diff --git a/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/client.py b/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/client.py
index 189ccd61f..fa6c4f0d2 100644
--- a/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/client.py
+++ b/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/client.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python-sirius
 """Fetcher module.
 
-See https://slacmshankar.github.io/epicsarchiver_docs/userguide.html
+See
+    https://slacmshankar.github.io/epicsarchiver_docs/userguide.html
+    http://slacmshankar.github.io/epicsarchiver_docs/details.html
+    http://slacmshankar.github.io/epicsarchiver_docs/api/mgmt_scriptables.html
 """
 
 from threading import Thread as _Thread
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 
 from .. import envars as _envars
 from . import exceptions as _exceptions
+from .time import Time as _Time
 
 
 class ClientArchiver:
@@ -134,6 +137,27 @@ def getPausedPVsReport(self):
         resp = self._make_request(url, return_json=True)
         return None if not resp else resp
 
+    def getRecentlyModifiedPVs(self, limit=None, epoch_time=True):
+        """Get list of PVs with recently modified PVTypeInfo.
+
+        Currently version of the epics archiver appliance returns pvname
+        list from oldest to newest modified timestamps."""
+        method = 'getRecentlyModifiedPVs'
+        # get data
+        if limit is not None:
+            method += f'?limit={str(limit)}'
+        url = self._create_url(method=method)
+        resp = self._make_request(url, return_json=True)
+
+        # convert to epoch, if the case
+        if resp and epoch_time:
+            for item in resp:
+                modtime = item['modificationTime'][:-7]  # remove ISO8601 offset
+                epoch_time = _Time.conv_to_epoch(modtime, '%b/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S')
+                item['modificationTime'] = epoch_time
+
+        return None if not resp else resp
+
     def pausePVs(self, pvnames):
         """Pause PVs."""
         if not isinstance(pvnames, (list, tuple)):
diff --git a/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/pvarch.py b/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/pvarch.py
index d481d552a..ad0d81a22 100644
--- a/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/pvarch.py
+++ b/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/pvarch.py
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ def is_archived(self):
             return False
         return True
 
-    def update(self):
+    def update(self, timeout=None):
         """."""
         self.connect()
+        if timeout is not None:
+            self.timeout = timeout
         data = self.connector.getPVDetails(self.pvname)
         if not data:
             return False
@@ -280,9 +282,11 @@ def severity(self):
         """Severity data."""
         return self._severity
 
-    def update(self, mean_sec=None, parallel=True):
+    def update(self, mean_sec=None, parallel=True, timeout=None):
         """Update."""
         self.connect()
+        if timeout is not None:
+            self.timeout = timeout
         if None in (self.timestamp_start, self.timestamp_stop):
             print('Start and stop timestamps not defined! Aborting.')
             return
@@ -493,9 +497,11 @@ def parallel_query_bin_interval(self, new_intvl):
             self._pvdata[pvname].parallel_query_bin_interval = \
                 self._parallel_query_bin_interval
 
-    def update(self, mean_sec=None, parallel=True):
+    def update(self, mean_sec=None, parallel=True, timeout=None):
         """Update."""
         self.connect()
+        if timeout is not None:
+            self.timeout = None
         if None in (self.timestamp_start, self.timestamp_stop):
             print('Start and stop timestamps not defined! Aborting.')
             return
diff --git a/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/time.py b/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/time.py
index 899573812..9983cd1e5 100644
--- a/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/time.py
+++ b/siriuspy/siriuspy/clientarch/time.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from . import exceptions as _exceptions
 from datetime import datetime as _datetime, timedelta as _timedelta
+from calendar import timegm as _timegm
 
 
 class Time(_datetime):
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ def __sub__(self, other):
             sub = super().__sub__(other)
         return Time(timestamp=sub.timestamp())
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def conv_to_epoch(time, datetime_format):
+        """get epoch from datetime."""
+        utc_time = _datetime.strptime(time, datetime_format)
+        epoch_time = _timegm(utc_time.timetuple())
+        return epoch_time
+
 
 def get_time_intervals(
         time_start, time_stop, interval, return_isoformat=False):