diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b75dd85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Changes here will be overwritten by Copier; NEVER EDIT MANUALLY
+_commit: 4.0.1
+_src_path: gh:epics-containers/services-template-helm
+cluster_name: pollux
+cluster_namespace: p45-beamline
+cluster_type: dls_cluster
+description: p45 IOC Instances and Services
+git_platform: github.com
+github_org: epics-containers
+ioc_group: p45
+location: bl45p
+logging_url: https://graylog2.diamond.ac.uk/search?rangetype=relative&fields=message%2Csource&width=1489&highlightMessage=&relative=172800&q=pod_name%3A{service_name}*
+repo_uri: https://github.com/epics-containers/p45-services
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_skip_checks b/.github/workflows/ci_skip_checks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49dddfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_skip_checks
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+daq-nexus
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_verify.sh b/.github/workflows/ci_verify.sh
index 2b71890..922c240 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_verify.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_verify.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,45 @@
 # other future services that don't use ibek, we will need to add a standard
 # entrypoint for validating the config folder mounted at /config.
 
-ROOT=$(realpath $(dirname ${0})/../..)
+HERE=$(realpath $(dirname ${0}))
+ROOT=$(realpath ${HERE}/../..)
 set -xe
+rm -rf ${ROOT}/.ci_work/
+mkdir -p ${ROOT}/.ci_work
 
 # use docker if available else use podman
 if ! docker version &>/dev/null; then docker=podman; else docker=docker; fi
 
-for service in ${ROOT}/services/*
+# copy the services to a temporary location to avoid dirtying the repo
+cp -r ${ROOT}/services/* ${ROOT}/.ci_work/
+
+for service in ${ROOT}/services/*/  # */ to skip files
 do
+    ### Lint each service chart and validate if schema given ###
+    service_name=$(basename $service)
+
+    # skip services appearing in ci_skip_checks
+    checks=${HERE}/ci_skip_checks
+    if [[ -f ${checks} ]] && grep -q ${service_name} ${checks}; then
+        echo "Skipping ${service_name}"
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    schema=$(cat ${service}/values.yaml | sed -rn 's/^# yaml-language-server: \$schema=(.*)/\1/p')
+    if [ -n "${schema}" ]; then
+        echo "{\"\$ref\": \"$schema\"}" > ${ROOT}/.ci_work/$service_name/values.schema.json
+    fi
+
+    $docker run --rm --entrypoint bash \
+        -v ${ROOT}/.ci_work:/services \
+        alpine/helm:3.14.3 \
+        -c "
+           helm lint /services/$service_name --values /services/values.yaml &&
+           helm dependency update /services/$service_name &&
+           rm -rf /services/$service_name/charts
+        "
+
+    ### Valiate each ioc config ###
     # Skip if subfolder has no config to validate
     if [ ! -f "${service}/config/ioc.yaml" ]; then
         continue
@@ -27,10 +58,20 @@ do
     if [ -n "${image}" ]; then
         echo "Validating ${service} with ${image}"
 
+        runtime=/tmp/ioc-runtime/$(basename ${service})
+        mkdir -p ${runtime}
+
         # This will fail and exit if the ioc.yaml is invalid
         $docker run --rm --entrypoint bash \
-            -v ${service}/config:/config ${image} \
+            -v ${service}/config:/config \
+            -v ${runtime}:/epics/runtime \
+            ${image} \
             -c 'ibek runtime generate /config/ioc.yaml /epics/ibek-defs/*'
+        # show the startup script we just generated (and verify it exists)
+        cat  ${runtime}/st.cmd
 
     fi
+
 done
+
+rm -r ${ROOT}/.ci_work
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 842d6fc..7777862 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+**/*.tz
+**/*.tgz
 .history
-**/*.bob
-edm/bobs
-**/*copy
-**/charts/*tgz
+venv*
+.venv*
 **/Chart.lock
+**/charts
+**/*copy
+.ci_work
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9297ce..f94e8b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# beamline bl45p IOC Instances and Services
-
-This repository holds the a definition of beamline bl45p IOC Instances and services. Each sub folder of the `services` directory contains a helm chart for a specific service or IOC.
-
-The respository is deployed into the beamline cluster using Argo CD which keeps the cluster namespace bl45p in sync with the contents of this repo.
-
-See apps.yaml for the root app of apps description.
+# p45 IOC Instances and Services
 
+This repository holds the a definition of p45 IOC Instances and services. Each sub folder of the `services` directory contains a helm chart for a specific service or IOC.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/environment.sh b/environment.sh
index a1f6109..09096b4 100644
--- a/environment.sh
+++ b/environment.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # a bash script to source in order to set up your command line to in order
-# to work with the bl45p IOCs and Services.
+# to work with the p45 IOCs and Services.
 
 # check we are sourced
 if [ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]; then
@@ -9,28 +9,17 @@ if [ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Loading environment for beamline bl45p IOC Instances and Services ..."
+echo "Loading environment for p45 IOC Instances and Services ..."
 
 #### SECTION 1. Environment variables ##########################################
 
-# a mapping between generic IOC repo roots and the related container registry
-# use spaces or line breaks to separate multiple mappings by default this
-# inlcudes mappings for github and DLS gitlab, add your own here.
-export EC_REGISTRY_MAPPING_REGEX='
-.*github.com:(.*)\/(.*) ghcr.io/\1/\2
-.*gitlab.diamond.ac.uk.*\/(.*) gcr.io/diamond-privreg/controls/prod/ioc/\1
-'
-# the namespace to use for kubernetes deployments - use local for local docker/podman
-export EC_NAMESPACE=bl45p
+export EC_CLI_BACKEND="K8S"
+# the namespace to use for kubernetes deployments
+export EC_TARGET=p45-beamline
 # the git repo for this project
-export EC_SERVICES_REPO=git@github.com:epics-containers/bl45p.git
+export EC_SERVICES_REPO=https://github.com/epics-containers/p45-services
 # declare your centralised log server Web UI
-export EC_LOG_URL="https://graylog.diamond.ac.uk/search?rangetype=relative&fields=message%2Csource&width=1489&highlightMessage=&relative=172800&q=pod_name%3A{service_name}*"
-# enforce a specific container cli - defaults to whatever is available
-# export EC_CONTAINER_CLI=podman
-# enable debug output in all 'ec' commands
-# export EC_DEBUG=1
-
+export EC_LOG_URL="https://graylog2.diamond.ac.uk/search?rangetype=relative&fields=message%2Csource&width=1489&highlightMessage=&relative=172800&q=pod_name%3A{service_name}*"
 
 #### SECTION 2. Install ec #####################################################
 
@@ -46,12 +35,13 @@ source <(ec --show-completion ${SHELL})
 
 #### SECTION 3. Configure Kubernetes Cluster ###################################
 
+
 # the following configures kubernetes inside DLS.
 
 module unload pollux > /dev/null
 module load pollux > /dev/null
 # set the default namespace for kubectl and helm (for convenience only)
-kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=bl45p
+kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=p45-beamline
 # make sure the user has provided credentials
 kubectl version
 
@@ -59,4 +49,4 @@ kubectl version
 # enable shell completion for k8s tools
 if [ -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then SHELL=zsh; fi
 source <(helm completion $(basename ${SHELL}))
-source <(kubectl completion $(basename ${SHELL}))
\ No newline at end of file
+source <(kubectl completion $(basename ${SHELL}))
diff --git a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/Chart.yaml b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/Chart.yaml
index bd47eb5..f011ad8 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/Chart.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type: application
 
 dependencies:
   - name: ioc-instance
-    version: 4.0.0
+    version: 4.1.2
     repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
   # dls-aravis is locally available via symlink in the charts directory
   - name: dls-aravis
diff --git a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/values.yaml b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/values.yaml
index 3ae5c10..b291c7f 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/values.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-01/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-# Arguments to the shared ioc instance template dls-aravis
-# This will make an IOC instance for an aravis camera with a standard set
-# of Areadetector plugins.
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/4.1.2/ioc-instance.schema.json
 
 dls-aravis:
   P: BL45P-EA-MAP-01
   ID: bl45p-ea-detector-01
 
 ioc-instance:
-  image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/ioc-adaravis-runtime:2024.7.1
+  image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/ioc-adaravis-runtime:2024.11.1
diff --git a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/Chart.yaml b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/Chart.yaml
index 17fd24d..ebc8b1c 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/Chart.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ type: application
 
 dependencies:
   - name: ioc-instance
-    version: 4.0.0
+    version: 4.1.2
     repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
   # dls-aravis is locally available via symlink in the charts directory
   - name: dls-aravis
diff --git a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/values.yaml b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/values.yaml
index 9dafe07..18d7f40 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/values.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-ea-dcam-02/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/4.1.2/ioc-instance.schema.json
+
 # Arguments to the shared ioc instance template dls-aravis
 # This will make an IOC instance for an aravis camera with a standard set
 # of Areadetector plugins.
@@ -7,4 +9,5 @@ dls-aravis:
   ID: bl45p-ea-detector-02
 
 ioc-instance:
-  image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/ioc-adaravis-runtime:2024.7.1
+  image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/ioc-adaravis-runtime:2024.11.1
+  location: bl45p # TODO remove me when schema is fixed
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/Chart.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/Chart.yaml
index 5732737..2ed3edd 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/Chart.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ type: application
 
 dependencies:
   - name: ioc-instance
-    version: 4.0.0
-    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
\ No newline at end of file
+    version: 4.1.2
+    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/config/ioc.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/config/ioc.yaml
index 62b0723..c400edc 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/config/ioc.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/config/ioc.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ioc-pmac/releases/download/2024.3.1/ibek.ioc.schema.json
 
-# todo update ioc-pmac to latest ibek (__utils__ is old)
-ioc_name: "{{ __utils__.get_env('IOC_NAME') }}"
+ioc_name: "{{ _global.get_env('IOC_NAME') }}"
 
 description: auto-generated by https://github.com/epics-containers/builder2ibek
 
 entities:
+  - type: epics.EpicsEnvSet
+    name: EPICS_TZ
+    value: "GMT0BST"
+
   - type: epics.EpicsCaMaxArrayBytes
     max_bytes: 6000000
 
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/values.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/values.yaml
index eea6cd4..d4d84ba 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/values.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-brick-01/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/marcelldls/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/3.4.4/ioc-instance.schema.json#/$defs/service
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/4.1.2/ioc-instance.schema.json/#/$defs/service
 
 # latest container image for the pmac motion controller
 ioc-instance:
-  image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/ioc-pmac-runtime:2024.5.1
-
-
+  image: ghcr.io/epics-containers/ioc-pmac-runtime:2024.9.1
+  location: bl45p # TODO remove me when schema is fixed
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/Chart.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/Chart.yaml
index 5732737..2ed3edd 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/Chart.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ type: application
 
 dependencies:
   - name: ioc-instance
-    version: 4.0.0
-    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
\ No newline at end of file
+    version: 4.1.2
+    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/values.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/values.yaml
index 0a0eb58..89cd342 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/values.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-01/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/marcelldls/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/3.4.4/ioc-instance.schema.json#/$defs/service
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/4.1.2/ioc-instance.schema.json/#/$defs/service
 
 # latest container image for GigE cameras from the GitHub Container Registry
 ioc-instance:
-  image: ghcr.io/pandablocks/pandablocks-ioc:0.9.0
+  image: ghcr.io/pandablocks/pandablocks-ioc:0.11.2
 
   # this causes our config folder's start.sh to be mounted over the default
   # /epics/ioc/start.sh - thus making the pandaBlocks container image have
   # the same entrypoint as ioc-template based images
   iocConfig: /epics/ioc
+  location: bl45p # TODO remove me when schema is fixed
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/Chart.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/Chart.yaml
index 5732737..2ed3edd 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/Chart.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ type: application
 
 dependencies:
   - name: ioc-instance
-    version: 4.0.0
-    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
\ No newline at end of file
+    version: 4.1.2
+    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
diff --git a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/values.yaml b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/values.yaml
index 0a0eb58..89cd342 100644
--- a/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/values.yaml
+++ b/services/bl45p-mo-panda-02/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/marcelldls/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/3.4.4/ioc-instance.schema.json#/$defs/service
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/4.1.2/ioc-instance.schema.json/#/$defs/service
 
 # latest container image for GigE cameras from the GitHub Container Registry
 ioc-instance:
-  image: ghcr.io/pandablocks/pandablocks-ioc:0.9.0
+  image: ghcr.io/pandablocks/pandablocks-ioc:0.11.2
 
   # this causes our config folder's start.sh to be mounted over the default
   # /epics/ioc/start.sh - thus making the pandaBlocks container image have
   # the same entrypoint as ioc-template based images
   iocConfig: /epics/ioc
+  location: bl45p # TODO remove me when schema is fixed
diff --git a/services/dls-aravis/config/ioc.yaml b/services/dls-aravis/config/ioc.yaml
index b5a5070..ad00c37 100644
--- a/services/dls-aravis/config/ioc.yaml
+++ b/services/dls-aravis/config/ioc.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ ioc_name: "[[ _global.get_env('IOC_NAME') ]]"
 description: shared template for all Aravis cameras on p45
 
 entities:
+  - type: epics.EpicsEnvSet
+    name: EPICS_TZ
+    value: "GMT0BST"
+
   - type: epics.EpicsCaMaxArrayBytes
     max_bytes: 6000000
 
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@ entities:
     IOC: "[[ ioc_name | upper ]]"
 
   - type: ADAravis.aravisCamera
-    CLASS: {{ .Values.CLASS}}
+    CLASS: {{ .Values.CLASS }}
     ID: {{ .Values.ID }}
     P:  {{ .Values.P }}
     PORT: DET.DET
diff --git a/services/p45-ea-test-01/Chart.yaml b/services/p45-ea-test-01/Chart.yaml
index 5732737..2ed3edd 100644
--- a/services/p45-ea-test-01/Chart.yaml
+++ b/services/p45-ea-test-01/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ type: application
 
 dependencies:
   - name: ioc-instance
-    version: 4.0.0
-    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
\ No newline at end of file
+    version: 4.1.2
+    repository: "oci://ghcr.io/epics-containers"
diff --git a/services/values.yaml b/services/values.yaml
index dee3839..488935d 100644
--- a/services/values.yaml
+++ b/services/values.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# shared beamline values for all services
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://github.com/epics-containers/ec-helm-charts/releases/download/4.1.2/ioc-instance.schema.json/#/$defs/service
+# shared values for all services
 
 global:
   ioc_group: p45
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ ioc-instance:
   # useHostNetwork - use host network for IOC - required for Channel Access
   # to work outside of the cluster
   hostNetwork: true
+  location: bl45p # TODO remove me when schema is fixed
 
   # affinity and tolerations to get the right nodes on pollux
   securityContext:
@@ -19,7 +21,15 @@ ioc-instance:
     pvc: false
     hostPath: /dls/p45/data
 
-  useAffinity: true
+  affinity:
+    nodeAffinity:
+      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+        nodeSelectorTerms:
+          - matchExpressions:
+              - key: beamline
+                operator: In
+                values:
+                  - bl45p
 
   tolerations:
     - key: beamline
@@ -33,4 +43,4 @@ ioc-instance:
     - key: nodetype
       operator: Equal
       value: test-rig
-      effect: NoSchedule
\ No newline at end of file
+      effect: NoSchedule