diff --git a/bin/bacbbmd.sh b/bin/bacbbmd.sh
index 99e9e8fa..642fc599 100755
--- a/bin/bacbbmd.sh
+++ b/bin/bacbbmd.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 # Launch the local BBMD
 ./bacserv 47808 BACServer-47808 &
+pids[47808]=$!
+sleep 1
 
 # spawn the servers
 export BACNET_BBMD_ADDRESS=${1}
@@ -14,7 +16,11 @@ do
     # note: is there a limit to the number of Foreign Device Registrations?
     export BACNET_IP_PORT=$port ; \
     ./bacserv $port BACServer-$port &
-    # note: give some BBMD servers time between registrations
-    # sleep 1
+    pids[${port}]=$!
 done
 
+read -p "Press key to quit"
+
+for pid in ${pids[*]}; do
+    wait $pid
+done
diff --git a/bin/bbmdepics.sh b/bin/bbmdepics.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5531f403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/bbmdepics.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Parallel bacepics connected with Foreign Device to BBMD
+# Assume that we are using the default IP address:
+BACNET_IP_ADDRESS=`ip route get 8.8.8.8 | fgrep src |  cut -f7 -d" "`
+BACNET_IP_PORT=47808
+
+echo "Spawning BBMD server at UDP port ${BACNET_IP_PORT}"
+
+# Launch the local BBMD
+./bacserv $BACNET_IP_PORT BACServer-$BACNET_IP_PORT &
+# Allow the local BBMD time to get running
+sleep 1
+
+#list of devices from command line assigned UDP port number as key
+epics_port_start=47810
+port_key=${epics_port_start}
+declare -A device
+# capture the devices from the command line
+for d in "$@"
+do
+	device[${port_key}]=${d}
+	epics_port_max=$((port_key++))
+done
+
+# spawn the epics clients
+export BACNET_BBMD_ADDRESS=$BACNET_IP_ADDRESS
+export BACNET_BBMD_PORT=$BACNET_IP_PORT
+echo "Spawning clients to register as foreign device to BBMD" $BACNET_BBMD_ADDRESS:$BACNET_BBMD_PORT
+# note: leaving port 47809 free for example bvlc.sh clients
+for port in $(seq ${epics_port_start} ${epics_port_max})
+do
+    # note: is there a limit to the number of Foreign Device Registrations?
+    export BACNET_IP_PORT=${port} ; \
+    ./bacepics ${device[${port}]} > epics-${device[${port}]}-${port}.txt &
+    pids[${port}]=$!
+    echo "Spawned EPICS client using UDP port ${port} reading ${device[${port}]}"
+done
+
+echo "Waiting for the clients to finish..."
+for pid in ${pids[*]}; do
+    wait $pid
+done
+
+killall bacserv
+