diff --git a/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.html b/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.html
index c335c379..3513873b 100644
--- a/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.html
+++ b/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 <script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="rpi-liter">
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-pin"><i class="fa fa-cog"></i> Mode</label>
-        <select type="text" id="node-input-pin" style="width: 350px;">
+        <select type="text" id="node-input-pin" style="width: 300px;">
             <option value='' disabled selected style='display:none;'>select mode</option>
             <option value="pi-liter">0-255 : one bit per led</option>
             <option value="meter">0-8 : turns on led indicated - needle</option>
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
             <option value="all">0/1 : turn off/on ALL leds</option>
          </select>
     </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label>&nbsp;</label>
+        <input type="checkbox" id="node-input-dir" style="display: inline-block; width: auto; vertical-align: top;">
+        <label for="node-input-dir" style="width: 70%;">Reverse bar direction ?</label>
+    </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
@@ -49,10 +54,11 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
     RED.nodes.registerType('rpi-liter',{
         category: 'Raspberry Pi',
-        color:"GoldenRod",
+        color:"#c6dbef",
         defaults: {
-            name: { value:"" },
-            pin: { value:"",required:true }
+            name: {value:""},
+            pin: {value:"",required:true},
+            dir: {value:""}
         },
         inputs:1,
         outputs:0,
diff --git a/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.js b/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.js
index 22e94f5c..03f86ee1 100644
--- a/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.js
+++ b/hardware/PiLiter/39-rpi-piliter.js
@@ -16,104 +16,80 @@
 
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
+    var util = require("util");
     var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+    var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
     var fs =  require('fs');
 
+    var gpioCommand = __dirname+'/nrgpio';
+
     if (!fs.existsSync("/dev/ttyAMA0")) { // unlikely if not on a Pi
+        //util.log("Info : Ignoring Raspberry Pi specific node.");
         throw "Info : Ignoring Raspberry Pi specific node.";
     }
 
-    if (!fs.existsSync("/usr/local/bin/gpio")) { // gpio command not installed
-        throw "Info : Can't find Raspberry Pi wiringPi gpio command.";
+    if (!fs.existsSync("/usr/share/doc/python-rpi.gpio")) {
+        util.log("[rpi-gpio] Info : Can't find Pi RPi.GPIO python library.");
+        throw "Warning : Can't find Pi RPi.GPIO python library.";
     }
 
-    // Map physical P1 pins to Gordon's Wiring-Pi Pins (as they should be V1/V2 tolerant)
-    var pintable = {
-    // Physical : WiringPi
-        "LED1":"7",
-        "LED2":"0",
-        "LED3":"2",
-        "LED4":"1",
-        "LED5":"3",
-        "LED6":"4",
-        "LED7":"5",
-        "LED8":"6"
-    }
-
-    var tablepin = {
-    // WiringPi : Physical
-        "0":"LED2",
-        "1":"LED4",
-        "2":"LED3",
-        "3":"LED5",
-        "4":"LED6",
-        "5":"LED7",
-        "6":"LED8",
-        "7":"LED1"
-    }
-
-    var barpins = {
-        "1":"128",
-        "2":"129",
-        "3":"133",
-        "4":"135",
-        "5":"143",
-        "6":"159",
-        "7":"191",
-        "8":"255",
-    }
-
-    var meterpins = {
-        "1":"128",
-        "2":"1",
-        "3":"4",
-        "4":"2",
-        "5":"8",
-        "6":"16",
-        "7":"32",
-        "8":"64",
+    if ( !(1 & parseInt ((fs.statSync(gpioCommand).mode & parseInt ("777", 8)).toString (8)[0]) )) {
+        util.log("[rpi-gpio] Error : "+gpioCommand+" needs to be executable.");
+        throw "Error : nrgpio must to be executable.";
     }
 
     function PiLiter(n) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
-        this.pin = pintable[n.pin];
         this.pinv = n.pin;
+        this.dir = (n.dir ? 1 : 0) || 0;
         var node = this;
 
-        //Set all pins to outputs
-        for (var p = 0; p < 8; p++) {
-            exec("gpio mode "+p+" out");
-        }
         if (this.pinv === "bar") {
+            node.child = spawn(gpioCommand, ["byte",node.dir]);
             node.on("input", function(msg) {
                 var out = Number(msg.payload);
-                if ((out >= 1)&&(out <= 8)) { exec("gpio wb "+barpins[out]); }
-                else { exec("gpio wb 0"); }
+                if ((out >= 1) && (out <= 8)) { out = Math.pow(2, out) - 1; }
+                else { out = 0; }
+                if (node.child !== null) { node.child.stdin.write(out+"\n"); }
+                else { node.warn("Command not running"); }
             });
         }
         else if (this.pinv === "meter") {
+            node.child = spawn(gpioCommand, ["byte",node.dir]);
             node.on("input", function(msg) {
                 var out = Number(msg.payload);
-                if ((out >= 1)&&(out <= 8)) { exec("gpio wb "+meterpins[out]); }
-                else { exec("gpio wb 0"); }
+                if ((out >= 1) && (out <= 8)) { out = Math.pow(2, (out-1)); }
+                else { out = 0; }
+                if (node.child !== null) { node.child.stdin.write(out+"\n"); }
+                else { node.warn("Command not running"); }
             });
         }
         else if (this.pinv === "all") {
+            node.child = spawn(gpioCommand, ["byte",node.dir]);
             node.on("input", function(msg) {
                 var out = msg.payload;
                 if ((out === 1)|(out === true)|(out === "1")|(out === "on")) {
-                    exec("gpio wb 255");
+                    out = 255;
                 }
-                else { exec("gpio wb 0"); }
+                else { out = 0; }
+                if (node.child !== null) { node.child.stdin.write(out+"\n"); }
+                else { node.warn("Command not running"); }
             });
         }
         else if (this.pinv === "pin") {
+            node.child = spawn(gpioCommand, ["byte",node.dir]);
+            var byte = 0;
             node.on("input", function(msg) {
                 if (typeof msg.payload === "object") {
                     var out = Number(msg.payload.led);
-                    var l = msg.payload.state;
-                    if ((out >= 1)&&(out <= 8)) {
-                        exec("gpio write "+pintable["LED"+out]+" "+l);
+                    var l = Number(msg.payload.state);
+                    if ((out >= 1) && (out <= 8)) {
+                        out = (Math.pow(2, (out-1)));
+                        if (l === 0) { out = ~ out; }
+                        byte = byte & out & 255;
+                        console.log("NOW",byte);
+                        if (node.child !== null) { node.child.stdin.write(byte+"\n"); }
+                        else { node.warn("Command not running"); }
                     }
                     else { node.warn("Not a valid object - see Info panel."); }
                 }
@@ -121,21 +97,22 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             });
         }
         else {
+            node.child = spawn(gpioCommand, ["byte",node.dir]);
             node.on("input", function(msg) {
                 var out = Number(msg.payload);
-                if ((out >= 0)&&(out <= 255)) {
-                    var val = 0;
-                    for (var i = 0; i < 8; i ++) {
-                        val += ((out & 0x01) << pintable["LED"+(i+1)]);
-                        out = out >> 1;
-                    }
-                    exec("gpio wb "+val);
+                if ((out >= 0) && (out <= 255)) {
+                    if (node.child !== null) { node.child.stdin.write(out+"\n"); }
+                    else { node.warn("Command not running"); }
                 }
                 else { node.warn("Invalid input - not between 0 and 255"); }
             });
         }
+
         node.on("close", function() {
-            exec("gpio wb 0");
+            if (node.child != null) {
+                node.child.kill('SIGKILL');
+            }
+            if (RED.settings.verbose) { node.log("end"); }
         });
     }
     RED.nodes.registerType("rpi-liter",PiLiter);
diff --git a/hardware/PiLiter/README.md b/hardware/PiLiter/README.md
index 242fb550..8bff3f9d 100644
--- a/hardware/PiLiter/README.md
+++ b/hardware/PiLiter/README.md
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install
 Pre-reqs
 --------
 
-Requires the WiringPi gpio command to be installed in order to work. See the <a href="http://wiringpi.com" target="new">WiringPi site</a> for details on how to do this.
+Requires the python RPi.GPIO library v0.58 (or better) to be installed in order to work.
+See the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/raspberry-gpio-python/wiki/install/" target="new">RPi.GPIO site</a> for details on how to do this.
 
+This is built into most recent Raspbian versions so no install should be necessary - but if necessary
+
+    $ sudo apt-get update
+    $ sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio python3-rpi.gpio
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -30,4 +35,8 @@ Operates in one of 5 different modes :
  - All LEDs Mode - expects a 1 or 0 - turns on and off ALL the LEDs
  - Object Mode - expects a object specifying the LED and state eg. <code>{led:3,state:0}</code> to set LED3 off.
 
-Requires the WiringPi gpio command in order to work.
+Requires the RPi.GPIO library installed in order to work.
+
+In order to access the GPIO the nrgpio.py command (installed as part of this package) must be run as root (sudo).
+The default Pi user can do this so it "should just work" - however if you are running Node-RED as not the Pi user then
+you may need to give your user sudo rights - or specifically sudo rights to python.
diff --git a/hardware/PiLiter/nrgpio b/hardware/PiLiter/nrgpio
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..88b381a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/PiLiter/nrgpio
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
+sudo python -u $BASEDIR/nrgpio.py $@
diff --git a/hardware/PiLiter/nrgpio.py b/hardware/PiLiter/nrgpio.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..774dbfcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/PiLiter/nrgpio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Import library functions we need
+import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
+import sys
+
+bounce = 20     # bounce time in mS to apply
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    cmd = sys.argv[1].lower()
+    pin = int(sys.argv[2])
+    GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
+    GPIO.setwarnings(False)
+
+    if cmd == "pwm":
+        #print "Initialised pin "+str(pin)+" to PWM"
+        GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.OUT)
+        p = GPIO.PWM(pin, 100)
+        p.start(0)
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = raw_input()
+                if data == "close":
+                    GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                    sys.exit(0)
+                p.ChangeDutyCycle(float(data))
+            except EOFError:        # hopefully always caused by us sigint'ing the program
+                GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                sys.exit(0)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                print "bad data: "+data
+
+    elif cmd == "buzz":
+        #print "Initialised pin "+str(pin)+" to Buzz"
+        GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.OUT)
+        p = GPIO.PWM(pin, 100)
+        p.stop()
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = raw_input()
+                if data == "close":
+                    GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                    sys.exit(0)
+                elif float(data) == 0:
+                    p.stop()
+                else:
+                    p.start(50)
+                    p.ChangeFrequency(float(data))
+            except EOFError:        # hopefully always caused by us sigint'ing the program
+                GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                sys.exit(0)
+            except Exception as ex:
+                print "bad data: "+data
+
+    elif cmd == "out":
+        #print "Initialised pin "+str(pin)+" to OUT"
+        GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.OUT)
+        if len(sys.argv) == 4:
+            GPIO.output(pin,int(sys.argv[3]))
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = raw_input()
+                if data == "close":
+                    GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                    sys.exit(0)
+                data = int(data)
+            except EOFError:        # hopefully always caused by us sigint'ing the program
+                GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                sys.exit(0)
+            except:
+                data = 0
+            if data != 0:
+                data = 1
+            GPIO.output(pin,data)
+
+    elif cmd == "in":
+        #print "Initialised pin "+str(pin)+" to IN"
+        def handle_callback(chan):
+            print GPIO.input(chan)
+
+        if len(sys.argv) == 4:
+            if sys.argv[3].lower() == "up":
+                GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.IN,GPIO.PUD_UP)
+            elif sys.argv[3].lower() == "down":
+                GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.IN,GPIO.PUD_DOWN)
+            else:
+                GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.IN)
+        else:
+            GPIO.setup(pin,GPIO.IN)
+        print GPIO.input(pin)
+        GPIO.add_event_detect(pin, GPIO.BOTH, callback=handle_callback, bouncetime=bounce)
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = raw_input()
+                if data == "close":
+                    GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                    sys.exit(0)
+            except EOFError:        # hopefully always caused by us sigint'ing the program
+                GPIO.cleanup(pin)
+                sys.exit(0)
+
+    elif cmd == "byte":
+        #print "Initialised BYTE mode - "+str(pin)+
+        list = [7,11,13,12,15,16,18,22]
+        GPIO.setup(list,GPIO.OUT)
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                data = raw_input()
+                if data == "close":
+                    GPIO.cleanup()
+                    sys.exit(0)
+                data = int(data)
+            except EOFError:        # hopefully always caused by us sigint'ing the program
+                GPIO.cleanup()
+                sys.exit(0)
+            except:
+                data = 0
+            for bit in range(8):
+                if pin == 1:
+                    mask = 1 << (7 - bit)
+                else:
+                    mask = 1 << bit
+                GPIO.output(list[bit], data & mask)
+
+    elif cmd == "rev":
+        print GPIO.RPI_REVISION
+
+    elif cmd == "ver":
+        print GPIO.VERSION
+
+    elif cmd == "mouse":  # catch mice button events
+        file = open( "/dev/input/mice", "rb" )
+        oldbutt = 0
+
+        def getMouseEvent():
+          global oldbutt
+          global pin
+          buf = file.read(3)
+          pin = pin & 0x07
+          button = ord( buf[0] ) & pin # mask out just the required button(s)
+          if button != oldbutt:  # only send if changed
+              oldbutt = button
+              print button
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                getMouseEvent()
+            except:
+                file.close()
+                sys.exit(0)
+
+else:
+    print "Bad parameters - {in|out|pwm} {pin} {value|up|down}"
diff --git a/hardware/PiLiter/package.json b/hardware/PiLiter/package.json
index d30df82d..99abfba4 100644
--- a/hardware/PiLiter/package.json
+++ b/hardware/PiLiter/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-piliter",
-    "version"       : "0.0.3",
+    "version"       : "0.0.4",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node to drive a Raspberry Pi Pi-LITEr 8 LED board.",
     "dependencies"  : {
     },