diff --git a/make_gen b/make_gen
index 5b3f34df..3f29eedb 100644
--- a/make_gen
+++ b/make_gen
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ SOBJ =  network.o ifile.o conman.o SCinter.o splitter.o passwd.o \
        singlenb.o simindex.o simidx.o uselect.o singletas.o motorsec.o \
        rwpuffer.o asynnet.o background.o countersec.o hdbtable.o velosec.o \
        histmemsec.o sansbc.o sicsutil.o strlutil.o genbinprot.o trace.o\
-       singlebinb.o taskobj.o sctcomtask.o tasmono.o multicountersec.o 
+       singlebinb.o taskobj.o sctcomtask.o tasmono.o multicountersec.o \
+       messagepipe.o sicsget.o
  
 MOTOROBJ = motor.o  simdriv.o  
 COUNTEROBJ =  countdriv.o simcter.o counter.o
diff --git a/messagepipe.c b/messagepipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0ad59fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messagepipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/**
+ * An implementation for a message pipe system as described in
+ * 
+ * http://eventuallyconsistent.net/2013/08/14/messaging-as-a-programming-model-part-2/
+ *
+ * A message is passed through a series of filter routines which do things.
+ *
+ * Rather then loops I try using recursion here.
+ *
+ * copyright: GPL Copyleft
+ *
+ * Mark Koennecke, November 2013
+ */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <messagepipe.h>
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+typedef struct __MessagePipe {
+  void *userData;
+  mpUserKill killFunc;
+  mpFilterFunc filterFunc;
+  struct __MessagePipe *next;
+  struct __MessagePipe *previous;
+} MessagePipe;
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int EmptyFunc(void *message, void *userData)
+{
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+pMP MakeMP()
+{
+  pMP result = NULL;
+
+  result = malloc(sizeof(MessagePipe));
+  if(result != NULL){
+    memset(result,0,sizeof(MessagePipe));
+    result->filterFunc = EmptyFunc;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void KillMP(pMP self)
+{
+  if(self == NULL){
+    return;
+  }
+
+  pMP next = self->next;
+  if(self->userData != NULL && self->killFunc != NULL){
+    self->killFunc(self->userData);
+  }
+  free(self);
+  KillMP(next);
+}
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int AppendMPFilter(pMP self, mpFilterFunc func, void *userData, mpUserKill usKill)
+{
+  assert(self != NULL);
+  assert(func != NULL);
+
+  if(self->next == NULL){
+    self->next = malloc(sizeof(MessagePipe));
+    if(self->next != NULL){
+      self->next->previous = self;
+      self->next->next = NULL;
+      self->next->userData = userData;
+      self->next->killFunc = usKill;
+      self->next->filterFunc = func;
+      return 0;
+    } else {
+      return 1;
+    }
+  } else {
+    return AppendMPFilter(self->next, func, userData, usKill);
+  }
+}
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+pMP PrependMPFilter(pMP self, mpFilterFunc func, void *userData, mpUserKill usKill)
+{
+  pMP result = NULL;
+
+  assert(func != NULL);
+
+  result = malloc(sizeof(MessagePipe));
+  if(result != NULL){
+    result->userData = userData;
+    result->killFunc = usKill;
+    result->filterFunc = func;
+    result->next = self;
+    result->previous  = NULL;
+    return result;
+  } else {
+    /*
+      we are ignoring an error here.........
+    */
+    return self;
+  }
+}
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int MPprocess(pMP self, void *message)
+{
+  int status;
+
+  if(self == NULL || self->filterFunc == NULL){
+    return MPCONTINUE;
+  } else {
+    status = self->filterFunc(message, self->userData);
+    if(status == MPSTOP){
+      return status;
+    } else {
+      return MPprocess(self->next, message);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/messagepipe.h b/messagepipe.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2f9fbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messagepipe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * An implementation for a message pipe system as described in
+ * 
+ * http://eventuallyconsistent.net/2013/08/14/messaging-as-a-programming-model-part-2/
+ *
+ * A message is passed through a series of filter routines which do things.
+ *
+ * copyright: GPL Copyleft
+ *
+ * Mark Koennecke, November 2013
+ */
+#ifndef __MESSAGEPIPE
+#define __MESSAGEPIPE
+
+#define MPCONTINUE 1
+#define MPSTOP 0 
+
+/**
+ * The messagePipe data structure defined in messagepipe.c
+ */
+typedef struct __MessagePipe *pMP;
+
+/**
+ * Protoype of the message filter function.
+ * @param message The message to process
+ * @param Optional private data for this message filter function
+ * @return MPSTOP for stopping further processing of the filter pipe 
+ * or MPCONTINUE to continue processing
+ */
+typedef int (*mpFilterFunc)(void *message, void *userData);
+
+/**
+ * A function to free the userData when it is used
+ * @param userData The data structure passed in for userData to a filter function.
+ */ 
+typedef void (*mpUserKill)(void *userData);
+
+
+/**
+ * Create an empty message pipe
+ * @return A message pipe structure or NULL when out of memory
+ */
+pMP MakeMP();
+
+/**
+ * Delete a message pipe 
+ * @param self The message pipe to delete
+ */
+void KillMP(pMP self);
+
+/**
+ * Append a filter function to the list of message filters to process
+ * @param self The message queue to append too
+ * @param func The filter function to append
+ * @param Optional userData to pass through to the filter function
+ * @param usKill An optional function to free the userData when the message pipe gets deleted
+ * @return 0 on success, 1 when out of memory
+ */ 
+int AppendMPFilter(pMP self, mpFilterFunc func, void *userData, mpUserKill usKill);
+
+/**
+ * Preppend a filter function to the list of message filters to process
+ * @param self The message queue to append too
+ * @param func The filter function to append
+ * @param Optional userData to pass through to the filter function
+ * @param usKill An optional function to free the userData when the message pipe gets deleted
+ * @return An updated pointer to the message pipe.
+ */ 
+pMP PrependMPFilter(pMP self, mpFilterFunc func, void *userData, mpUserKill usKill);
+
+
+/**
+ * Process the message pipe with the given message
+ * @param self The messae pipe to process
+ * @param message The message to process.
+ * @return MPCONTINUE on successfull completion, MPABORT when the chain was 
+ * aborted for some reason.
+ */
+int MPprocess(pMP self, void *message);
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ofac.c b/ofac.c
index 441ad23c..095482f9 100644
--- a/ofac.c
+++ b/ofac.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static void InitGeneral(void)
   INIT(SctDriveAdapterInit);
   INIT(SctDriveObjInit);
   INIT(SctDriveAdapterInit);
+  INIT(SICSGetInit);
   INIT(LogReaderInit);
   INIT(LogSetupInit);
   INIT(InstallBackground);
diff --git a/sicsget.c b/sicsget.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..252f5bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sicsget.c
@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+/**
+ * This is a generalized SICS get/put routine. It tries to hard to match a name 
+ * with the data. 
+ * 
+ * The other difference is that this uses the message pipe system for implementation. 
+ * See messsagepipe.c for a pointer to documentation.  
+ *
+ * copyright: see file COPYRIGHT
+ *
+ */
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sics.h>
+#include <sicsget.h>
+#include <messagepipe.h>
+#include <sicshipadaba.h>
+#include <splitter.h>
+#include <stptok.h>
+#include <sicsdata.h>
+
+static pMP getPipe, setPipe, sicsPipe, tclPipe;
+
+
+typedef struct {
+  int success;
+  char *name;
+  hdbValue *v;
+} SSGMessage, *pSSGMessage;
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+typedef struct {
+  int success;
+  char *command;
+  char *response;
+  hdbValue *v;
+} ParseMessage, *pParseMessage;
+
+extern char *trim(char *txt);
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int sget(char *name, hdbValue *v)
+{
+  SSGMessage ssg;
+  int status;
+  
+  ssg.success = 0;
+  ssg.name = strdup(name);
+  ssg.v = v;
+
+  MPprocess(getPipe,&ssg);
+  free(ssg.name);
+  
+  return ssg.success;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+int sput(char *name, hdbValue v)
+{
+  SSGMessage ssg;
+  int status;
+  
+  ssg.success = 0;
+  ssg.name = strdup(name);
+  ssg.v = &v;
+
+  MPprocess(setPipe,&ssg);
+  free(ssg.name);
+  
+  return ssg.success;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int SICSGetCommand(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
+                      int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  int status;
+  hdbValue v;
+  pDynString data;
+
+  if(argc < 2) {
+    SCWrite(pCon,"ERROR: need at least address for sicsget",eError);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  status = sget(argv[1], &v);
+  if(status){
+    data = formatValue(v,NULL);
+    if(data != NULL){
+      SCPrintf(pCon,eValue,"%s",GetCharArray(data));
+      DeleteDynString(data);
+    } else {
+      SCPrintf(pCon,eError,"ERROR: formatting value for %s failed", argv[1]);
+      ReleaseHdbValue(&v);
+      return 0;
+    }
+  } else {
+    SCPrintf(pCon,eError,"ERROR: value for %s not found", argv[1]);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  ReleaseHdbValue(&v);
+  return 1;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int SICSPutCommand(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
+                      int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  int status;
+  hdbValue v;
+  char buffer[2048];
+  char error[132];
+
+  if(argc < 2) {
+    SCWrite(pCon,"ERROR: need at least address for sicsget",eError);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  status = sget(argv[1],&v);
+  if(!status){
+    SCPrintf(pCon,eError,"ERROR: %s not found",argv[1]);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  Arg2Text(argc-2, &argv[2], buffer,sizeof(buffer));
+  status = readHdbValue(&v,buffer,error,sizeof(error));
+  if(status == 0){
+    SCPrintf(pCon,eError,"ERROR: failed to parse data for %s, error %s", 
+	     argv[1], error);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  
+  status = sput(argv[1],v);
+  if(status == 0){
+    SCPrintf(pCon,eError,"ERROR: error setting %s, value invalid?", 
+	     argv[1]);
+  } else {
+    SCSendOK(pCon);
+  }
+
+  return status;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int InvokeSICSFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pParseMessage self = (pParseMessage)ms;
+  int status;
+
+  SCsetMacro(pServ->dummyCon,1);
+  status = InterpExecute(pServ->pSics, pServ->dummyCon, self->command);
+  SCsetMacro(pServ->dummyCon,0);
+  if(!status){
+    self->success = 0;
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+  self->response = strdup(Tcl_GetStringResult(InterpGetTcl(pServ->pSics)));
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int CheckSICSError(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pParseMessage self = (pParseMessage)ms;
+
+  if(strstr(self->response,"ERROR") != NULL){
+    self->success = 0;
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int SplitOffEqual(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pParseMessage self = (pParseMessage)ms;
+  char *pPtr, *pEQ;
+
+  pPtr = self->response;
+  if((pEQ = strstr(pPtr, "=")) != NULL){
+    self->response = strdup(trim(pEQ+1));
+    free(pPtr);
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int isNumber(char *txt)
+{
+  if(*txt == '\0'){
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if(isalpha(*txt)){
+    return 0;
+  } else {
+    return isNumber(txt+1);
+  }
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int countWords(char *txt)
+{
+  char number[80];
+
+  if(txt == NULL){
+    return 0;
+  } else {
+    return 1 + countWords(stptok(txt,number,sizeof(number)," "));
+  }
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static hdbValue makeArray(char *txt, int type, int count)
+{
+  hdbValue ar;
+  char *pPtr;
+  char number[80];
+  int i = 0;
+
+  if(type == HIPINT){
+    ar = makeHdbValue(HIPINTAR,count);
+  } else {
+    ar = makeHdbValue(HIPFLOATAR,count);
+  }
+  pPtr = txt;
+  while((pPtr = stptok(pPtr,number,sizeof(number)," ")) != NULL){
+    if(type == HIPINT){
+      ar.v.intArray[i] = atoi(number); 
+    } else {
+      ar.v.floatArray[i] = atof(number); 
+    }
+  }
+  return ar;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int ReturnAsNumber(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pParseMessage self = (pParseMessage)ms;
+  int type, count;
+  hdbValue v;
+
+  if(isNumber(self->response)){
+    if(strstr(self->response,".") != NULL){
+      type = HIPFLOAT;
+    } else {
+      type = HIPINT;
+    }
+    count = countWords(self->response);
+    if(count > 1) {
+      v = makeArray(self->response, type, count);
+    } else {
+      if(type == HIPINT){
+	v = MakeHdbInt(atoi(self->response));
+      } else {
+	v = MakeHdbFloat(atof(self->response));
+      }
+    }
+    cloneHdbValue(&v,self->v);
+    ReleaseHdbValue(&v);
+    self->success = 1;
+    return MPSTOP;
+  } else {
+    return MPCONTINUE;
+  }
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int ReturnAsText(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  hdbValue v;
+
+  pParseMessage self = (pParseMessage)ms;
+  self->success = 1;
+  v = MakeHdbText(strdup(self->response));
+  cloneHdbValue(&v,self->v);
+  ReleaseHdbValue(&v);
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void configureSICSPipe()
+{
+  sicsPipe = MakeMP();
+  AppendMPFilter(sicsPipe, InvokeSICSFunc, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(sicsPipe, CheckSICSError, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(sicsPipe, SplitOffEqual, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(sicsPipe, ReturnAsNumber, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(sicsPipe, ReturnAsText, NULL, NULL); 
+  
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int FindTclVar(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pParseMessage self = (pParseMessage)ms;
+  
+  self->response = Tcl_GetVar(InterpGetTcl(pServ->pSics),self->command, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+  if(self->response == NULL){
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void configureTclPipe()
+{
+  tclPipe = MakeMP();
+  AppendMPFilter(tclPipe, FindTclVar, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(tclPipe, SplitOffEqual, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(tclPipe, ReturnAsNumber, NULL, NULL); 
+  AppendMPFilter(tclPipe, ReturnAsText, NULL, NULL); 
+  
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int GetHdbFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  pHdb node = NULL;
+
+  node = FindHdbNode(NULL,self->name,NULL);
+  if(node != NULL){
+    cloneHdbValue(&node->value, self->v);
+    self->success = 1;
+    return MPSTOP;
+  } else {
+    return MPCONTINUE;
+  }
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int GetSICSFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  ParseMessage ps;
+
+  memset(&ps,0,sizeof(ParseMessage));
+  ps.command = strdup(self->name);
+  ps.v = self->v;
+  MPprocess(sicsPipe,&ps);
+  self->success = ps.success;
+  free(ps.command);
+  if(ps.response != NULL){
+    free(ps.response);
+  }
+  if(self->success){
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int GetTclFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  ParseMessage ps;
+
+  memset(&ps,0,sizeof(ParseMessage));
+  ps.command = strdup(self->name);
+  ps.v = self->v;
+  MPprocess(tclPipe,&ps);
+  self->success = ps.success;
+  free(ps.command);
+  if(self->success){
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int GetDrivableFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  void *data = NULL;
+  pIDrivable pDriv = NULL;
+  float fVal;
+  hdbValue v;
+
+  data = FindCommandData(pServ->pSics, self->name,NULL);
+  if(data != NULL){
+    pDriv = GetDrivableInterface(data);
+    if(pDriv != NULL){
+      fVal = pDriv->GetValue(data,pServ->dummyCon);
+      v = MakeHdbFloat(fVal);
+      self->success = 1;
+      cloneHdbValue(&v,self->v);
+      return MPSTOP;
+    }
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int GetSicsdataFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  pSICSData data = NULL;
+  hdbValue v;
+  int i;
+
+  data = FindCommandData(pServ->pSics,self->name, "SICSData");
+  if(data != NULL){
+    if(data->dataType[0] == INTTYPE){
+      v = makeHdbValue(HIPINTVARAR, data->dataUsed);
+      for(i = 0; i < data->dataUsed; i++){
+	v.v.intArray[i] = data->data[i];
+      }
+    } else {
+      v = makeHdbValue(HIPFLOATVARAR, data->dataUsed);
+      for(i = 0; i < data->dataUsed; i++){
+	v.v.floatArray[i] = (double)data->data[i];
+      }
+    }
+    cloneHdbValue(&v, self->v);
+    ReleaseHdbValue(&v);
+    self->success = 1;
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void configureGetPipe()
+{
+  getPipe = MakeMP();
+  AppendMPFilter(getPipe, GetHdbFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(getPipe, GetDrivableFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(getPipe, GetSicsdataFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(getPipe, GetSICSFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(getPipe, GetTclFunc, NULL, NULL);
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int PutHdbFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  pHdb node = NULL;
+  int status;
+
+  node = FindHdbNode(NULL,self->name,NULL);
+  if(node != NULL){
+    status = UpdateHipadabaPar(node,*(self->v),NULL);  
+    self->success = status;
+    if(status == 1){
+      return MPSTOP;
+    }
+  } 
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int PutSICSFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  pDynString data = NULL;
+  int status;
+  char sicsobj[80];
+  void *cdata;
+
+
+  data = formatValue(*(self->v),NULL);
+  if(data != NULL){
+    DynStringInsert(data," ", 0);
+    DynStringInsert(data,self->name, 0);
+    status = InterpExecute(pServ->pSics, pServ->dummyCon, GetCharArray(data));
+    DeleteDynString(data);
+    if(status == 1) {
+      self->success = 1;
+      return MPSTOP;
+    } else {
+      /*
+	Without this test bad sets on SICS commands may fall 
+        through to Tcl where they succedd
+      */
+      stptok(self->name,sicsobj,sizeof(sicsobj)," ");
+      cdata = FindCommandData(pServ->pSics,sicsobj,NULL);
+      if(cdata != NULL){
+	self->success = 0;
+	return MPSTOP;
+      }
+    }
+  } 
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int PutTclFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  pDynString data = NULL;
+  int status;
+  char *pPtr = NULL;
+
+  data = formatValue(*(self->v),NULL);
+  if(data != NULL){
+    pPtr = Tcl_SetVar(InterpGetTcl(pServ->pSics),self->name,GetCharArray(data),TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+    DeleteDynString(data);
+    if(pPtr != NULL) {
+      self->success = 1;
+      return MPSTOP;
+    }
+  } 
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int PutDrivableFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  void *data = NULL;
+  pIDrivable pDriv = NULL;
+  float fVal;
+  hdbValue v;
+
+  data = FindCommandData(pServ->pSics, self->name,NULL);
+  if(data != NULL){
+    pDriv = GetDrivableInterface(data);
+    if(pDriv != NULL){
+      StartMotor(pServ->pExecutor,pServ->pSics, pServ->dummyCon, 
+		 self->name, RUNRUN, (float)self->v->v.doubleValue);
+      self->success = 1;
+      return MPSTOP;
+    }
+  }
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int PutSicsdataFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
+{
+  pSSGMessage self = (pSSGMessage)ms;
+  pSICSData data = NULL;
+  int i;
+
+  data = FindCommandData(pServ->pSics,self->name, "SICSData");
+  if(data != NULL){
+    if(self->v->dataType == HIPINTAR || self->v->dataType == HIPINTVARAR){
+      for(i = 0; i < self->v->arrayLength; i++){
+	setSICSDataInt(data,i,self->v->v.intArray[i]);
+      }
+    } else if(self->v->dataType == HIPFLOATAR || self->v->dataType == HIPFLOATVARAR){
+      for(i = 0; i < self->v->arrayLength; i++){
+	setSICSDataFloat(data,i,(float)self->v->v.floatArray[i]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      return MPSTOP;
+    }
+    self->success = 1;
+    return MPSTOP;
+  }
+
+  return MPCONTINUE;
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void configureSetPipe()
+{
+  setPipe = MakeMP();
+  AppendMPFilter(setPipe, PutHdbFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(setPipe, PutDrivableFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(setPipe, PutSicsdataFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(setPipe, PutSICSFunc, NULL, NULL);
+  AppendMPFilter(setPipe, PutTclFunc, NULL, NULL);
+}
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+void SICSGetInit(void)
+{
+  if (getPipe == NULL) {
+    configureGetPipe();
+    configureSetPipe();
+    configureSICSPipe();
+    configureTclPipe();
+    AddCmd("sget", SICSGetCommand);
+    AddCmd("sput", SICSPutCommand);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sicsget.h b/sicsget.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae1596c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sicsget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * This is a generalized SICS get/put routine. It tries to hard to match a name 
+ * with the data. 
+ * 
+ * copyright: see file COPYRIGHT
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef __SICSGET
+#define __SICSGET
+#include <hipadaba.h>
+
+/**
+ * Get a SICS value
+ * @param name The name of the value to get
+ * @param v The output hdbValue 
+ * @return 1 on success, 0 on failure
+ */
+int sget(char *name, hdbValue *v);
+/**
+ * Put a SICS value
+ * @param name The name of the value to write to
+ * @param v The  hdbValue to write 
+ * @return 1 on success, 0 on failure
+ */
+int sput(char *name, hdbValue v);
+
+
+
+#endif
+