diff --git a/src/std/dev/Makefile b/src/std/dev/Makefile
index a118f7057..79eb6cb0c 100644
--- a/src/std/dev/Makefile
+++ b/src/std/dev/Makefile
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ dbRecStd_SRCS += devAoSoft.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devAoSoftRaw.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devBiSoft.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devBiSoftRaw.c
+dbRecStd_SRCS += devBiDbState.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devBoSoft.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devBoSoftRaw.c
+dbRecStd_SRCS += devBoDbState.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devCalcoutSoft.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devEventSoft.c
 dbRecStd_SRCS += devHistogramSoft.c
diff --git a/src/std/dev/devBiDbState.c b/src/std/dev/devBiDbState.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54d929373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/std/dev/devBiDbState.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*************************************************************************\
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Brookhaven National Laboratory.
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
+*     fuer Materialien und Energie GmbH.
+* EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+* in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+\*************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *  Author: Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@bessy.de>
+ */
+
+#include "errlog.h"
+#include "dbState.h"
+#include "devSup.h"
+#include "recGbl.h"
+#include "dbLink.h"
+#include "dbAccessDefs.h"
+#include "epicsExport.h"
+#include "biRecord.h"
+
+#define DEVSUPNAME "devBiDbState"
+
+static long add_record (struct dbCommon *pdbc)
+{
+    biRecord *prec = (biRecord *) pdbc;
+
+    if (INST_IO != prec->inp.type) {
+        recGblRecordError(S_db_badField, (void *) prec, DEVSUPNAME ": Illegal INP field");
+        return(S_db_badField);
+    }
+
+    if (!(prec->dpvt = dbStateFind(prec->inp.value.instio.string)) &&
+        prec->inp.value.instio.string &&
+        '\0' != *prec->inp.value.instio.string) {
+        errlogSevPrintf(errlogInfo, DEVSUPNAME ": Creating new db state '%s'\n",
+                        prec->inp.value.instio.string);
+        prec->dpvt = dbStateCreate(prec->inp.value.instio.string);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static long del_record (struct dbCommon *pdbc)
+{
+    biRecord *prec = (biRecord *) pdbc;
+    prec->dpvt = NULL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static struct dsxt myDsxt = {
+    add_record,
+    del_record
+};
+
+static long init(int pass)
+{
+    if (pass == 0)
+        devExtend(&myDsxt);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static long read_bi(biRecord *prec)
+{
+    if (prec->dpvt) {
+        prec->val = dbStateGet(prec->dpvt);
+        prec->udf = FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (prec->tsel.type == CONSTANT &&
+        prec->tse == epicsTimeEventDeviceTime)
+        dbGetTimeStamp(&prec->inp, &prec->time);
+
+    return 2;
+}
+
+static struct {
+        long		number;
+        DEVSUPFUN	report;
+        DEVSUPFUN	init;
+        DEVSUPFUN	init_record;
+        DEVSUPFUN	get_ioint_info;
+        DEVSUPFUN	read_bi;
+} devBiDbState = {
+        5,
+        NULL,
+        init,
+        NULL,
+        NULL,
+        read_bi
+};
+
+epicsExportAddress(dset, devBiDbState);
diff --git a/src/std/dev/devBoDbState.c b/src/std/dev/devBoDbState.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2e8c493f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/std/dev/devBoDbState.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*************************************************************************\
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Brookhaven National Laboratory.
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
+*     fuer Materialien und Energie GmbH.
+* EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+* in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
+\*************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *  Author: Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@bessy.de>
+ */
+
+#include "errlog.h"
+#include "dbState.h"
+#include "devSup.h"
+#include "recGbl.h"
+#include "dbAccessDefs.h"
+#include "epicsExport.h"
+#include "boRecord.h"
+
+#define DEVSUPNAME "devBoDbState"
+
+static long add_record (struct dbCommon *pdbc)
+{
+    boRecord *prec = (boRecord *) pdbc;
+
+    if (INST_IO != prec->out.type) {
+        recGblRecordError(S_db_badField, (void *) prec, DEVSUPNAME ": Illegal OUT field");
+        return(S_db_badField);
+    }
+
+    if (!(prec->dpvt = dbStateFind(prec->out.value.instio.string)) &&
+        prec->out.value.instio.string &&
+        '\0' != *prec->out.value.instio.string) {
+        errlogSevPrintf(errlogInfo, DEVSUPNAME ": Creating new db state '%s'\n",
+                        prec->out.value.instio.string);
+        prec->dpvt = dbStateCreate(prec->out.value.instio.string);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static long del_record (struct dbCommon *pdbc)
+{
+    boRecord *prec = (boRecord *) pdbc;
+    prec->dpvt = NULL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static struct dsxt myDsxt = {
+    add_record,
+    del_record
+};
+
+static long init(int pass)
+{
+    if (pass == 0)
+        devExtend(&myDsxt);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static long write_bo(boRecord *prec)
+{
+    if (prec->val)
+        dbStateSet(prec->dpvt);
+    else
+        dbStateClear(prec->dpvt);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static struct {
+        long		number;
+        DEVSUPFUN	report;
+        DEVSUPFUN	init;
+        DEVSUPFUN	init_record;
+        DEVSUPFUN	get_ioint_info;
+        DEVSUPFUN	write_bo;
+} devBoDbState = {
+        5,
+        NULL,
+        init,
+        NULL,
+        NULL,
+        write_bo
+};
+
+epicsExportAddress(dset, devBoDbState);
diff --git a/src/std/dev/devSoft.dbd b/src/std/dev/devSoft.dbd
index 5f90aba86..8178bfef1 100644
--- a/src/std/dev/devSoft.dbd
+++ b/src/std/dev/devSoft.dbd
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ device(longin,	INST_IO,devLiGeneralTime,"General Time")
 device(stringin,INST_IO,devSiGeneralTime,"General Time")
 
 device(stringout,INST_IO,devSoStdio,"stdio")
+
+device(bi, INST_IO, devBiDbState, "Db State")
+device(bo, INST_IO, devBoDbState, "Db State")