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The current implementation of the control software for the AVERT platform is written in Python and integrated with the Debian OS via the systemd system and service manager for Linux. Drivers for managing access to a number of the instruments that have been integrated with the platform (see Hardware for more details) are all available within this package, along with a number of command-line utilities for ease of use. Source code is available through our GitHub repository. The control software has not been comprehensively benchmarked, but there may be some benefit in migrating towards faster implementations in a compiled language such as C or Rust. This would depend on whether the bottleneck is in the routines or simply the network connection speeds between devices. Minimising the time spent harvesting data will free up compute resources for in-situ analysis and enable longer periods of downtime when operating in duty-cycle mode, reducing overall power consumption. The control software is documented in detail here.