diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*egg*
+*/*/__pycache__/*
+*/*_pycache_*
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diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Robert Guggenberger
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/localite/client.py b/localite/client.py
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+++ b/localite/client.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+A client to communicate with the Localite to control the magventure.
+
+@author: Robert Guggenberger
+"""
+import socket
+import json
+# %%
+
+
+class Client(object):
+    """
+     A LocaliteJSON socket client used to communicate with a LocaliteJSON socket server.
+
+    example
+    -------
+    host = '127.0.0.1'
+    port = 6666
+    client = Client(True)
+    client.connect(host, port).send(data)
+    response = client.recv()        
+    client.close()
+
+    example
+    -------
+    response = Client().connect(host, port).send(data).recv_close()
+    """
+
+    socket = None
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.close()
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port=6666):        
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+                
+    def connect(self):
+        'connect wth the remote server'
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.socket.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        self.socket.settimeout(3)
+
+    def close(self):
+        'closes the connection'
+        self.socket.shutdown(1)
+        self.socket.close()
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        self.socket.sendall(data.encode('ascii'))
+        return self
+
+    def read(self):
+        'parse the message until it is a valid json'
+        msg = bytearray(b' ')
+        while True:
+            try:
+                prt = self.socket.recv(1)                    
+                msg += prt                  
+                key, val = self.decode(msg.decode('ascii')) # because the first byte is b' '                         
+                return key, val
+            except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+                pass
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise e       
+    
+    def decode(self, msg:str, index=0):
+        msg = json.loads(msg)
+        key = list(msg.keys())[index]
+        val = msg[key]
+        return key, val
+    
+    def send(self, msg:str):
+        self.connect()
+        self.write(msg)
+        self.close()
+        
+    def request(self, msg='{"get":"coil_0_amplitude"}'):
+        self.connect()
+        self.write(msg)        
+        key = val = ''    
+        _, expected = self.decode(msg)        
+        while key != expected:
+            key, val = self.read()            
+        self.close()
+        return key, val
+
+# c = Client(host=host))
+# %timeit -n 1 -r 1000 c.request()        
+# 5.38 ms ± 244 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 100 loops each)
+# %%
+# %timeit -n 1 -r 1000 c.send('{"coil_0_amplitude":45}')        
+# 451 µs ± 12.6 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1000 loops each)
diff --git a/localite/mockserver.py b/localite/mockserver.py
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+++ b/localite/mockserver.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Mock LocaliteJSON Server for testing and debugging
+
+@author: Robert Guggenberger
+"""
+import socket
+import sys
+import datetime
+
+class MockServer(object):
+    """
+    A LocaliteJSON socket server used to communicate with a LocaliteJSON socket client.
+    for testing purposes - replies with the message send
+
+    example
+    -------
+    host = 127.0.0.1
+    port = 6666
+    server = Server(host, port)
+    server.loop()
+    """
+
+    backlog = 5
+    client = None
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port, verbose):
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+        self.socket.bind((host, port))
+        self.socket.listen(self.backlog)
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        print('Creating TestServer at', host, ':', port)
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.close()
+
+    def accept(self):
+        # if a client is already connected, disconnect it
+        if self.client:
+            self.client.close()
+        self.client, self.client_addr = self.socket.accept()
+        return self
+
+    def send(self, data):
+        if not self.client:
+            raise Exception('Cannot send data, no client is connected')
+        _send(self.client, data)
+        return self
+
+    def recv(self):
+        if not self.client:
+            raise Exception('Cannot receive data, no client is connected')
+        return _recv(self.client)
+
+    def loop(self):
+        try:
+            while True:
+                self.accept()
+                data = self.recv()
+                if self.verbose:
+                    print('Received', data, 'from', self.client_addr, 'at', datetime.datetime.now())
+                self.send(data)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
+        finally:
+            self.close()
+            
+    def close(self):
+        if self.client:
+            self.client.close()
+            self.client = None
+        if self.socket:
+            self.socket.close()
+            self.socket = None
+
+
+
+# helper functions #
+def _send(socket, data):
+    try:        
+        serialized = data.encode('ASCII')
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        raise Exception('Message is not serializable')
+    socket.sendall(serialized)
+
+
+def _recv(socket):
+    # read ASCII letter by letter until we reach a zero count of +{-}
+    def parse(counter, buffer):  
+        if counter is None:              
+            counter = 0
+        char = socket.recv(1).decode('ASCII')            
+        buffer.append(char)
+        if char is '{':
+            counter += 1
+        if char is '}':
+            counter -= 1
+        return counter, buffer  
+   
+    buffer = []
+    counter = None
+    while counter is not 0:
+        counter, buffer = parse(counter, buffer)
+        # print(counter, buffer[-1])
+               
+    buffer = ''.join(buffer)  
+    return buffer    
+
+def myip():
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+    s.connect(("8.8.8.8", 80))
+    ip = s.getsockname()[0]
+    s.close()
+    return ip
+
+def parse_message():
+    try:
+        data = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('-m')+1]
+        if data[0] is '-':
+            raise IndexError
+    except IndexError:
+        data = '{"missing":"message"}'
+    return data
+
+def single_command_only():
+    print('Choose either -m for message or -t for TestServer')
+    quit()
+
+def show_help():
+    print('''
+    Specify arguments
+    -----------------
+
+    -m for message
+    -t Start a test-server
+    -p followed by port, defaults to 6666
+    -h followed by host, defaults to ip adress
+    -v turn verbose on
+
+    Example
+    -------
+    python LocaliteJSON.py -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6666 -m '{"test":"message"}'
+
+    Example
+    -------
+    python LocaliteJSON.py -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6666 -t
+
+        ''')
+    quit()
+
+class Messages():
+    gci = "{'get':'current_instrument'}"
+# %%
+if __name__ == '__main__': 
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2 or '-help' in sys.argv:
+        show_help()
+
+    # set defaults
+    host = myip()
+    port = 6666
+    verbose = False
+
+    if '-h' in sys.argv:
+        host = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('-h')+1]
+    if '-p' in sys.argv:
+        port = int(sys.argv[sys.argv.index('-p')+1])
+    if  '-v' in sys.argv:
+        verbose = True
+    if '-t' in sys.argv and '-m' in sys.argv:
+        single_command_only()
+        quit()
+
+    # start test server
+    if '-t' in sys.argv:
+        server = MockServer(host, port, verbose)            
+        server.loop()
+    # start client socket    
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+json
+socket
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+
+setup(
+    name='dev-localite',
+    version='0.0.1',
+    description='Control Magventure with LocaliteJSON',
+    long_description='Toolbox to control a Magventure TMS with localites JSON-TCP-IP Interface',
+    author='Robert Guggenberger',
+    author_email='robert.guggenberger@uni-tuebingen.de',
+    url='https://github.com/stim-devices/dev-localite.git',
+    download_url='https://github.com/stim-devices/dev-localite.git',
+    license='MIT',
+    packages=['localite'],
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Environment :: Console',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Intended Audience :: Education',
+        'Intended Audience :: Healthcare Industry',
+        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+        'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Medical Science Apps.',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries',
+        ]
+)