Jay, the software was made by Bruce at PTS. It comes with the equipment he sells. My impression is that it works very well. The only problem with it was that it came to you by downloading four files. The main program, a patch, a upgrade, and finally another patch if I remember right. Then one more program to move what was just installed into the x86 program file.
Drew, I bought all the bells a whistles he sold which came to about $1200. You could save about $600 if you controlled the motors individually and manually. I have eight motors at about $100 each. You could start off with four motors and add more later if needed. To build the box took three 4x8 sheets of boards. Then there was all the miscellaneous things like wire, screws etc. I think if you thought it threw there could be a lot more ways to save. One more thing. He charges $50 for the plans to build it. He gives you the basics for building a flowbenh which you can modify to your needs.