diff --git a/perl/CurrentCost.pm b/perl/CurrentCost.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a83fa38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/CurrentCost.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+# Publish CurrentCost power information to a nano broker
+# Round most values and only publish if data changes
+#
+# Anton Piatek 04/2008
+
+package CurrentCost;
+
+require "nupub.pl";
+
+
+
+sub new
+{
+  my $class = shift || die;
+  my %params = @_;
+  die "broker not set" unless $params{broker};
+  die "name not set" unless $params{name};
+  my $port = $params{port} || 1883;
+  my $keepalive = $params{keepalive} || 120;
+  my $debug = $params{debug} || 0;
+
+  my $self = {
+      _broker => $params{broker},
+      _name   => $params{name},
+      _port   => $port,
+      _keepalive => $keepalive,
+      _debug  => $debug,
+      _prev_watt_value => -1,
+      _prev_temperature  => 0,
+      _watt_skipped => 0,
+      _prev_hours => 0,
+      _prev_days => 0,
+      _prev_months => 0,
+      _prev_years => 0,
+  };
+  bless $self, $class;
+
+  return $self;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+sub connect
+{
+  my $self = shift || die;
+  if (&upub_connect ("currentcost_$self->{_name}",$self->{_broker},$self->{_port}))
+  {
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "connected OK\n";
+    }
+    $self->{_connected}=1;
+    return 1;
+  }else{
+    print "couldnt connect\n";
+    $self->{_connected}=0;
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+
+sub publish_power
+{
+  my $self = shift || die;
+  my $value = shift || die "no value to publish";
+
+  if(! $self->{_connected}){
+    $connect = $self->connect();
+    if(!$connect){
+      print "Not connected, not publishing\n";
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+  # round to the nearest 50W and convert to KW
+  $value = int($value/50 + 0.5)*50;
+  $value /= 1000;
+
+
+  if ($value != $self->{_prev_watt_value})
+  {
+
+    if ($self->{_watt_skipped} >= 10)
+    {
+      #If any were skipped, republish the prev_value just before
+      #publishing the new value so a long flat-line is graphed
+      $self->{_watt_skipped} = 0;
+
+      if($self->{_debug}){
+        print "pub: '$self->{_prev_watt_value}' KW\n";
+      }
+      &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/CC/$self->{_name}","n",$self->{_prev_watt_value});
+    }
+
+    &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/CC/$self->{_name}","n",$value);
+
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "pub: '$value' KW\n";
+    }
+
+    $self->{_prev_watt_value} = $value;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    $self->{_watt_skipped}++;
+
+    if ($self->{_watt_skipped} == 10)
+    {
+      print "60 second flat-line marker\n";
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+sub publish_temp
+{
+  my $self = shift || die;
+  my $value = shift || die "no value to publish";
+
+  if(! $self->{_connected}){
+    $connect = $self->connect();
+    if(!$connect){
+      print "Not connected, not publishing\n";
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  # round to nearest degree
+  $value = int($value + 0.5);
+
+  if ($value != $self->{_prev_temperature})
+  {
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "pub temp: $value\n";
+    }
+    $self->{_prev_temperature} = $value;
+    print "temperature: $value\n";
+    &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/temp/$self->{_name}","y",$value);
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+
+sub publish_history
+{
+  my $self = shift || die;
+  local $_ = shift || die "no xml";
+
+  if(! $self->{_connected}){
+    $connect = $self->connect();
+    if(!$connect){
+      print "Not connected, not publishing\n";
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  $hours = &process_history(/<hrs>(.*)<\/hrs>/);                             
+  $days = &process_history(/<days>(.*)<\/days>/);                            
+  $months = &process_history(/<mths>(.*)<\/mths>/);                          
+  $years = &process_history(/<yrs>(.*)<\/yrs>/);                             
+                                                                      
+  if( $hours ne $self->{_prev_hours} )
+  {                                                                  
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "pub: hours:\t$hours\n";                                    
+    }
+    $self->{_prev_hours} = $hours;     
+                                       
+    &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/history/$self->{_name}/hours","y",$hours);
+  }                                                                  
+  if( $days ne $self->{_prev_days} )                            
+  {                                                                  
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "pub: days: $days\n";                                          
+    }
+    $self->{_prev_days} = $days;      
+    &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/history/$self->{_name}/days","y",$days);    
+  }                                                                    
+  if($months ne $self->{_prev_months} )
+  {                                                                    
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "pub: months:\t$months\n";                                      
+    }
+    $self->{_prev_months} = $months;                                            
+    &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/history/$self->{_name}/months","y",$months);
+  }                                                                    
+  if($years ne $self->{_prev_years} )
+  {                                                                  
+    if($self->{_debug}){
+      print "pub: years: $years\n";                                         
+    }
+    $self->{_prev_years} = $years;                                            
+    &upub_publish ("PowerMeter/history/$self->{_name}/years","y",$years);
+  }                                                                  
+}
+
+
+
+sub publish_all
+{
+  my $self = shift || die;
+  my $xml = shift || die "no xml";
+
+
+  if ($xml =~ /<ch1><watts>(.*?)<\/watts>/){
+    $self->publish_power($1);
+  }
+
+  if ($xml =~ /<tmpr>(.*)<\/tmpr>/){
+    $self->publish_temp($1);
+  }
+
+  if ($xml =~ /<hist>(.*)<\/hist>/)                                    
+  {                                                                    
+    $self->publish_history($1);                                                     
+  }
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                            
+                                                                            
+sub process_history
+{                                                                           
+  my ($data) = @_;
+  my ($result);
+
+  #print "data: '$data'\n";                                                 
+  while ($data =~ /<(.)(.*?)>(.*?)<\/.*?>/g)
+  {                                                                         
+    ($type,$index,$value) = ($1,$2,$3);                                     
+    #print "$type $index\t$value\n";                                        
+    $result .= $value." ";                                                  
+  }                                                                         
+  #print $result,"\n";                                                      
+  return $result;                                                           
+}                                            
+
+
+
+
+
+sub disconnect
+{
+  my $self = shift||die;
+  if($self->{_debug}){
+    print "disconnecting\n";
+  }
+  &upub_disconnect();
+}
+
+
+
+
+sub DESTROY
+{
+  my $self = shift||die;
+  $self->disconnect();  
+}
+
+
+1;
diff --git a/perl/broker.cfg b/perl/broker.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8311cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/broker.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+connection xxx_realtime
+addresses 204.146.213.96:1883
+topic PowerMeter/# out
+
diff --git a/perl/currentcost.pl b/perl/currentcost.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..647acda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/currentcost.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# read the currentcost meter and publish the power in KW, to the nearest
+# 100 watts, to an MQTT broker, along with temperature and history data.
+
+# Andy S-C 16-Sep-07
+
+########################################################################
+
+$your_name = "yourname";
+
+$serial_port = "/dev/ttyUSB0";
+
+$broker = "127.0.0.1";
+#$broker = "realtime.ngi.ibm.com";
+
+########################################################################
+
+use CurrentCost;
+
+while (1)
+{
+  open (SERIAL,"+<$serial_port") || die "can't open $serial_port";
+	$cc = new CurrentCost(broker=>$broker,name=>$your_name,debug=>1);
+	while (<SERIAL>)
+	{
+		$xml = $_;
+		$cc->publish_all($xml);
+	}
+}
+                                
+
+                                
diff --git a/perl/nupub.pl b/perl/nupub.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3656794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/nupub.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,376 @@
+# new micro pub (nupub.pl)
+
+# Andy S-C 16-Jun-05
+
+# new version 5-May-06
+
+
+# publishes a series of mqtt messages to a broker in the most unobtrusive, 
+# yet still readable, way I can think of.
+# only does qos 0
+# can do LWT
+
+# if clientid is null (""), it makes a random one for you
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+# {optional}
+# upub_lwt ($keepalive,$topic,$qos,$retain,$content);
+
+# upub_connect ($clientid,$broker,$port)
+
+# upub_publish ($topic,$retain,$content)
+
+
+# {optional, though desirable if you set LWT}
+# upub_disconnect
+
+
+# semantic oddities
+
+# upub_publish will attempt to reconnect if it detects a problem with the connection
+# upub_connect with empty parameter list is "reconnect" to where you connected earlier
+
+# NB do not just call upub_connect with NO parameters (i.e. "upub_connect;" ) ...
+# that does something horrible and you get the stack contents of the current function
+# passed into connect, which is NOT what you want, believe me!
+# so it must be called like this: "upub_connect()"... though as it's already in publish
+# you almost certainly won't need to anyway!
+
+
+# global variables:
+# $upub_keepalive, $upub_flags, and $upub_strings,
+# $upub_clientid, $upub_broker, $upub_port
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+# test:
+
+# nice simple example
+if (0)
+{
+  if (&upub_connect ("asc","10.0.0.14",1883))
+  {
+
+    for ($i=0;$i<10;$i++)
+    {
+      &upub_publish ("test","n","hello Andy [$i] $$");
+      sleep 2;
+    }
+  }
+  &upub_disconnect;
+}
+
+
+# more complicated example, with LWT and forcing a reconnect
+
+if (0)
+{
+  &upub_lwt (5,"lwt",0,0,"nupub died");
+
+  if (&upub_connect ("asc","10.0.0.14",1883))
+  {
+
+    for ($i=0;$i<10;$i++)
+    {
+      print "sending message $i\n";
+      if (!&upub_publish ("test","n","hello Andy [$i] $$"))
+      {
+        print "message $i may not have got through\n";
+
+        # it's tempting to republish here, but we're not really allowed to
+        # as qos0 is AT MOST once, and there's a CHANCE the first one got through!
+      }
+      if ($i == 4)
+      {
+        print "going to sleep....";
+        sleep 10;
+        print "awake\n";
+      }
+      sleep 2;
+    }
+
+    sleep 5;
+
+    # if you comment this line out, it should fire LWT
+    #&upub_ping;
+
+    sleep 5;
+ 
+    &upub_disconnect;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    print "couldn't connect\n";
+  }
+} 
+
+################################################################################
+use Socket;
+
+# disable the signal handler for sig pipe
+$SIG{'PIPE'}='IGNORE';
+    
+    
+
+# $upub_keepalive, $upub_flags, and $upub_strings are global
+
+sub upub_lwt 
+{
+  my ($keepalive,$topic,$qos,$retain,$content) = @_;
+
+  # note that although WE can't do qos>0, the broker, can, so we can set qos on LWT
+
+  $upub_keepalive = $keepalive;
+  
+  # LWT flags: x, x, ret, qos qos, will, (cleanstart, 0) 
+  $upub_flags = ( (lc($retain) eq "y" || $retain==1) ?1:0)*32 + $qos * 8 + 4;
+  # now we can just bitwise OR this into the connect flags byte in connect
+
+  # will topic, will content, both UTF encoded
+  $upub_strings = &UTF($topic) . &UTF($content);
+  # append this to the end of the payload in connect
+
+  # if these variables are set, we'll use them, if not, their default values
+  # will do the right things for us (so we don't need a flag to say "LWT set")
+}
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+# returns true if connected, false if not
+
+sub upub_connect
+{
+  my ($clientid,$broker,$port) = @_;
+  my ($fixed,$variable,$payload,$msg,$rc);
+
+  # if only the client id is null
+  if (!$clientid && $broker && $port)
+  {
+    # make a random client id:
+    # upub_{last 3 digits of time}_{random 1-99}_{process id last 3 digits}
+    $clientid = "upub_".(time %1000)."_".int(rand(100))."_".($$ % 1000); 
+  }
+
+
+  # if there are NO parameters
+  if ($#_ == -1)
+  {
+    # it's a reconnect, use the parameters we used last time
+    $clientid = $upub_clientid;
+    $broker = $upub_broker;
+    $port = $upub_port;
+    print "(reconnect)\n";
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    # store the parameters we used, in case there's a reconnect
+    $upub_clientid = $clientid;
+    $upub_broker = $broker;
+    $upub_port = $port;    
+    print "connect\n";
+  }
+
+
+  # construct mqtt message
+
+  ###########
+  # connect #
+  ###########
+
+  # fixed header: msg type (4) dup (1) qos (2) retain (1)
+  $fixed = chr(1*16);
+
+  # variable header: protocol name, protocol version
+  $variable = &UTF("MQIsdp").chr(3);
+
+  # cleverly, thanks to auto-vivification and guaranteed zeroing of new variables,
+  # we don't actually need to test if LWT has been set or not
+
+  # connect flags
+  $variable .= chr(2 | $upub_flags);
+
+  # keepalive (2 bytes)
+  $variable .= chr($upub_keepalive/256) . chr($upub_keepalive%256);
+
+  # payload: client ID
+  $payload = &UTF($clientid) . $upub_strings;
+
+  # add in the remaining length field and fix it together
+  $msg = $fixed . &remaining_length(length($variable)+length($payload)) . $variable . $payload;
+
+
+  if (socket(upub_S, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname('tcp')))
+  {
+    if (connect(upub_S, sockaddr_in($port,inet_aton($broker))))
+    {
+      select upub_S; $|=1;
+      select STDOUT;
+ 
+      # print returns true if successful
+      $rc = print upub_S $msg;
+
+      return $rc;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+# returns true if write if "successful" (i.e. if write to socket works)
+
+sub upub_publish
+{
+  my ($topic,$retain,$content) = @_;
+  my ($qos) = 0;
+  my ($fixed,$variable,$payload,$msg);
+
+  ###########
+  # publish #
+  ###########
+
+  # fixed header: msg type (4) dup (1) qos (2) retain (1)
+  $fixed = chr(3*16 + $qos*2 + ( (lc($retain) eq "y" || $retain==1) ?1:0));
+
+  # variable header 
+  $variable = &UTF($topic);
+
+  # NOT POSSIBLE!!! This is defensive coding gone too far!
+  #if ($qos == 1)
+  #{
+  #  $variable .= chr(0).chr(1);
+  #}
+ 
+
+  # payload
+  $payload = $content;
+
+  $msg = $fixed . &remaining_length(length($variable)+length($payload)) . $variable . $payload;
+
+  # send it
+  
+  # print returns true if successful
+  # if unsuccessful, try to reconnect
+
+  $rc = print upub_S $msg;
+
+  if (!$rc)
+  {
+    # connect with empty parameters is "reconnect"
+    &upub_connect(); 
+  }
+
+  return $rc;
+
+}
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+# returns true if sent successfully, but not sure how useful that is!
+
+sub upub_disconnect
+{
+  my ($fixed,$msg);
+
+  ##############
+  # disconnect #
+  ##############
+
+  if (1)
+  {
+    # fixed header: msg type (4) dup (1) qos (2) retain (1)
+    $fixed = chr(14*16);
+
+    $msg = $fixed . chr(0);
+  }
+
+  return (print upub_S $msg);
+
+  # sleep for a bit to make sure the socket doesn't close before the messages arrives
+  select undef,undef,undef,0.5;
+
+  close upub_S;
+
+}
+
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+# if we're doing LWT, we should include PING for completeness
+# returns true if it was sent successfully, but that's not really an indicator
+# of connectedness - you really need to wait for the pong to come back
+
+sub upub_ping
+{
+
+  my ($fixed,$msg);
+
+  ##############
+  # pingreq    #
+  ##############
+
+
+  # fixed header: msg type (4) dup (1) qos (2) retain (1)
+  $fixed = chr(12*16);
+
+  $msg = $fixed . chr(0);
+
+  return (print upub_S $msg);
+
+  # note we don't make any attempt to read the pong out of the socket
+  # so eventually, something horrible might happen (TCP fills up and the
+  # Internet stops, or similar).
+}
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+sub UTF
+{
+  # return the UTF-8 encoded version of the parameter
+  my ($string) = @_;
+  my ($length) = length($string);
+
+  return chr($length/256).chr($length%256).$string;
+}
+  
+
+################################################################################
+
+
+sub remaining_length
+{
+  # return the remaining length field bytes for an integer input parameter
+  my ($x) = @_;
+  my ($rlf,$digit);
+
+    do
+    {
+      $digit = $x % 128;
+      $x = int($x/128);
+
+      # if there are more digits to encode, set the top bit of this digit
+      if ( $x > 0 )
+      {
+        $digit |= 0x80;
+      }
+
+      $rlf .= chr($digit);
+    } while ($x > 0);
+
+    return $rlf;
+}
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+1
diff --git a/perl/read.me b/perl/read.me
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..806c430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/read.me
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+CurrentCost publishing application
+
+This application reads data from the serial port of a currentcost meter, and
+publishes some of the data to a messaging system on the Internet so it can be
+graphed and viewed. The messaging system is the IBM MQ Telemetry Transport 
+(http://mqtt.org).
+
+Andy Stanford-Clark 2008
+
+
+
+initial setup for Linux
+-----------------------
+
+change set_serial to refer to your serial port (most likely /dev/ttyUSB0)
+
+change currentcost.pl 
+  your name (e.g. andy)
+  identify the serial port (as you put in set_serial)
+
+in broker.cfg
+  change the xxx on the first line to your initials (number of characters doesn't have to be 3!)
+  e.g. ASC_realtime
+  this is to uniquely identify your nanobroker to the broker on the internet
+
+
+
+Download RSMB (Really Small Message Broker) from the IBM AlphaWorks site
+http://alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/rsmb
+
+Follow the instructions included with RSMB to get it up and running.
+Note that you will have to chmod +x the appropriate broker executable for your platform, 
+so you can run it.
+
+Note that broker.redhat also works on other Intel platform linux distributions
+such as Debian and Ubuntu.
+
+*** copy the broker config file, broker.cfg, into the RSMB directory ***
+
+
+
+
+to start things running:
+
+start RSMB...
+
+./broker.redhat 
+
+(or whichever you are using)
+or to run it in the background:
+
+nohup ./broker.redhat >> /dev/null &
+
+
+start the currentcost application
+./start_cc
+
+
+To see the published data, subscribe (e.g. using the java MQTT gui client (IA92 supportpac, 
+linked from mqtt.org)) to PowerMeter/CC/yourname (where "yourname" is the name you set in currentcost.pl) to see the power data and PowerMeter/temp/yourname to see the temperature.
+
+
+
+Instructions for Windows
+------------------------
+
+You need perl on your machine - download free from http://activeperl.com
+
+The perl support for serial ports is somewhat broken on Windows, so we use
+a little C program, sread.exe to read the serial port, and then feed that
+data into the perl application.
+
+Modify win_currentcost.pl and broker.cfg as described above for linux, to put your own
+name into the two files.
+
+Download and install RSMB as described above, and in the RSMB documentation.
+
+*** copy broker.cfg into the RSMB directory ***
+
+Start RSMB in a command window with...
+
+broker
+
+In another command window start the currentcost bat file with...
+
+win_currentost 
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Any problems or questions to andysc: andysc@uk.ibm.com or @andysc on twitter.
+
+
diff --git a/perl/set_serial b/perl/set_serial
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aee0bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/set_serial
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+stty speed 9600 < /dev/ttyUSB0
+stty -echo < /dev/ttyUSB0
+stty raw < /dev/ttyUSB0
+
diff --git a/perl/sread.exe b/perl/sread.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2516f13
Binary files /dev/null and b/perl/sread.exe differ
diff --git a/perl/start_cc b/perl/start_cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a468ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/start_cc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. ./set_serial
+nohup perl currentcost.pl >> /dev/null &
+
diff --git a/perl/win_currentcost.bat b/perl/win_currentcost.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16b368d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/win_currentcost.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+sread com2 -r 9600 | perl win_currentcost.pl
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/perl/win_currentcost.pl b/perl/win_currentcost.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b489216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl/win_currentcost.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# read the currentcost meter and publish the power in KW, to the nearest
+# 100 watts, to an MQTT broker, along with temperature and history data.
+
+# Andy S-C 16-Sep-07
+
+########################################################################
+
+$your_name = "yourname";
+
+#$serial_port = "/dev/ttyUSB0";
+
+$broker = "127.0.0.1";
+#$broker = "realtime.ngi.ibm.com";
+
+########################################################################
+
+use CurrentCost;
+
+while (1)
+{
+  #open (SERIAL,"+<$serial_port") || die "can't open $serial_port";
+	$cc = new CurrentCost(broker=>$broker,name=>$your_name,debug=>1);
+
+	while (<>)
+	{
+		$xml = $_;
+		$cc->publish_all($xml);
+	}
+}
+                                
+
+