diff --git a/db/channels.db b/db/channels.db
index 6e07ee6..76ed4c6 100644
--- a/db/channels.db
+++ b/db/channels.db
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ record(ai, "$(INSTR)$(NAME):R$(CHANNEL)")
 {
  field(DESC, "Rate of DAQ CH$(CHANNEL)")
  field(EGU, "cts/sec")
- field(DTYP, "asynInt32")
+ field(DTYP, "asynFloat64")
  field(INP,  "@asyn($(PORT),0,$(TIMEOUT=1)) RATE$(CHANNEL)")
  field(SCAN, ".2 second")
  # field(SCAN, "I/O Intr")
diff --git a/scripts/udp_gen.py b/scripts/udp_gen.py
index 3f01887..9a07c08 100644
--- a/scripts/udp_gen.py
+++ b/scripts/udp_gen.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ while True:
     header[17] = t_high >> 8
 
     num_events = random.randint(0, 243)
-    # num_events = 243
+    num_events = 243
     # num_events = 1
 
     # update buffer length
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ while True:
     # reduce also the number of checks on the parsing side of things...
 
     is_monitor = random.randint(0, 9)
-    # is_monitor = 4
+    is_monitor = 4
 
     header[11] = 0 if is_monitor > 3 else random.randint(1,9)
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ while True:
     header[7] = (header[7] + (header[6] == 0)) % (0xff + 1)
     buffer_ids[header[11]] = header[6], header[7]
 
-    tosend = list(header)
+    tosend = []
 
     if is_monitor > 3:
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ while True:
             d = list(data)
 
             monitor = random.randint(0,3)
-            # monitor = 0
+            monitor = 0
 
             d[5] = (1 << 7) | monitor
 
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ while True:
             d[1] = (event_timestamp >> 8) & 0xff
             d[2] = (event_timestamp >> 16) & 0x07
 
-            tosend += d
+            # completely reversed sorting
+            tosend = d + tosend
 
     else:
 
@@ -110,9 +111,10 @@ while True:
             d[1] = (event_timestamp >> 8) & 0xff
             d[2] |= (event_timestamp >> 16) & 0x07
 
-            tosend += d
+            # completely reversed sorting
+            tosend = d + tosend
 
-    sock.sendto(bytes(tosend), ('127.0.0.1', 54321))
+    sock.sendto(bytes(header + tosend), ('127.0.0.1', 54321))
     mv = memoryview(bytes(header)).cast('H')
     print(f'Sent packet {mv[3]} with {num_events} events {base_timestamp}')
-    # time.sleep(.01)
+    # time.sleep(.1)
diff --git a/src/asynStreamGeneratorDriver.cpp b/src/asynStreamGeneratorDriver.cpp
index 9704262..f10dcdc 100644
--- a/src/asynStreamGeneratorDriver.cpp
+++ b/src/asynStreamGeneratorDriver.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ asynStreamGeneratorDriver::asynStreamGeneratorDriver(
 
         memset(pv_name_buffer, 0, 100);
         epicsSnprintf(pv_name_buffer, 100, P_RateString, i + 1);
-        status = createInt32Param(status, pv_name_buffer, P_Rates + i);
+        status = createFloat64Param(status, pv_name_buffer, P_Rates + i);
 
         memset(pv_name_buffer, 0, 100);
         epicsSnprintf(pv_name_buffer, 100, P_ClearCountsString, i + 1);
@@ -730,6 +730,21 @@ void asynStreamGeneratorDriver::processEvents() {
     double elapsedSeconds = 0;
     uint64_t startTimestamp = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
 
+    std::size_t ratePtr = 0;
+    const uint8_t rateWindowSize = 10;
+    uint32_t ratesWindow[this->num_channels * rateWindowSize];
+    uint64_t ratesStartTimes[rateWindowSize];
+    uint64_t ratesStopTimes[rateWindowSize];
+
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < this->num_channels * rateWindowSize; ++i) {
+        ratesWindow[i] = 0;
+    }
+
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < this->num_channels; ++i) {
+	ratesStartTimes[i] = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+	ratesStopTimes[i] = 0;
+    }
+
     epicsInt32 currStatus = STATUS_IDLE;
     epicsInt32 prevStatus = STATUS_IDLE;
     epicsInt32 countPreset;
@@ -858,8 +873,10 @@ void asynStreamGeneratorDriver::processEvents() {
 
             for (std::size_t i = 0; i < toProcess; ++i) {
 
-                counts[eventsA[i].source == 0 ? eventsA[i].pixelId
-                                              : this->num_channels - 1] += 1;
+		const uint8_t channelId = eventsA[i].source == 0 ? eventsA[i].pixelId
+                                              : this->num_channels - 1;
+
+                counts[channelId] += 1;
                 elapsedSeconds =
                     ((double)(eventsA[i].timestamp - startTimestamp)) / 1e9;
 
@@ -909,6 +926,66 @@ void asynStreamGeneratorDriver::processEvents() {
             }
         }
 
+
+
+
+	// TODO this was just done quickly and is probably not totally correct
+	// Determing the rates on each channel
+	uint32_t *ratesWindowPtr = ratesWindow + this->num_channels * ratePtr;
+
+	// Clear Bin
+	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < this->num_channels; ++i) {
+            ratesWindowPtr[i] = 0;
+	}
+
+	// Sum Counts in Bin
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < toProcess; ++i) {
+            const uint8_t channelId = eventsA[i].source == 0 ? eventsA[i].pixelId
+                                           : this->num_channels - 1;
+
+            // I think this should be the better way regarding speed
+            // otherwise we could have
+            // channelId * rateWindowSize + ratePtr
+            // to simplify the average
+            ratesWindowPtr[channelId] += 1;
+        }
+
+	if (toProcess) {
+            ratesStartTimes[ratePtr] = eventsA[0].timestamp;
+            ratesStopTimes[ratePtr] = eventsA[toProcess-1].timestamp;
+	}
+	// else {
+        //     ratesStartTimes[ratePtr] = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+        //     ratesStopTimes[ratePtr] = 0;
+	// }
+
+	uint64_t minTime = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+	uint64_t maxTime = 0;
+	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < rateWindowSize; ++i) {
+            minTime = std::min(minTime, ratesStartTimes[i]);
+            maxTime = std::max(maxTime, ratesStopTimes[i]);
+	}
+	const double timeWindow = maxTime <= minTime ? 0 : (maxTime - minTime) * 1e-9;
+
+	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < this->num_channels; ++i) {
+	    double rate = 0.;
+	    for (std::size_t j = 0; j < rateWindowSize; ++j) {
+	        rate += ratesWindow[i + this->num_channels * j];
+	    }
+            setDoubleParam(
+	        this->P_Rates[i],
+		rate / timeWindow
+	    );
+
+	    // if (i == 0)
+            //     asynPrint(pasynUserSelf, ASYN_TRACE_ERROR,
+            //               "%s:%s: window %f (%d) counts %f\n", driverName, functionName, timeWindow, timeWindow > 0., rate);
+	}
+
+
+	ratePtr = (ratePtr + 1) % rateWindowSize;
+
+
         prevStatus = currStatus;
 
         std::swap(eventsA, eventsB);