diff --git a/example/t01-services/services/bl01t-ea-temp-01/config/fastcs.yaml b/example/t01-services/services/bl01t-ea-temp-01/config/fastcs.yaml
index 790d6aed..a06071fc 100644
--- a/example/t01-services/services/bl01t-ea-temp-01/config/fastcs.yaml
+++ b/example/t01-services/services/bl01t-ea-temp-01/config/fastcs.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=schema.json
 controllers:
-  - name: BL01T-EA-TEMP-01
+  - id: BL01T-EA-TEMP-01
     type: fastcs.TemperatureController
     ip_settings:
       ip: "localhost"
diff --git a/src/techui_builder/builder.py b/src/techui_builder/builder.py
index 18d84909..0e8e286b 100644
--- a/src/techui_builder/builder.py
+++ b/src/techui_builder/builder.py
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ def _extract_entities(self, service_name: str, service_yaml: Path):
                     entity_key = match.group()
 
                     for entity in ioc_conf[entity_key]:
+                        component_name = None
+                        if entity["type"].startswith("fastcs"):
+                            component_name = entity["type"]
+                            entity["type"] = "fastcs*"
+
                         if entity["type"] in self.techui_support.support_modules:
                             support_mapping: SupportEntity = (
                                 self.techui_support.support_modules[entity["type"]]
@@ -178,10 +183,12 @@ def _extract_entities(self, service_name: str, service_yaml: Path):
                                 desc=entity.get("desc", None),
                                 prefix=prefix,
                                 macros=macros,
+                                name=component_name,
                             )
 
                             pv_root = prefix.split(":", maxsplit=1)[0]
                             self.entities[pv_root].append(new_entity)
+
                     break
 
     def _generate_screen(self, screen_name: str):
@@ -216,6 +223,7 @@ def create_screens(self):
                 # with the same prefix as the component
                 for entity in self.entities[component.prefix]:
                     entity.child_labels = component.child_labels
+                    entity.file = component.file
 
                 screen_entities.extend(self.entities[component.prefix])
 
diff --git a/src/techui_builder/generate.py b/src/techui_builder/generate.py
index b1dee7f9..55f0db6d 100644
--- a/src/techui_builder/generate.py
+++ b/src/techui_builder/generate.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import requests
 from jinja2 import Template
 from lxml import objectify
 from phoebusgen import screen as pscreen
@@ -42,13 +44,17 @@ class Generator:
     group_padding: int = field(default=50, init=False, repr=False)
     label_flag: bool = field(default=False, init=False, repr=False)
 
-    def _get_screen_dimensions(self, file: str) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    def _get_screen_dimensions(self, file: Path | bytes) -> tuple[int, int]:
         """
         Parses the bob files for information on the height
         and width of the screen
         """
         # Read the bob file
-        tree = objectify.parse(file)
+        if isinstance(file, bytes):
+            tree = objectify.parse(BytesIO(file))
+        else:
+            tree = objectify.parse(str(file))
+
         root = tree.getroot()
         try:
             height_element = root.height
@@ -162,7 +168,11 @@ def _update_macros(self, component: Entity) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
             suffix_key = next(k for k, v in component.macros.items() if v == suffix)
         except (IndexError, ValueError):
             prefix = component.prefix
-            component_name = component.type
+            component_name = (
+                component.name
+                if component.type == "fastcs*" and component.name is not None
+                else component.type
+            )
             suffix_key = suffix = ""
 
         # Try to get name from child labels if they exist,
@@ -189,23 +199,35 @@ def _allocate_widget(
 
         # Get relative path to screen
         file = Template(screen_mapping["file"]).render(component.macros)
+
+        # IF the file starts with IOC, and needs macro expansion
         if file.startswith("$(IOC)"):
             screen_path = support_screen_path = file.replace(
                 "$(IOC)", f"{self.beamline_url}/{component.service_name}"
-            )  # Only works with related displays as
-            # embedded displays need to access the file to get dimensions
-
-            assert screen_mapping["type"] == "related", (
-                "Only related displays can have remote screens"
             )
+            # For embedded screens, that need to be placed on screen and dimensions,
+            # it is required to fetch the screen from remote
+            if screen_mapping["type"] == "embedded" and str(
+                support_screen_path
+            ).startswith("https"):
+                try:
+                    screen_path = requests.get(str(support_screen_path)).content
+                except requests.RequestException:
+                    logger_.warning(
+                        f"Could not retrieve file from link {support_screen_path}"
+                    )
         else:
-            screen_path = self.support_path / f"bob/{file}"
-            logger_.debug(f"Screen path: {screen_path}")
+            support_bob = (self.support_path / "bob").resolve()
+            configured_path = Path(file)
 
-            # Path of screen relative to synoptic/
-            support_screen_path = screen_path.relative_to(
-                self.synoptic_dir, walk_up=True
-            )
+            if configured_path.is_absolute():
+                screen_path = configured_path.resolve()
+            elif configured_path.parts[:2] == ("techui-support", "bob"):
+                screen_path = (self.synoptic_dir / configured_path).resolve()
+            else:
+                screen_path = (support_bob / configured_path).resolve()
+
+            support_screen_path = screen_path.relative_to(self.synoptic_dir.resolve())
 
         # For Gui Components with multiple components embedded, we add a suffix field
         # to the components, and adjust the name and suffix accordingly
@@ -228,7 +250,7 @@ def _allocate_widget(
             pass
 
         if screen_mapping["type"] == "embedded":
-            height, width = self._get_screen_dimensions(str(screen_path))
+            height, width = self._get_screen_dimensions(screen_path)
             new_widget = pwidget.EmbeddedDisplay(
                 component_name,
                 str(support_screen_path),
@@ -283,6 +305,9 @@ def _create_widgets(
 {name}. Skipping..."
             )
             return None
+        # if component is fastcs, and has the field of file, add it to the support
+        if component.file:
+            screen_mapping.append({"file": component.file, "type": "embedded"})
 
         for screen_dict in screen_mapping:
             new_widget.append(self._allocate_widget(screen_dict, component))
diff --git a/src/techui_builder/models.py b/src/techui_builder/models.py
index 2cfc27cc..1a2277b8 100644
--- a/src/techui_builder/models.py
+++ b/src/techui_builder/models.py
@@ -306,6 +306,14 @@ class Entity(BaseModel):
         dict[str, Any],
         Field(description="Macros for the matching screen (can be empty)"),
     ]
+    file: Annotated[
+        str | None,
+        Field(description="File path for custom screen"),
+    ] = None
+    name: Annotated[
+        str | None,
+        Field(description="placeholder name for fastcs screens"),
+    ] = None
 
 
 class SupportEntity(BaseModel):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 28eb8175..985f8765 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ def techui_support():
                 },
             ],
         ),
-        "fastcs.TemperatureController": SupportEntity(
-            prefix="{{ name }}", macros=["name"], screens=[{}]
-        ),
+        "fastcs*": SupportEntity(prefix="{{ id }}", macros=["id"], screens=[{}]),
     }
 
     return ts
diff --git a/tests/test_builder.py b/tests/test_builder.py
index bc9766f1..f5e64720 100644
--- a/tests/test_builder.py
+++ b/tests/test_builder.py
@@ -125,19 +125,20 @@ def test_gb_extract_entities_ioc_yaml(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "index, type, desc, pv, macros",
+    "index, type, name, desc, pv, macros",
     [
         (
             0,
+            "fastcs*",
             "fastcs.TemperatureController",
             None,
             "BL01T-EA-TEMP-01",
-            {"name": "BL01T-EA-TEMP-01"},
+            {"id": "BL01T-EA-TEMP-01"},
         ),
     ],
 )
 def test_gb_extract_entities_fastcs_yaml(
-    builder, techui_support, index, type, desc, pv, macros
+    builder, techui_support, index, type, name, desc, pv, macros
 ):
     # We don't want to use builder_with_setup as that calls _extract_services()
     # and in turn that calls _extract_entities()
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ def test_gb_extract_entities_fastcs_yaml(
     )
     entity = builder.entities[prefix][index]
     assert entity.type == type
+    assert entity.name == name
     assert entity.desc == desc
     assert entity.prefix == pv
     assert entity.macros == macros