diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 859d5ca..3f77851 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
-:2016.0516.2:        accept both version 1.0 & 1.0.1 config.xml files
-:2016.0427.1:        user can add additional file extension patterns, improve the setup of manage.sh on Linux
-:2016.0414.2:        resolve ValueError when creating XML declaration
-:2015.0117.0:        rename project to pvWebMonitor
-:2015.0116.0:        management shell script now uses /bin/bash
-:2015.0115.0:        refactor XSLT infrastructure and web site
+:2016.0907.0:        `issue #18 <https://github.com/prjemian/spec2nexus/issues/18>`_: check XSLT files for syntax errors,
+                     `issue #19 <https://github.com/prjemian/pvWebMonitor/issues/19>`_: let user choose to write waveform strings as string or array of integers,
+                     `issue #20 <https://github.com/prjemian/spec2nexus/issues/20>`_: add username and host to logging messages
+:2016.0516.2:        #16: accept both version 1.0 & 1.0.1 config.xml files
+:2016.0427.1:        #12: user can add additional file extension patterns, improve the setup of manage.sh on Linux
+:2016.0414.2:        #9: resolve ValueError when creating XML declaration
+:2015.0117.0:        #6: rename project to pvWebMonitor
+:2015.0116.0:        #13: management shell script now uses /bin/bash
+:2015.0115.0:        #4: refactor XSLT infrastructure and web site
 :2015.0114.1:        include XML infrastructure in package
 :2015.0114.0:        packaging update
 :2015.0113.1:        add --setup to fill a new project directory with needed files
diff --git a/src/pvWebMonitor/project/pvlist.xml b/src/pvWebMonitor/project/pvlist.xml
index bee20e3..b270bfc 100644
--- a/src/pvWebMonitor/project/pvlist.xml
+++ b/src/pvWebMonitor/project/pvlist.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@
   	(optional, default="%s") PVs will be formatted for display with this string
   </definition>
   <definition name="_ignore_">
-  	(optional, default="false") this PV is ignored if value is not "false"
+    (optional, default="false") this PV is ignored if value is not "false"
   </definition>
-
+  <definition name="as_string">
+    (optional, default="false") write this PV from formatted raw_value if "false", from char_value if "true"
+  </definition>
+  
 
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:TOD" 				description="IOC current time"  	mne="tod"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:STARTTOD" 		description="IOC boot time"  		mne="starttod"/>
@@ -32,9 +35,11 @@
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:HOSTNAME"			description="IOC host name" 		mne="hostname"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:ENGINEER"			description="engineer" 				mne="engineer"/>
 
+  <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m1.DESC"  description="VDM_Stripe motor description" mne="VDM_Stripe_DESC" as_string="true"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m1.RBV"   description="VDM_Stripe motor"             mne="VDM_Stripe"     display_format="%.3f"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m1.VAL"   description="VDM_Stripe motor target"      mne="VDM_Stripe_VAL" display_format="%.3f"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m1.DMOV"  description="VDM_Stripe motor done moving" mne="VDM_Stripe_DMOV"/>
+  <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m2.DESC"  description="DCM_theta motor description"  mne="DCM_theta_DESC" as_string="true"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m2.RBV"   description="DCM_theta motor"              mne="DCM_theta"      display_format="%.6f"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m2.VAL"   description="DCM_theta motor target"       mne="DCM_theta_VAL"  display_format="%.6f"/>
   <EPICS_PV PV="morel:m2.DMOV"  description="DCM_theta motor done moving"  mne="DCM_theta_DMOV"/>