diff --git a/src/CmdServer.py b/src/CmdServer.py
index 5b3b647..1177e06 100644
--- a/src/CmdServer.py
+++ b/src/CmdServer.py
@@ -149,6 +149,42 @@ class CmdInterpreter(cmd.Cmd):
         self.__println("<ScanRate>                   Scanrate in seconds (float)")
         self.__println("<ReadTopic>                  Topic to publish read data")
 
+    def do_add_di(self, arg):
+        try:
+            (label, unit, address, count, scanrate, readTopic) = self.splitterRe.split(arg)
+            self.__println("Label:         {0}".format(label))
+            self.__println("Unit:          {0}".format(unit))
+            self.__println("Address:       {0}".format(address))
+            self.__println("Count:         {0}".format(count))
+            self.__println("ScanRate:      {0}".format(scanrate))
+            self.__println("ReadTopic:     {0}".format(readTopic))
+
+            if readTopic == 'None':
+                readTopic = None
+            unit = parseIntArbitraryBase(unit)
+            address = parseIntArbitraryBase(address)
+            count = parseIntArbitraryBase(count)
+            scanrate = float(scanrate)
+            if scanrate == 0.0:
+                raise CmdInterpreterException('scanRate must not be zero')
+            r = RegisterDatapoint.DiscreteInputDatapoint(label, unit, address, count, datetime.timedelta(seconds=scanrate), readTopic)
+            self.registers.append(r)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            self.__println("ERROR: {0!s}, {1!s}".format(e.__class__.__name__, e))
+
+    def help_add_di(self):
+        self.__println("Usage: add <Label> <Unit> <Address> <Count> <ScanRate>")
+        self.__println("           <ReadTopic>")
+        self.__println("Adds a discrete input")
+        self.__println("DO NOT FORGET TO SAVE AFTERWARDS!")
+        self.__println("---------------------------------------------------------------------")
+        self.__println("<Label>                      Descriptive label")
+        self.__println("<Unit>                       Modbus address of the device")
+        self.__println("<Address>                    Register address within the device")
+        self.__println("<Count>                      Count of registers to be read in words")
+        self.__println("<ScanRate>                   Scanrate in seconds (float)")
+        self.__println("<ReadTopic>                  Topic to publish read data")
+
     def do_list(self, arg):
         for i, r in enumerate(self.registers):
             self.__println("#{0}: {1!s}".format(i, r))
diff --git a/src/RegisterDatapoint.py b/src/RegisterDatapoint.py
index 09cee81..295708f 100644
--- a/src/RegisterDatapoint.py
+++ b/src/RegisterDatapoint.py
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ class AbstractModbusDatapoint(object):
             self.priority = 0
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return "{0}, {1}: Unit: {2},  Address: {3}, Count: {4}".format(self.type, self.label, self.unit, self.address, self.count)
+        return "{0}, {1}: Unit: {2},  Address: {3}, Count: {4}, Scanrate: {5}".format(self.type, 
+                                                                                      self.label, 
+                                                                                      self.unit, 
+                                                                                      self.address, 
+                                                                                      self.count,
+                                                                                      self.scanRate)
 
     def process(self, client):
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ class InputRegisterDatapoint(AbstractModbusDatapoint):
                                              unit=self.unit)
         if type(result) in [ExceptionResponse, ModbusIOException]:
             raise DatapointException(result)
-        print("{0}: {1!s}".format(self.label, result.registers))        
+        # print("{0}: {1!s}".format(self.label, result.registers))        
         pubQueue.put(MqttProcessor.PublishItem(self.publishTopic, str(result.registers)))
 
         if successFull:
@@ -114,6 +119,41 @@ class InputRegisterDatapoint(AbstractModbusDatapoint):
                 pass
 
 
+class DiscreteInputDatapoint(AbstractModbusDatapoint):
+    def __init__(self, label, unit, address, count, scanRate, publishTopic):
+        super().__init__(label, unit, address, count, scanRate)
+        self.publishTopic = publishTopic
+        self.lastContact = None
+        self.type = 'discrete input'
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "[{0!s}, {1}".format(super().__str__(), self.publishTopic)
+
+    def process(self, client, pubQueue):
+        successFull = True
+        giveUp = False
+        # perform read operation
+        # print("Discrete input, perform read operation")
+        result = client.read_discrete_inputs(address=self.address,
+                                             count=self.count,
+                                             unit=self.unit)
+        if type(result) in [ExceptionResponse, ModbusIOException]:
+            raise DatapointException(result)
+        # print("{0}: {1!s}".format(self.label, result.bits))        
+        pubQueue.put(MqttProcessor.PublishItem(self.publishTopic, str(result.bits)))
+
+        if successFull:
+            self.lastContact = datetime.datetime.now()
+            # publish value
+        else:
+            # retries handling
+            if giveUp:
+                # backoff and availability handling
+                # give negative feedback
+                pass
+
+
+
 def checkRegisterList(registers):
     for r in registers:
         if not isinstance(r, AbstractModbusDatapoint):
diff --git a/src/initialRegisterFile.py b/src/initialRegisterFile.py
index 5b1540d..e48fc4d 100644
--- a/src/initialRegisterFile.py
+++ b/src/initialRegisterFile.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import pickle
 datapoints = [
     RegisterDatapoint.InputRegisterDatapoint('Temperature', 5, 0x0001, 1, datetime.timedelta(seconds=0.2), 'Pub/Temperature'),
     RegisterDatapoint.InputRegisterDatapoint('Humidity', 5, 0x0002, 1, datetime.timedelta(seconds=0.2), 'Pub/Humidity'),
+    RegisterDatapoint.DiscreteInputDatapoint('Switches', 4, 0x0000, 1, datetime.timedelta(seconds=0.2), 'Pub/Switches'),
 ]