diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..3fb4ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Mac
+.DS_Store
+._*
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+.idea
+log
diff --git a/instruments.json b/instruments.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/instruments.json
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+{
+"prep1": {"type": "sea", "sea": "pc9513.psi.ch:8641", "loggerfiles": "/home/l_samenv/sea/prep1/"},
+"prep2": {"type": "sea", "sea": "pc9513.psi.ch:8642", "loggerfiles": "/home/l_samenv/sea/prep2/"},
+"prep3": {"type": "sea", "sea": "pc9513.psi.ch:8643", "loggerfiles": "/home/l_samenv/sea/prep3/"},
+"prep4": {"type": "sea", "sea": "pc9513.psi.ch:8644", "loggerfiles": "/home/l_samenv/sea/prep4/"},
+"prep8": {"type": "sea", "sea": "pc9513.psi.ch:8648", "loggerfiles": "/home/l_samenv/sea/prep8/"},
+"seadummy": {"type": "dummy", "hostport": "localhost:5001", "loggerfiles": "", "test_day": "2016-12-07"}
+}