Methods for enabling an application-level direct control of multiple facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes reading, by operation of an application-level handler, a register configured to store status information and control information associated with a plurality of facilities, wherein a facility is a process running independently from a processor, determining an order of priority for events in the register based on the status information and control information of the multiple facilities, and processing the events in the order of priority such that an application can directly control the multiple facilities simultaneously.