diff --git a/libsrc/leddevice/CMakeLists.txt b/libsrc/leddevice/CMakeLists.txt
index d6d4682c..edbf1ba1 100755
--- a/libsrc/leddevice/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsrc/leddevice/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SET(Leddevice_HEADERS
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDevicePiBlaster.h
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceSedu.h
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceTest.h
+		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceUdp.h
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceHyperionUsbasp.h
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceTpm2.h
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceAtmo.h
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ SET(Leddevice_SOURCES
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDevicePiBlaster.cpp
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceSedu.cpp
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceTest.cpp
+		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceUdp.cpp
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceHyperionUsbasp.cpp
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDevicePhilipsHue.cpp
 		${CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LedDeviceTpm2.cpp
diff --git a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp
index 85f665a5..6e7b3da8 100755
--- a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "LedDevicePiBlaster.h"
 #include "LedDeviceSedu.h"
 #include "LedDeviceTest.h"
+#include "LedDeviceUdp.h"
 #include "LedDeviceHyperionUsbasp.h"
 #include "LedDevicePhilipsHue.h"
 #include "LedDeviceTpm2.h"
@@ -243,6 +244,14 @@ LedDevice * LedDeviceFactory::construct(const Json::Value & deviceConfig)
 		const std::string output = deviceConfig["output"].asString();
 		device = new LedDeviceTest(output);
 	}
+	else if (type == "udp")
+	{
+		const std::string output = deviceConfig["output"].asString();
+		const unsigned rate      = deviceConfig["rate"].asInt();
+		const unsigned protocol  = deviceConfig["protocol"].asInt();
+		const unsigned maxPacket   = deviceConfig["maxpacket"].asInt();
+		device = new LedDeviceUdp(output, rate, protocol, maxPacket);
+	}
 	else if (type == "tpm2")
 	{
 		const std::string output = deviceConfig["output"].asString();
diff --git a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceUdp.cpp b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceUdp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..129eb47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceUdp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+
+// Local-Hyperion includes
+#include "LedDeviceUdp.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+struct addrinfo hints, *servinfo, *p;
+//char udpbuffer[1024];
+int sockfd;
+int ledprotocol;
+int leds_per_pkt;
+int update_number;
+int fragment_number;
+
+LedDeviceUdp::LedDeviceUdp(const std::string& output, const unsigned baudrate, const unsigned protocol, const unsigned maxPacket) 
+//LedDeviceUdp::LedDeviceUdp(const std::string& output, const unsigned baudrate) :
+//	_ofs(output.empty()?"/home/pi/LedDevice.out":output.c_str())
+{
+
+    std::string hostname;
+    std::string port;
+    ledprotocol = protocol;
+    leds_per_pkt = ((maxPacket-4)/3);
+    if (leds_per_pkt <= 0) {
+	    leds_per_pkt = 200;
+    }
+
+//printf ("leds_per_pkt is %d\n", leds_per_pkt);
+    int got_colon=0;
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i<output.length(); i++) {
+	if (output[i] == ':') {
+		got_colon++;
+	} else if (got_colon == 0) {
+		hostname+=output[i];
+	} else {
+		port+=output[i];
+	}
+    }
+//std::cout << "output " << output << " hostname " << hostname << " port " << port <<std::endl;
+    assert(got_colon==1);
+
+    int rv;
+
+    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
+    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+
+    if ((rv = getaddrinfo(hostname.c_str() , port.c_str(), &hints, &servinfo)) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(rv));
+        assert(rv==0);
+    }
+
+    // loop through all the results and make a socket
+    for(p = servinfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) {
+        if ((sockfd = socket(p->ai_family, p->ai_socktype,
+                p->ai_protocol)) == -1) {
+            perror("talker: socket");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        break;
+    }
+
+    if (p == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "talker: failed to create socket\n");
+        assert(p!=NULL);
+    }
+}
+
+LedDeviceUdp::~LedDeviceUdp()
+{
+	// empty
+}
+
+int LedDeviceUdp::write(const std::vector<ColorRgb> & ledValues)
+{
+
+	char udpbuffer[4096];
+	int udpPtr=0;
+
+	update_number++;
+	update_number &= 0xf;
+
+	if (ledprotocol == 0) {
+		int i=0;
+		for (const ColorRgb& color : ledValues)
+		{
+			if (i<4090) {
+				udpbuffer[i++] = color.red;
+				udpbuffer[i++] = color.green;
+				udpbuffer[i++] = color.blue;
+			}
+	//printf ("c.red %d sz c.red %d\n", color.red, sizeof(color.red));
+		}
+		sendto(sockfd, udpbuffer, i, 0, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen);
+	}
+	if (ledprotocol == 1) {
+#define MAXLEDperFRAG 450
+		int mLedCount = ledValues.size();
+
+		for (int frag=0; frag<4; frag++) {
+			udpPtr=0;
+			udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = 0;
+			udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = 0;
+			udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = (frag*MAXLEDperFRAG)/256;	// high byte
+			udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = (frag*MAXLEDperFRAG)%256;	// low byte
+			int ct=0;
+			for (int this_led = frag*300; ((this_led<mLedCount) && (ct++<MAXLEDperFRAG)); this_led++) {
+				const ColorRgb& color = ledValues[this_led];
+				if (udpPtr<4090) {
+					udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = color.red;
+					udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = color.green;
+					udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = color.blue;
+				}
+			}
+			if (udpPtr > 7)
+				sendto(sockfd, udpbuffer, udpPtr, 0, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen);
+		}
+	}
+	if (ledprotocol == 2) {
+		udpPtr = 0;
+		unsigned int ledCtr = 0;
+		fragment_number = 0;
+		udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = update_number & 0xf;
+		udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = fragment_number++;
+		udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = ledCtr/256;	// high byte
+		udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = ledCtr%256;	// low byte
+
+		for (const ColorRgb& color : ledValues)
+		{
+			if (udpPtr<4090) {
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = color.red;
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = color.green;
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = color.blue;
+			}
+			ledCtr++;
+			if ( (ledCtr % leds_per_pkt == 0) || (ledCtr == ledValues.size()) ) {
+				sendto(sockfd, udpbuffer, udpPtr, 0, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen);
+				memset(udpbuffer, 0, sizeof udpbuffer);
+				udpPtr = 0;
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = update_number & 0xf;
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = fragment_number++;
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = ledCtr/256;	// high byte
+				udpbuffer[udpPtr++] = ledCtr%256;	// low byte
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int LedDeviceUdp::switchOff()
+{
+//        return write(std::vector<ColorRgb>(mLedCount, ColorRgb{0,0,0}));
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceUdp.h b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceUdp.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8e2f119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceUdp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// STL includes0
+#include <fstream>
+
+// Leddevice includes
+#include <leddevice/LedDevice.h>
+
+///
+/// Implementation of the LedDevice that write the led-colors to an
+/// ASCII-textfile('/home/pi/LedDevice.out')
+///
+class LedDeviceUdp : public LedDevice
+{
+public:
+	///
+	/// Constructs the test-device, which opens an output stream to the file
+	///
+	LedDeviceUdp(const std::string& output,  const unsigned baudrate, const unsigned protocol, const unsigned maxPacket);
+
+	///
+	/// Destructor of this test-device
+	///
+	virtual ~LedDeviceUdp();
+
+	///
+	/// Writes the given led-color values to the output stream
+	///
+	/// @param ledValues The color-value per led
+	///
+	/// @return Zero on success else negative
+	///
+	virtual int write(const std::vector<ColorRgb> & ledValues);
+
+	/// Switch the leds off
+	virtual int switchOff();
+
+private:
+	/// The outputstream
+//	std::ofstream _ofs;
+
+        /// the number of leds (needed when switching off)
+        size_t mLedCount;
+};