  SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a forthcoming instrument for ESO-NTT, mainly
dedicated to the spectroscopic study of transient events and is currently
starting the AIT (Assembly, Integration, and Test) phase. It foresees a visible
spectrograph, a near-Infrared (NIR) spectrograph, and an acquisition camera for
light imaging and secondary guiding. The optimal setup and the monitoring of
SOXS are carried out with a set of software-controlled motorized components and
sensors. The instrument control software (INS) also manages the observation and
calibration procedures, as well as maintenance and self-test operations. The
architecture of INS, based on the latest release of the VLT Software (VLT2019),
has been frozen; the code development is in an advanced state for what concerns
supported components and observation procedures, which run in simulation. In
this proceeding we present the INS current status, focusing in particular on
the ongoing efforts in the support of two non-standard, "special" devices. The
first special device is the piezoelectric slit exchanger for the NIR
spectrograph; the second special device is the piezoelectric tip-tilt corrector
used for active compensation of mechanical flexures of the instrument.
