDRS) \
 							Controller_Protocol.cc \
 							APLUtilities.cc \
 							ControllerDefines.cc \
+							StationInfo.cc \
 							PropertySetAnswer.cc \
 							CTState.cc \
 							ControllerAdmin.cc \
diff --git a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ParentControl.cc b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ParentControl.cc
index d5551fe916005c801f4e359c62a9fda911a9a120..0d2c14916eb5d3094f41e2539845e311cc74b795 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ParentControl.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/APLCommon/src/ParentControl.cc
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 //# Includes
 #include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
-#include <Deployment/StationInfo.h>
 #include <APS/ParameterSet.h>
 #include <GCF/GCF_ServiceInfo.h>
 #include <GCF/Utils.h>
 #include <APL/APLCommon/APLUtilities.h>
 #include <APL/APLCommon/ParentControl.h>
+#include <APL/APLCommon/StationInfo.h>
 #include <Controller_Protocol.ph>
 #include <StartDaemon_Protocol.ph>