diff --git a/html/lib/sysVcom.php b/html/lib/sysVcom.php
index 125e603..7949ea0 100644
--- a/html/lib/sysVcom.php
+++ b/html/lib/sysVcom.php
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 	return unserialize( IPC( serialize( $params ) ) );
 }
 
+function rpc_with_array( $params ){
+	return unserialize( IPC( serialize( $params ) ) );
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the next message waiting on the queue if there is one. The value of $caller_id must be checked
  * to ascertain the validity of the return value.
diff --git a/html/shd/common.php b/html/shd/common.php
index 7056bea..a120610 100644
--- a/html/shd/common.php
+++ b/html/shd/common.php
@@ -21,28 +21,58 @@
 /**
  * Format a 2D array into a 1D array of strings suitable for output in a
  * readable style.
+ * 
+ * $fxd_widths
+ * 	An array of widths to set which overrides the calculated width values
+ * 
  */
-function format_array_2d( $arr ){
+function format_array_2d( $arr, $fxd_widths=array() ){
 
-	//get the maximum field widths for all rows
-	$arr_col_mxw = array();
-	foreach($arr as $row){
+	$arr_col_mxw = null;
+	$tot_field_cnt = count($arr[0]);
+	
+	if(count($fxd_widths)>=$tot_field_cnt ){
+		$arr_col_mxw = $fxd_widths;
+	
+	}else{
+		$st_col = count($fxd_widths);
+		$arr_col_mxw = array();
 		$i=0;
-		foreach($row as $field){
-			if( strlen($field)>$arr_col_mxw[$i]){
-				$arr_col_mxw[$i] = strlen($field);
+		
+		for($i=0; $i<$tot_field_cnt; $i++){
+			if($i<$st_col){
+				array_push( $arr_col_mxw, $fxd_widths[$i]);
+			}else{
+				array_push( $arr_col_mxw, 0 );
 			}
-			$i++;
 		}
+				
+		//get the remaining field maximum widths for all rows
+		foreach($arr as $row){
+			for($i=$st_col; $i<count($row); $i++){
+				$field = $row[$i];
+				if( strlen($field)>$arr_col_mxw[$i]){
+					$arr_col_mxw[$i] = strlen($field);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 	
+	//print_r($arr_col_mxw);
+	
 	$arr_rtn = array();
 	foreach($arr as $row){
 		$str_row = '|';
-		$i=0;
+		$i=-1;
 		foreach($row as $field){
-			$str_row .= str_pad($field, $arr_col_mxw[$i]) ." | ";
 			$i++;
+			if($arr_col_mxw[$i]==0) continue;
+			if( strlen($field) > $arr_col_mxw[$i]){
+				$str_row .= substr($field, 0, $arr_col_mxw[$i] ) ."| ";		
+			}else{
+				$str_row .= str_pad($field, $arr_col_mxw[$i]) ."| ";
+			}
 		}
 		array_push($arr_rtn, $str_row);
 	}
diff --git a/html/svc/main-svc.php b/html/svc/main-svc.php
index 7c48561..ad66b61 100644
--- a/html/svc/main-svc.php
+++ b/html/svc/main-svc.php
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
 rpc_setGlobals( 'procName', __DIR__.'/BU-commander' );
 rpc_setGlobals( 'max_chan', 8182 );
 
+/**
+ * Expecting either an array or a single string. 
+ */
 function run_main_command( $cmd ){
-	return rpc( $cmd );
+	if(is_array($cmd)){
+		return rpc_with_array( $cmd );
+	}else{
+		return rpc_with_array( array($cmd) );
+	}
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/html/svc/main.php b/html/svc/main.php
index b39bd39..6412741 100644
--- a/html/svc/main.php
+++ b/html/svc/main.php
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
-	$rtn = run_main_command( $argv[1] );
+	$arg_copy = $argv;
+	array_shift($arg_copy);
+	$rtn = run_main_command( $arg_copy );
 	print_r( $rtn );
 	exit(0);
 
@@ -513,7 +515,8 @@
 		return array('ok:reload');
 
 	case 'f:cache-show':
-		foreach( format_cache() as $line){
+		array_shift($obj);
+		foreach( format_cache($obj) as $line){
 			log_print( "$line\n" );
 		}
 		return array('ok:cache-show');
diff --git a/html/svc/table-cache.php b/html/svc/table-cache.php
index 8ad655c..677a1d1 100644
--- a/html/svc/table-cache.php
+++ b/html/svc/table-cache.php
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
 /**
  * Output the cache in a readable format. Rather than being a 2D array, it
  * is a 1D array, each entry corresponding to a single row.
+ * 
+ * $width_limits
+ * 	This array contains the size limits of each field in field order. The array may be smaller than the
+ * 	total number of fields in which case the remaining fields will expand as necessary.
  */
-function format_cache(){
+function format_cache( $width_limits=array() ){
 
 	global $g_bu_table;
 	global $g_bu_colIdxs;
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@
 	$arr_all = $g_bu_table;
 	array_unshift( $arr_all, $arr_header);
 	
-	return format_array_2d( $arr_all );
+	return format_array_2d( $arr_all, $width_limits );
 }
 
 /**