diff --git a/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll b/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll
index 0187e07..931edf1 100644
--- a/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll
+++ b/hcore/deviceManager/deviceSpecl.ll
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 %}
 
 %%
-^a              {
-                    deviceSpecplval.chr = yytext[0];
+"+adev"        {
+                    deviceSpecplval.chr = yytext[1];
                     return KEYWORD_SPECTYPE_ACTUATOR;
                 }
-^e              {
-                    deviceSpecplval.chr = yytext[0];
+"+edev"         {
+                    deviceSpecplval.chr = yytext[1];
                     return KEYWORD_SPECTYPE_EXTROSPECTOR;
                 }
-^i              {
-                    deviceSpecplval.chr = yytext[0];
+"+idev"         {
+                    deviceSpecplval.chr = yytext[1];
                     return KEYWORD_SPECTYPE_INTEROSPECTOR;
                 }
 "||"            { return DOUBLE_PIPE; }