diff --git a/config/grid/ibm_rochester.txt b/config/grid/ibm_rochester.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fe11f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/grid/ibm_rochester.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+001111100
+001000100
+111111111
+100010001
+111111111
+001000100
+111111111
+100010001
+111111111
+001000100
diff --git a/config/grid/rigetti_aspen.txt b/config/grid/rigetti_aspen.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b511c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/grid/rigetti_aspen.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+1111
+1111
+1111
+1111
diff --git a/config/patterns/ibm_rochester.txt b/config/patterns/ibm_rochester.txt
index 6d86229d..7ba8b532 100644
--- a/config/patterns/ibm_rochester.txt
+++ b/config/patterns/ibm_rochester.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 {
-    'A': {(0, 1), (2, 3), (4, 6), (5, 9), (7, 8), (10, 11), (12, 13),
-          (14, 15), (16, 19), (18, 27), (20, 21), (23, 24), (25, 26),
-          (28, 32), (30, 31), (33, 34), (36, 37), (38, 41), (39, 42),
-          (43, 44), (45, 46), (47, 48), (49, 50)},
-    'B': {(0, 5), (1, 2), (3, 4), (6, 13), (7, 16), (9, 10), (11, 12),
-          (15, 18), (17, 23), (19, 20), (21, 22), (24, 25), (26, 27),
-          (29, 36), (30, 39), (32, 33), (34, 35), (37, 38), (40, 46),
-          (41, 50), (42, 43), (44, 45), (48, 49)},
-    'C': {(0, 5), (1, 2), (3, 4), (7, 16), (8, 9), (11, 17), (13, 14),
-          (15, 18), (19, 20), (21, 28), (22, 23), (25, 29), (26, 27),
-          (30, 39), (31, 32), (34, 40), (35, 36), (37, 38), (41, 50),
-          (42, 43), (44, 51), (46, 47), (48, 52)},
+  'A': 
+       [
+          (54, 55), (42, 43), (63, 72), (40, 41), (18, 19), 
+          (35, 44), (47, 56), (25, 26), (27, 36), (6, 15), 
+          (60, 61), (37, 38), (4, 5), (73, 74), (2, 3), 
+          (23, 24), (62, 71), (75, 76), (21, 22), (77, 78), 
+          (57, 58), (11, 20), (79, 80)
+       ], 
+  'B': 
+       [
+          (74, 75), (31, 40), (22, 23), (61, 62), (36, 37), 
+          (5, 6), (26, 35), (72, 73), (71, 80), (54, 63), 
+          (58, 59), (20, 21), (18, 27), (56, 57), (51, 60), 
+          (41, 42), (78, 79), (43, 44), (67, 76), (38, 39), 
+          (15, 24), (2, 11), (3, 4)
+       ], 
+  'C': [
+          (61, 62), (36, 37), (5, 6), (26, 35), (58, 67), 
+          (72, 73), (71, 80), (54, 63), (22, 31), (76, 77), 
+          (18, 27), (3, 4), (39, 40), (78, 87), (42, 51), 
+          (74, 83), (55, 56), (19, 20), (38, 47), (43, 44), 
+          (2, 11), (24, 25), (59, 60)
+       ]
 }
diff --git a/config/patterns/rigetti_aspen.txt b/config/patterns/rigetti_aspen.txt
index ff4a8824..4a4033d2 100644
--- a/config/patterns/rigetti_aspen.txt
+++ b/config/patterns/rigetti_aspen.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    'A': {(0, 7), (1, 14), (15, 8), (9, 10), (11, 12), (13, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)},
-    'B': {(0, 1), (14, 15), (8, 9), (10, 11), (12, 13), (2, 3), (4, 5), (6, 7)},
-    'C': {(0, 7), (1, 2), (14, 13), (15, 8), (9, 10), (11, 12), (3, 4), (5, 6)},
+  'A' : [ (0,1), (5,9), (12,13), (4,8), (2,3), (7,11), (14,15), (6,10) ],
+  'B' : [ (1,5), (9,13), (8,12), (0,4), (2,6), (10,14), (11,15), (3,7) ],
+  'C' : [ (0,1), (5,6), (2,3), (7,11), (14,15), (9,10), (12,13), (4,8) ]
 }
diff --git a/config/patterns/test.txt b/config/patterns/test.txt
index 58941578..831050ae 100644
--- a/config/patterns/test.txt
+++ b/config/patterns/test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  'A': {(0, 2), (1, 3)}, 
-  'B': {(0, 1), (2, 3)} 
+  'A': [(0, 2), (1, 3)], 
+  'B': [(0, 1), (2, 3)] 
 }
diff --git a/python/circuits/generator.py b/python/circuits/generator.py
index 7fba7cc3..160861b1 100644
--- a/python/circuits/generator.py
+++ b/python/circuits/generator.py
@@ -216,11 +216,13 @@ def main(args):
 
     arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     arg_parser.add_argument('--pattern-file',
+                            '-p',
                             type=str,
                             required=True,
                             help=f'pattern filename')
     arg_parser.add_argument(
         '--sequence',
+        '-s',
         type=str,
         required=True,
         help=f'sequence of device-specific coupler activation patterns')
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ def main(args):
         required=True,
         help='name of the two-qubit gate known to qsim, e.g. cz, fs')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--depth',
+                            '-d',
                             type=int,
                             required=True,
                             help='number of layers of two-qubit gates')