diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index 3a482c8..1e27acd 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ button#refresh-beer-chart span.ui-icon{
 	clear:left;
 	font-size: 16px;
 	font-weight: normal;
-	font-style: normal;	
+	font-style: normal;
 	font-family: '5x8LCDHD44780UA02Regular';
 	color: #FFFF00;
 	white-space: pre;
@@ -226,6 +226,30 @@ button#refresh-beer-chart span.ui-icon{
     padding-right: 1px;
 }
 
+#maintenance-panel ul.ui-tabs-nav li{
+    margin: 2px;
+    width: 180px;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+#maintenance-panel ul.ui-tabs-nav li a{
+    width: inherit;
+    padding-left: 0;
+}
+
+#maintenance-panel ul.ui-tabs-nav li:nth-child(6n) {
+    clear: left;
+}
+
+.console-box{
+    width: inherit;
+    height: 200px;
+    margin: 10px 40px;
+    border: solid 1px;
+    padding: 10px;
+}
+
+
 #maintenance-panel #beer-selector{
 	margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
@@ -469,4 +493,4 @@ button#refresh-beer-chart span.ui-icon{
 	margin-top: 20px;
 	margin-bottom: 20px;
 	width: inherit;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index f027719..0e11622 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -221,3 +221,4 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 	receiveControlVariables();
     checkScriptStatus(); //will call refreshLcd and alternate between the two
 });
+
diff --git a/js/maintenance-panel.js b/js/maintenance-panel.js
index 7c72640..e56ea9b 100644
--- a/js/maintenance-panel.js
+++ b/js/maintenance-panel.js
@@ -93,4 +93,66 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
 	$(".cv.update-from-arduino").button({	icons: {primary: "ui-icon-refresh" } })
 		.click(reloadControlVariablesFromArduino);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    initDeviceConfiguration();
+});
+
+function initDeviceConfiguration(){
+    "use strict";
+    $(".refresh-device-list").button({icons: {primary: "ui-icon-refresh" } })
+            .click(refreshDeviceList);
+    $(".get-device-list").button({icons: {primary: "ui-icon-arrowthickstop-1-s" } })
+        .click(getDeviceList);
+}
+
+function getDeviceList(){
+    "use strict";
+    $.post('socketmessage.php', {messageType: "getDeviceList", message: ""}, function(response){
+        try
+        {
+            response = response.replace(/\s/g, ''); //strip all whitespace, including newline.
+            var deviceList = JSON.parse(response);
+            $("#device-console span").html(parseDeviceList(deviceList));
+        }
+        catch(e)
+        {
+            $("#device-console span").html("Cannot parse JSON:" + e);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function refreshDeviceList(){
+    "use strict";
+    var parameters = "";
+    if ($('#read-values').is(":checked")){
+        parameters += "v:1";
+    }
+    if ($('#only-unassigned').is(":checked")){
+        parameters += "u:1";
+    }
+
+    $.post('socketmessage.php', {messageType: "refreshDeviceList", message: parameters});
+}
+
+
+function parseDeviceList(deviceList){
+    // temporary test function, just print devices to a string
+    // "use strict";
+
+    var output = "";
+    //output += JSON.stringify(deviceList);
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < deviceList.length; i++) {
+        var device = deviceList[i];
+
+        output += "Device " + i.toString() + ", ";
+        output += "function " + device.f.toString() + ", ";
+        output += "type " + device.h.toString() + ", ";
+        if((typeof device.v !== "undefined") ){
+            output += "value " + device.v.toString();
+        }
+
+        output += '<br>';
+    }
+    return output;
+}
diff --git a/maintenance-panel.php b/maintenance-panel.php
index 802efb6..b3f5735 100644
--- a/maintenance-panel.php
+++ b/maintenance-panel.php
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@
 ?>
 
 <ul>
+	<button class="script-status"></button>
 	<li><a href="#settings"><span class="setting-name">Settings</span></a></li>
 	<li><a href="logs.php"><span>Log files</span></a></li>
 	<li><a href="previous_beers.php"><span>Previous Beers</span></a></li>
 	<li><a href="#control-algorithm"><span>Control Algorithm</span></a></li>
 	<li><a href="#advanced-settings"><span>Advanced Settings</span></a></li>
 	<li><a href="#reprogram-arduino"><span>Reprogram Arduino</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#device-config"><span>Device Configuration</span></a></li>
 	<!--kinda dirty to have buttons in the ul, but the ul is styled as a nice header by jQuery UI -->
-	<button class="script-status"></button>
+
 </ul>
 <div id="reprogram-arduino">
 	<div class="script-warning ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" style="padding:5px;">
@@ -327,6 +329,20 @@
 	</div>
 </div>
 
+<div id="device-config">
+	<div class="settings-container ui-widget-content ui-corner-all">
+		<div class="console-box" id="device-console">
+			<span>Script output will appear here</span>
+		</div>
+
+		<label for="read-values">Read values</label><input type="checkbox" name="read-values" id="read-values"/>
+		<label for="only-unassigned">Only unassigned devices</label><input type="checkbox" name="only-unassigned" id="only-unassigned"/>
+		<button class="refresh-device-list">Refresh device list</button>
+		<button class="get-device-list">Get device list</button>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+
 <?php
 function echoFilterSelect($filterName){
 	echo "<select name=" . $filterName . " class=\"cc " . $filterName . "\">";
diff --git a/socketmessage.php b/socketmessage.php
index a3f7bde..f9f1ef1 100644
--- a/socketmessage.php
+++ b/socketmessage.php
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 else {
 	die('ERROR: Unable to open required file (config.php)');
 }
-?>
-<?php
 
 function startsWith($haystack, $needle)
 {