diff --git a/HLX503/HLX503-IOC-01App/src/build.mak b/HLX503/HLX503-IOC-01App/src/build.mak
index 2e0570728..8aa1cf574 100644
--- a/HLX503/HLX503-IOC-01App/src/build.mak
+++ b/HLX503/HLX503-IOC-01App/src/build.mak
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ $(APPNAME)_DBD += ReadASCII.dbd
 $(APPNAME)_DBD += FileList.dbd
 ## add other dbd here ##
 #$(APPNAME)_DBD += xxx.dbd
+$(APPNAME)_DBD += hlx503.dbd
 
 # Add all the support libraries needed by this IOC
+$(APPNAME)_LIBS += hlx503
 
 ## Add additional libraries here ##
 #$(APPNAME)_LIBS += xxx
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ $(APPNAME)_LIBS += calc sscan
 $(APPNAME)_LIBS += pcrecpp pcre
 $(APPNAME)_LIBS += seq pv efsw
 
+
 # HLX503-IOC-01_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp derives from HLX503-IOC-01.dbd
 $(APPNAME)_SRCS += $(APPNAME)_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
 
diff --git a/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/config.xml b/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/config.xml
index ffbd4a1cd..ef6c9b7fb 100644
--- a/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/config.xml
+++ b/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/config.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,19 @@
     <macro name="HE3POTHI_CHANNEL" pattern="^[1-3]$" description="The channel to use when controlling the He3Pot at high temperatures." hasDefault="NO" />
     <macro name="1KPOTHE3POTLO_CHANNEL" pattern="^[1-3]$" description="The channel to use when controlling the 1K Pot/He3Pot at low temperatures." hasDefault="NO" />
 
+    <macro name="DEFAULT_POST_CONDENSE_TEMP_SETPOINT" pattern="^.*$" description="The default temperature setpoint to set just after a recondense" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="0.3"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_SORB_TEMP_SET" pattern="^.*$" description="The temperature setpoint to set for the sorb in a recondense" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="33.0"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_SORB_P" pattern="^.*$" description="The proportional to set for the sorb in a recodense" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="1.2"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_SORB_I" pattern="^.*$" description="The integral to set for the sorb in a recodense" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="1.2"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_SORB_D" pattern="^.*$" description="The derivative to set for the sorb in a recodense" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="1.2"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_SORB_TEMP_FINAL" pattern="^.*$" description="The final temperature of the sorb to wait for in part 3" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="20.0"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_HE3POT_TARGET_TEMP_PART1" pattern="^.*$" description="The target temperature of the He3Pot to wait for in part 1" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="1.5"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_HE3POT_TARGET_TEMP_PART2" pattern="^.*$" description="The target temperature of the He3Pot to wait for in part 2" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="1.6"/>
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_POST_PART2_WAIT_TIME" pattern="^.*$" description="The time in seconds to wait after part 2 of a recondense" hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="10"/> 
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT"  pattern="^.*$" description="The time to wait before timing out a part in a recondense. Defaults to 1800 seconds (30 minutes)." hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="1800"/> 
+    <macro name="RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON"  pattern="^.*$" description="Whether to timeout parts of the recondense." hasDefault="YES" defaultValue="YES"/> 
     <macro name="MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING" pattern="^.*$" description="The temperature below which He3 cooling is to be used." hasDefault="NO" />
-    <macro name="MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX" pattern="^.*$" description="The maximum temperature at which the heliox can be operated at." hasDefault="NO" />
+    <macro name="MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX" pattern="^.*$" description="The maximum temperature at which the heliox can be operated at." hasDefault="NO"/>
   </macros>
  </config_part>
 </ioc_config>
diff --git a/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/st-common.cmd b/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/st-common.cmd
index 99e871dd4..9db34cc7d 100644
--- a/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/st-common.cmd
+++ b/HLX503/iocBoot/iocHLX503-IOC-01/st-common.cmd
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ epicsEnvSet "STREAM_PROTOCOL_PATH" "$(ITC503)/data"
 epicsEnvSet "STREAM_PROTOCOL_PATH" "$(ITC503)/data"
 epicsEnvSet "READASCII_NAME" "READASCII"
 epicsEnvSet "FILELIST_NAME" "FILELIST"
-$(IFNOTDEVSIM) epicsEnvSet "CALIB_BASE_DIR" "$(ICPCONFIGBASE)/$(INSTRUMENT)"
+$(IFNOTRECSIM) $(IFNOTDEVSIM) epicsEnvSet "CALIB_BASE_DIR" "$(ICPCONFIGBASE)/$(INSTRUMENT)"
 $(IFDEVSIM) epicsEnvSet "CALIB_BASE_DIR" "$(HLX503)"
+$(IFRECSIM) epicsEnvSet "CALIB_BASE_DIR" "$(HLX503)"
 epicsEnvSet "TPAR_DIR" "configurations/hlx503"
 epicsEnvSet "TPAR_PAT" ".*"
 FileListConfigure("$(FILELIST_NAME)", "$(CALIB_BASE_DIR)/$(TPAR_DIR)", "$(TPAR_PAT)", 0) 
@@ -50,13 +51,17 @@ epicsEnvSet "SENSOR$(1KPOTHE3POTLO_SENSOR)_NAME" "1KPOTHE3POTLO"
 # asynSetTraceIOMask("L0", -1, 0x2)
 # asynSetTraceMask("L0", -1, 0x9)
 
-## Load DB Records
-dbLoadRecords("$(ITC503)/db/ITC503.db","P=$(MYPVPREFIX)$(IOCNAME):, PORT=$(DEVICE), RECSIM=$(RECSIM=0), DISABLE=$(DISABLE=0), READ=$(READASCII_NAME), CTRLCHANNEL1_NAME=$(CTRLCHANNEL1_NAME), CTRLCHANNEL2_NAME=$(CTRLCHANNEL2_NAME), CTRLCHANNEL3_NAME=$(CTRLCHANNEL3_NAME), SENSOR1_NAME=$(SENSOR1_NAME), SENSOR2_NAME=$(SENSOR2_NAME), SENSOR3_NAME=$(SENSOR3_NAME), IFNOTHLX503=#")
-dbLoadRecords("$(HLX503)/db/hlx503.db","PVPREFIX=$(MYPVPREFIX),P=$(MYPVPREFIX)$(IOCNAME):,RECSIM=$(RECSIM=0),DISABLE=$(DISABLE=0),MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING=$(MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING),MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX=$(MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX),SORB_CHANNEL=$(SORB_CHANNEL),HE3POTHI_CHANNEL=$(HE3POTHI_CHANNEL),1KPOTHE3POTLO_CHANNEL=$(1KPOTHE3POTLO_CHANNEL),SORB_SENSOR=$(SORB_SENSOR),HE3POTHI_SENSOR=$(HE3POTHI_SENSOR),1KPOTHE3POTLO_SENSOR=$(1KPOTHE3POTLO_SENSOR),READ=$(READASCII_NAME),FILELIST=$(FILELIST_NAME)")
+stringiftest("RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON", "YES", 2)
+$(IFRECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON) epicsEnvSet "RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON" "1"
+$(IFNOTRECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON) epicsEnvSet "RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON" "0"
+
 
-# dbLoadRecords("$(FILELIST)/db/calibration.db", "P=$(MYPVPREFIX)$(IOCNAME):, CALIB_BASE_DIR=$(CALIB_BASE_DIR), SDIR=$(SENS_DIR), CALIBLIST=SENSORFILELISTHE3POT, CONV_TO_PV=TEMP, CONV_FROM_PV=, CONV_TO_DESC=Temperature, CONV_TO_EGU=K, SP_PV=RAMP:_OUT_SP")
-# dbLoadRecords("$(FILELIST)/db/calibration.db", "P=$(MYPVPREFIX)$(IOCNAME):, CALIB_BASE_DIR=$(CALIB_BASE_DIR), SDIR=$(SENS_DIR), CALIBLIST=SENSORFILELISTSORB, CONV_TO_PV=TEMP, CONV_FROM_PV=, CONV_TO_DESC=Temperature, CONV_TO_EGU=K, SP_PV=RAMP:_OUT_SP")
+epicsEnvSet "P" "$(MYPVPREFIX)$(IOCNAME):"
 
+## Load DB Records
+dbLoadRecords("$(ITC503)/db/ITC503.db","P=$(P), PORT=$(DEVICE), RECSIM=$(RECSIM=0), DISABLE=$(DISABLE=0), READ=$(READASCII_NAME), CTRLCHANNEL1_NAME=$(CTRLCHANNEL1_NAME), CTRLCHANNEL2_NAME=$(CTRLCHANNEL2_NAME), CTRLCHANNEL3_NAME=$(CTRLCHANNEL3_NAME), SENSOR1_NAME=$(SENSOR1_NAME), SENSOR2_NAME=$(SENSOR2_NAME), SENSOR3_NAME=$(SENSOR3_NAME), IFNOTHLX503=#")
+dbLoadRecords("$(HLX503)/db/hlx503.db","P=$(P),RECSIM=$(RECSIM=0),DISABLE=$(DISABLE=0),MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING=$(MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING),MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX=$(MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX),SORB_CHANNEL=$(SORB_CHANNEL),HE3POTHI_CHANNEL=$(HE3POTHI_CHANNEL),1KPOTHE3POTLO_CHANNEL=$(1KPOTHE3POTLO_CHANNEL),SORB_SENSOR=$(SORB_SENSOR),HE3POTHI_SENSOR=$(HE3POTHI_SENSOR),1KPOTHE3POTLO_SENSOR=$(1KPOTHE3POTLO_SENSOR),READ=$(READASCII_NAME),FILELIST=$(FILELIST_NAME)")
+dbLoadRecords("$(HLX503)/db/hlx503_recondense.db", "P=$(P),MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING=$(MAX_TEMP_FOR_HE3_COOLING),MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX=$(MAX_OPERATING_TEMP_FOR_HELIOX),DEFAULT_POST_CONDENSE_TEMP_SETPOINT=$(DEFAULT_POST_CONDENSE_TEMP_SETPOINT=0.3),RECONDENSE_SORB_TEMP_SET=$(RECONDENSE_SORB_TEMP_SET=33.0),RECONDENSE_SORB_P=$(RECONDENSE_SORB_P=1.2),RECONDENSE_SORB_I=$(RECONDENSE_SORB_I=1.2),RECONDENSE_SORB_D=$(RECONDENSE_SORB_D=1.2),RECONDENSE_SORB_TEMP_FINAL=$(RECONDENSE_SORB_TEMP_FINAL=20.0),RECONDENSE_HE3POT_TARGET_TEMP_PART1=$(RECONDENSE_HE3POT_TARGET_TEMP_PART1=1.5),RECONDENSE_HE3POT_TARGET_TEMP_PART2=$(RECONDENSE_HE3POT_TARGET_TEMP_PART2=1.6),RECONDENSE_POST_PART2_WAIT_TIME=$(RECONDENSE_POST_PART2_WAIT_TIME=10),RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT=$(RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT=1800),RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON=$(RECONDENSE_PART_TIMEOUT_ON=1)")
 
 ##ISIS## Stuff that needs to be done after all records are loaded but before iocInit is called 
 < $(IOCSTARTUP)/preiocinit.cmd
@@ -69,3 +74,7 @@ iocInit
 
 ##ISIS## Stuff that needs to be done after iocInit is called e.g. sequence programs 
 < $(IOCSTARTUP)/postiocinit.cmd
+
+
+## Start any sequence programs
+seq hlx503, "P=$(P)"