diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc7bf93..a7ee4d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "ophyd",
   "pyepics",  # does not work with 'setuptools' version higher than v66.1.1
   "scikit-image",
+  "pooch",  # datasets for skimage
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/scripts/run-caproto-ioc.sh b/scripts/run-caproto-ioc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50549ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-caproto-ioc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. /etc/profile.d/epics.sh
+
+export EPICS_CAS_AUTO_BEACON_ADDR_LIST="no"
+export EPICS_CAS_BEACON_ADDR_LIST="${EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST}"
+
+python -m srx_caproto_iocs.base --prefix="BASE:{{Dev:Save1}}:" --list-pvs
diff --git a/scripts/test-file-saving.sh b/scripts/test-file-saving.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc4e0ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-file-saving.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. /etc/profile.d/epics.sh
+
+data_dir="/tmp/test/$(date +%Y/%m/%d)"
+
+if [ ! -d "${data_dir}" ]; then
+	mkdir -v -p "${data_dir}"
+fi
+
+caput "BASE:{Dev:Save1}:write_dir" "${data_dir}"
+caput "BASE:{Dev:Save1}:file_name" "saveme_{num:06d}_{uid}.h5"
+caput "BASE:{Dev:Save1}:stage" 1
+for i in $(seq 50); do
+    echo "$i"
+    sleep 0.1
+    caput "BASE:{Dev:Save1}:acquire" 1
+done
+
+caput "BASE:{Dev:Save1}:stage" 0