diff --git a/manual/manual-api/Makefile b/manual/manual-api/Makefile
index 3eb7fb680..aa01cfa70 100644
--- a/manual/manual-api/Makefile
+++ b/manual/manual-api/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
-DESTDIR?=../docs
+INCLUDES	=   -I . 
+SRC_DET		= 	mainClient.cpp 	
+SRC_REC		=   mainReceiver.cpp
+LIBDIR		=   ../../bin
+LDFLAG_DET 	=	-L$(LIBDIR) -lSlsDetector -L/usr/lib64/ -lpthread
+LDFLAG_REC 	=	-L$(LIBDIR) -lSlsReceiver -L/usr/lib64/ -lpthread
+DESTDIR		?=	../docs
 
 
+#all: clean detUser detReceiver 
+all: docs
 
-
-
-all: 
+docs:
 	doxygen slsDetectorUsers.doxy
 
+detUser:$(SRC_DET)
+	echo "creating client"
+	g++ -o detUser $(SRC_DET) $(INCLUDES) $(LDFLAG_DET) -lm -lstdc++
+
+detReceiver:$(SRC_REC)
+	echo "creating receiver"
+	g++ -o detReceiver $(SRC_REC) $(INCLUDES) $(LDFLAG_REC) -lm -lstdc++
+	
 clean:
-	rm -rf slsDetectorUsers
+	echo "cleaning"
+	rm -rf detUser detReceiver slsDetectorUsersDocs
+
+
diff --git a/manual/manual-api/mainClient.cpp b/manual/manual-api/mainClient.cpp
index 815126733..a9af6200d 100644
--- a/manual/manual-api/mainClient.cpp
+++ b/manual/manual-api/mainClient.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ where lib is the location of libSlsDetector.so
 #include "slsDetectorUsers.h"
 #include "detectorData.h"
 
+
 /** Definition of the data callback which simply prints out the number of points received and teh frame number */
 int dataCallback(detectorData *pData, int iframe, void *pArg)
 {
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ int dataCallback(detectorData *pData, int iframe, void *pArg)
 
 
 /**example of a main program using the slsDetectorUsers class */
-int main(int argc,  char **argv) {
+int main(int argc,  char *argv[]) {
   int id=0;
+  int status;
   /** if specified, argv[2] is used as detector ID (default is 0)*/
   if (argc>=3)
     id=atoi(argv[2]);
@@ -40,19 +42,24 @@ int main(int argc,  char **argv) {
  
   /** Setting the detector online (should be by default */
    pDetector->setOnline(1);
+
+   /** Load setup file if argv[2] specified */
+   if (argc>=3)
+	   pDetector->retrieveDetectorSetup( argv[2]);
+   else{
    /** defining the detector size */
-    int minX, minY=0, sizeX, sizeY=1; 
+    int minX, minY=0, sizeX, sizeY=1;
     pDetector->getDetectorSize(minX, minY, sizeX,  sizeY); 
     std::cout  << "X: Start=" << minX << ", Size= "  << sizeX  << std::endl; 
     std::cout  << "Y: Start=" << minY << ", Size= "  << sizeY  << std::endl; 
     pDetector->setDetectorSize(0,0,7680,1);
     std::cout  <<  pDetector->getDetectorDeveloper()  << std::endl; 
-    
+
     /** registering data callback */
     pDetector->registerDataCallback(&dataCallback, NULL); 
 
     /** checking detector status and exiting if not idle */
-   int status = pDetector->getDetectorStatus(); 
+    status = pDetector->getDetectorStatus();
     if (status  !=  0){
       std::cout << "Detector not ready: " << slsDetectorUsers::runStatusType(status) << std::endl; 
       return 1; 
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ int main(int argc,  char **argv) {
 
     /** checking and setting detector settings */
     std::cout  << "settings: "  << slsDetectorUsers::getDetectorSettings(pDetector->setSettings()) << std::endl; 
-    pDetector->setSettings(slsDetectorUsers::getDetectorSettings("standard")); 
+    pDetector->setSettings(slsDetectorUsers::getDetectorSettings("veryhighgain"));
     std::cout  << "settings: "  << slsDetectorUsers::getDetectorSettings(pDetector->setSettings()) << std::endl; 
 
      /** Settings exposure time to 10ms */
@@ -71,18 +78,20 @@ int main(int argc,  char **argv) {
  
      /** Settingsnumber of frames to 30 */
      pDetector->setNumberOfFrames(30);
-
+}
      /** start measurement */
      pDetector->startMeasurement(); 
-     
+
      while (1) {
        usleep(100000); 
-       status = pDetector->getDetectorStatus(); 
+        status = pDetector->getDetectorStatus();
         if (status  == 0 || status == 1|| status == 3)
 	  break; 
      }
+
+     char *temp[] = {"rx_tcpport", "1957", NULL};
      /** returning when acquisition is finished or data are avilable */
-     
+   	 std::cout << "answer to a get command:" << pDetector->putCommand(2,temp,0) << std::endl;
     
      delete pDetector; 
      
diff --git a/manual/manual-api/mainReceiver.cpp b/manual/manual-api/mainReceiver.cpp
index 0bfeac8f6..c91d46e94 100644
--- a/manual/manual-api/mainReceiver.cpp
+++ b/manual/manual-api/mainReceiver.cpp
@@ -18,21 +18,9 @@ where lib is the location of libSlsDetector.so
 #include "slsReceiverUsers.h"
 
 
-#include <signal.h>	//SIGINT
-#include <cstdlib>	//EXIT
-
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
 
-/** 
-    close file if receiver process is interrupted
-*/
-
-void closeFile(int p){
-  cout<<"close file in receiver"<<endl;
-  slsReceiverUsers::closeFile(p);
-  exit(0);
-}
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   int ret = 0;
@@ -50,10 +38,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   if(ret==1)
     return -1;
   
-  
-  /* Catch signal SIGINT to close files properly */
-  signal(SIGINT,closeFile);
-  
+
   /*register callbacks */