diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 80df140b1aee2b155f9b40156c9ebf4d88e122fc..9b3ef42e08fcf69585d4a90729074723ee1468f7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ JAVA/GUI/Plotter/dist/lib/sgt.jar -text svneol=unset#unset
 JAVA/GUI/Plotter/doc/Plotter.EAP -text
 JAVA/GUI/Plotter/doc/javadoc/resources/inherit.gif -text
 JAVA/GUI/Plotter/nbproject/.cvsignore -text
+JAVA/LofarUtils/.cvsignore -text
+JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/.cvsignore -text
 JAVA/MAC/jRSP/.cvsignore -text
 JAVA/MAC/jRSP/nbproject/.cvsignore -text
 LCS/AMC/amc_main_classes.png -text
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bf3f2734fd9268b06b3f4e3906b485f0162c6e4..f3612240217e2ff311283c8f30f7e843f11f8547 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ JAVA/GUI/Plotter/PlotterConfig/nbproject/private
 JAVA/GUI/Plotter/build
 JAVA/GUI/Plotter/dist
 JAVA/GUI/Plotter/nbproject/private
+JAVA/LofarUtils/build
+JAVA/LofarUtils/dist
+JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/private
 JAVA/MAC/jRSP/build
 JAVA/MAC/jRSP/dist
 JAVA/MAC/jRSP/nbproject/private
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/.cvsignore b/JAVA/LofarUtils/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d0b71a3c79d2d3afbfa99269fea4280f5e73344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+build
+dist
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/build.xml b/JAVA/LofarUtils/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a6d9ba66eb316d7c1d00e36bd1c7174cfceb6f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- You may freely edit this file. See commented blocks below for -->
+<!-- some examples of how to customize the build. -->
+<!-- (If you delete it and reopen the project it will be recreated.) -->
+<project name="LofarUtils" default="default" basedir=".">
+    <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project LofarUtils.</description>
+    <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
+    <!--
+
+    There exist several targets which are by default empty and which can be 
+    used for execution of your tasks. These targets are usually executed 
+    before and after some main targets. They are: 
+
+      -pre-init:                 called before initialization of project properties
+      -post-init:                called after initialization of project properties
+      -pre-compile:              called before javac compilation
+      -post-compile:             called after javac compilation
+      -pre-compile-single:       called before javac compilation of single file
+      -post-compile-single:      called after javac compilation of single file
+      -pre-compile-test:         called before javac compilation of JUnit tests
+      -post-compile-test:        called after javac compilation of JUnit tests
+      -pre-compile-test-single:  called before javac compilation of single JUnit test
+      -post-compile-test-single: called after javac compilation of single JUunit test
+      -pre-jar:                  called before JAR building
+      -post-jar:                 called after JAR building
+      -post-clean:               called after cleaning build products
+
+    (Targets beginning with '-' are not intended to be called on their own.)
+
+    Example of inserting an obfuscator after compilation could look like this:
+
+        <target name="-post-compile">
+            <obfuscate>
+                <fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+            </obfuscate>
+        </target>
+
+    For list of available properties check the imported 
+    nbproject/build-impl.xml file. 
+
+
+    Another way to customize the build is by overriding existing main targets.
+    The targets of interest are: 
+
+      -init-macrodef-javac:     defines macro for javac compilation
+      -init-macrodef-junit:     defines macro for junit execution
+      -init-macrodef-debug:     defines macro for class debugging
+      -init-macrodef-java:      defines macro for class execution
+      -do-jar-with-manifest:    JAR building (if you are using a manifest)
+      -do-jar-without-manifest: JAR building (if you are not using a manifest)
+      run:                      execution of project 
+      -javadoc-build:           Javadoc generation
+      test-report:              JUnit report generation
+
+    An example of overriding the target for project execution could look like this:
+
+        <target name="run" depends="LofarUtils-impl.jar">
+            <exec dir="bin" executable="launcher.exe">
+                <arg file="${dist.jar}"/>
+            </exec>
+        </target>
+
+    Notice that the overridden target depends on the jar target and not only on 
+    the compile target as the regular run target does. Again, for a list of available 
+    properties which you can use, check the target you are overriding in the
+    nbproject/build-impl.xml file. 
+
+    -->
+     <target name="-post-compile">
+       <rmic base="${build.dir}/classes" classname="nl.astron.lofar.lofarutils.remoteFileAdapter"/>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/.cvsignore b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e18ebf09ec44c39a2f23f8f231b8900753e0597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+private
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/build-impl.xml b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/build-impl.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4b827e24921d8655682b4c8792baf62d0ee5327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/build-impl.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,541 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+*** GENERATED FROM project.xml - DO NOT EDIT  ***
+***         EDIT ../build.xml INSTEAD         ***
+
+For the purpose of easier reading the script
+is divided into following sections:
+
+  - initialization
+  - compilation
+  - jar
+  - execution
+  - debugging
+  - javadoc
+  - junit compilation
+  - junit execution
+  - junit debugging
+  - applet
+  - cleanup
+
+-->
+<project name="LofarUtils-impl" default="default" basedir=".." xmlns:j2seproject3="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3" xmlns:j2seproject2="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/2" xmlns:j2seproject1="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/1">
+    <target name="default" depends="test,jar,javadoc" description="Build and test whole project."/>
+    <!-- 
+    ======================
+    INITIALIZATION SECTION 
+    ======================
+    -->
+    <target name="-pre-init">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-private" depends="-pre-init">
+        <property file="nbproject/private/private.properties"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-user" depends="-pre-init,-init-private">
+        <property file="${user.properties.file}"/>
+        <!-- The two properties below are usually overridden -->
+        <!-- by the active platform. Just a fallback. -->
+        <property name="default.javac.source" value="1.4"/>
+        <property name="default.javac.target" value="1.4"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-project" depends="-pre-init,-init-private,-init-user">
+        <property file="nbproject/project.properties"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-init" depends="-pre-init,-init-private,-init-user,-init-project,-init-macrodef-property">
+        <available file="${manifest.file}" property="manifest.available"/>
+        <condition property="manifest.available+main.class">
+            <and>
+                <isset property="manifest.available"/>
+                <isset property="main.class"/>
+                <not>
+                    <equals arg1="${main.class}" arg2="" trim="true"/>
+                </not>
+            </and>
+        </condition>
+        <condition property="manifest.available+main.class+mkdist.available">
+            <and>
+                <istrue value="${manifest.available+main.class}"/>
+                <isset property="libs.CopyLibs.classpath"/>
+            </and>
+        </condition>
+        <condition property="have.tests">
+            <or>
+                <available file="${test.src.dir}"/>
+            </or>
+        </condition>
+        <condition property="have.sources">
+            <or>
+                <available file="${src.dir}"/>
+            </or>
+        </condition>
+        <condition property="netbeans.home+have.tests">
+            <and>
+                <isset property="netbeans.home"/>
+                <isset property="have.tests"/>
+            </and>
+        </condition>
+        <condition property="no.javadoc.preview">
+            <isfalse value="${javadoc.preview}"/>
+        </condition>
+        <property name="run.jvmargs" value=""/>
+        <property name="javac.compilerargs" value=""/>
+        <property name="work.dir" value="${basedir}"/>
+        <condition property="no.deps">
+            <and>
+                <istrue value="${no.dependencies}"/>
+            </and>
+        </condition>
+        <property name="javac.debug" value="true"/>
+        <property name="javadoc.preview" value="true"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-init">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-check" depends="-pre-init,-init-private,-init-user,-init-project,-do-init">
+        <fail unless="src.dir">Must set src.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="test.src.dir">Must set test.src.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="build.dir">Must set build.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="dist.dir">Must set dist.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="build.classes.dir">Must set build.classes.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="dist.javadoc.dir">Must set dist.javadoc.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="build.test.classes.dir">Must set build.test.classes.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="build.test.results.dir">Must set build.test.results.dir</fail>
+        <fail unless="build.classes.excludes">Must set build.classes.excludes</fail>
+        <fail unless="dist.jar">Must set dist.jar</fail>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-macrodef-property">
+        <macrodef name="property" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/1">
+            <attribute name="name"/>
+            <attribute name="value"/>
+            <sequential>
+                <property name="@{name}" value="${@{value}}"/>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-macrodef-javac">
+        <macrodef name="javac" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3">
+            <attribute name="srcdir" default="${src.dir}"/>
+            <attribute name="destdir" default="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+            <attribute name="classpath" default="${javac.classpath}"/>
+            <attribute name="debug" default="${javac.debug}"/>
+            <element name="customize" optional="true"/>
+            <sequential>
+                <javac srcdir="@{srcdir}" destdir="@{destdir}" debug="@{debug}" deprecation="${javac.deprecation}" source="${javac.source}" target="${javac.target}" includeantruntime="false">
+                    <classpath>
+                        <path path="@{classpath}"/>
+                    </classpath>
+                    <compilerarg line="${javac.compilerargs}"/>
+                    <customize/>
+                </javac>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-macrodef-junit">
+        <macrodef name="junit" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3">
+            <attribute name="includes" default="**/*Test.java"/>
+            <sequential>
+                <junit showoutput="true" fork="true" dir="${basedir}" failureproperty="tests.failed" errorproperty="tests.failed">
+                    <batchtest todir="${build.test.results.dir}">
+                        <fileset dir="${test.src.dir}" includes="@{includes}"/>
+                    </batchtest>
+                    <classpath>
+                        <path path="${run.test.classpath}"/>
+                    </classpath>
+                    <syspropertyset>
+                        <propertyref prefix="test-sys-prop."/>
+                        <mapper type="glob" from="test-sys-prop.*" to="*"/>
+                    </syspropertyset>
+                    <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
+                    <formatter type="xml"/>
+                    <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs}"/>
+                </junit>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-macrodef-nbjpda">
+        <macrodef name="nbjpdastart" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/1">
+            <attribute name="name" default="${main.class}"/>
+            <attribute name="classpath" default="${debug.classpath}"/>
+            <attribute name="stopclassname" default=""/>
+            <sequential>
+                <nbjpdastart transport="dt_socket" addressproperty="jpda.address" name="@{name}" stopclassname="@{stopclassname}">
+                    <classpath>
+                        <path path="@{classpath}"/>
+                    </classpath>
+                </nbjpdastart>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+        <macrodef name="nbjpdareload" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/1">
+            <attribute name="dir" default="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+            <sequential>
+                <nbjpdareload>
+                    <fileset includes="${fix.includes}*.class" dir="@{dir}"/>
+                </nbjpdareload>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-macrodef-debug">
+        <macrodef name="debug" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3">
+            <attribute name="classname" default="${main.class}"/>
+            <attribute name="classpath" default="${debug.classpath}"/>
+            <element name="customize" optional="true"/>
+            <sequential>
+                <java fork="true" classname="@{classname}" dir="${work.dir}">
+                    <jvmarg value="-Xdebug"/>
+                    <jvmarg value="-Xnoagent"/>
+                    <jvmarg value="-Djava.compiler=none"/>
+                    <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=${jpda.address}"/>
+                    <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs}"/>
+                    <classpath>
+                        <path path="@{classpath}"/>
+                    </classpath>
+                    <syspropertyset>
+                        <propertyref prefix="run-sys-prop."/>
+                        <mapper type="glob" from="run-sys-prop.*" to="*"/>
+                    </syspropertyset>
+                    <customize/>
+                </java>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-macrodef-java">
+        <macrodef name="java" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/1">
+            <attribute name="classname" default="${main.class}"/>
+            <element name="customize" optional="true"/>
+            <sequential>
+                <java fork="true" classname="@{classname}" dir="${work.dir}">
+                    <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs}"/>
+                    <classpath>
+                        <path path="${run.classpath}"/>
+                    </classpath>
+                    <syspropertyset>
+                        <propertyref prefix="run-sys-prop."/>
+                        <mapper type="glob" from="run-sys-prop.*" to="*"/>
+                    </syspropertyset>
+                    <customize/>
+                </java>
+            </sequential>
+        </macrodef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-init-presetdef-jar">
+        <presetdef name="jar" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/1">
+            <jar jarfile="${dist.jar}" compress="${jar.compress}">
+                <j2seproject1:fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+            </jar>
+        </presetdef>
+    </target>
+    <target name="init" depends="-pre-init,-init-private,-init-user,-init-project,-do-init,-post-init,-init-check,-init-macrodef-property,-init-macrodef-javac,-init-macrodef-junit,-init-macrodef-nbjpda,-init-macrodef-debug,-init-macrodef-java,-init-presetdef-jar"/>
+    <!--
+    ===================
+    COMPILATION SECTION
+    ===================
+    -->
+    <target name="deps-jar" depends="init" unless="no.deps"/>
+    <target name="-pre-pre-compile" depends="init,deps-jar">
+        <mkdir dir="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-pre-compile">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-compile" depends="init,deps-jar,-pre-pre-compile,-pre-compile" if="have.sources">
+        <j2seproject3:javac/>
+        <copy todir="${build.classes.dir}">
+            <fileset dir="${src.dir}" excludes="${build.classes.excludes}"/>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-compile">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="compile" depends="init,deps-jar,-pre-pre-compile,-pre-compile,-do-compile,-post-compile" description="Compile project."/>
+    <target name="-pre-compile-single">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-compile-single" depends="init,deps-jar,-pre-pre-compile">
+        <fail unless="javac.includes">Must select some files in the IDE or set javac.includes</fail>
+        <j2seproject3:javac>
+            <customize>
+                <patternset includes="${javac.includes}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject3:javac>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-compile-single">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="compile-single" depends="init,deps-jar,-pre-pre-compile,-pre-compile-single,-do-compile-single,-post-compile-single"/>
+    <!--
+    ====================
+    JAR BUILDING SECTION
+    ====================
+    -->
+    <target name="-pre-pre-jar" depends="init">
+        <dirname property="dist.jar.dir" file="${dist.jar}"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${dist.jar.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-pre-jar">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-jar-without-manifest" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-jar,-pre-jar" unless="manifest.available">
+        <j2seproject1:jar/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-jar-with-manifest" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-jar,-pre-jar" if="manifest.available" unless="manifest.available+main.class">
+        <j2seproject1:jar manifest="${manifest.file}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-jar-with-mainclass" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-jar,-pre-jar" if="manifest.available+main.class" unless="manifest.available+main.class+mkdist.available">
+        <j2seproject1:jar manifest="${manifest.file}">
+            <j2seproject1:manifest>
+                <j2seproject1:attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main.class}"/>
+            </j2seproject1:manifest>
+        </j2seproject1:jar>
+        <echo>To run this application from the command line without Ant, try:</echo>
+        <property name="build.classes.dir.resolved" location="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+        <property name="dist.jar.resolved" location="${dist.jar}"/>
+        <pathconvert property="run.classpath.with.dist.jar">
+            <path path="${run.classpath}"/>
+            <map from="${build.classes.dir.resolved}" to="${dist.jar.resolved}"/>
+        </pathconvert>
+        <echo>java -cp "${run.classpath.with.dist.jar}" ${main.class}</echo>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-jar-with-libraries" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-jar,-pre-jar" if="manifest.available+main.class+mkdist.available">
+        <property name="build.classes.dir.resolved" location="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+        <pathconvert property="run.classpath.without.build.classes.dir">
+            <path path="${run.classpath}"/>
+            <map from="${build.classes.dir.resolved}" to=""/>
+        </pathconvert>
+        <pathconvert property="jar.classpath" pathsep=" ">
+            <path path="${run.classpath.without.build.classes.dir}"/>
+            <chainedmapper>
+                <flattenmapper/>
+                <globmapper from="*" to="lib/*"/>
+            </chainedmapper>
+        </pathconvert>
+        <taskdef classname="org.netbeans.modules.java.j2seproject.copylibstask.CopyLibs" name="copylibs" classpath="${libs.CopyLibs.classpath}"/>
+        <copylibs manifest="${manifest.file}" runtimeclasspath="${run.classpath.without.build.classes.dir}" jarfile="${dist.jar}" compress="${jar.compress}">
+            <fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}"/>
+            <manifest>
+                <attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main.class}"/>
+                <attribute name="Class-Path" value="${jar.classpath}"/>
+            </manifest>
+        </copylibs>
+        <echo>To run this application from the command line without Ant, try:</echo>
+        <property name="dist.jar.resolved" location="${dist.jar}"/>
+        <echo>java -jar "${dist.jar.resolved}"</echo>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-jar">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="jar" depends="init,compile,-pre-jar,-do-jar-with-manifest,-do-jar-without-manifest,-do-jar-with-mainclass,-do-jar-with-libraries,-post-jar" description="Build JAR."/>
+    <!--
+    =================
+    EXECUTION SECTION
+    =================
+    -->
+    <target name="run" depends="init,compile" description="Run a main class.">
+        <j2seproject1:java>
+            <customize>
+                <arg line="${application.args}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject1:java>
+    </target>
+    <target name="run-single" depends="init,compile-single">
+        <fail unless="run.class">Must select one file in the IDE or set run.class</fail>
+        <j2seproject1:java classname="${run.class}"/>
+    </target>
+    <!--
+    =================
+    DEBUGGING SECTION
+    =================
+    -->
+    <target name="-debug-start-debugger" if="netbeans.home" depends="init">
+        <j2seproject1:nbjpdastart name="${debug.class}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-debug-start-debuggee" depends="init,compile">
+        <j2seproject3:debug>
+            <customize>
+                <arg line="${application.args}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject3:debug>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,compile,-debug-start-debugger,-debug-start-debuggee" description="Debug project in IDE."/>
+    <target name="-debug-start-debugger-stepinto" if="netbeans.home" depends="init">
+        <j2seproject1:nbjpdastart stopclassname="${main.class}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug-stepinto" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,compile,-debug-start-debugger-stepinto,-debug-start-debuggee"/>
+    <target name="-debug-start-debuggee-single" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,compile-single">
+        <fail unless="debug.class">Must select one file in the IDE or set debug.class</fail>
+        <j2seproject3:debug classname="${debug.class}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug-single" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,compile-single,-debug-start-debugger,-debug-start-debuggee-single"/>
+    <target name="-pre-debug-fix" depends="init">
+        <fail unless="fix.includes">Must set fix.includes</fail>
+        <property name="javac.includes" value="${fix.includes}.java"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-debug-fix" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,-pre-debug-fix,compile-single">
+        <j2seproject1:nbjpdareload/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug-fix" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,-pre-debug-fix,-do-debug-fix"/>
+    <!--
+    ===============
+    JAVADOC SECTION
+    ===============
+    -->
+    <target name="-javadoc-build" depends="init">
+        <mkdir dir="${dist.javadoc.dir}"/>
+        <javadoc destdir="${dist.javadoc.dir}" source="${javac.source}" notree="${javadoc.notree}" use="${javadoc.use}" nonavbar="${javadoc.nonavbar}" noindex="${javadoc.noindex}" splitindex="${javadoc.splitindex}" author="${javadoc.author}" version="${javadoc.version}" windowtitle="${javadoc.windowtitle}" private="${javadoc.private}" additionalparam="${javadoc.additionalparam}" failonerror="true" useexternalfile="true">
+            <classpath>
+                <path path="${javac.classpath}"/>
+            </classpath>
+            <sourcepath>
+                <pathelement location="${src.dir}"/>
+            </sourcepath>
+            <packageset dir="${src.dir}" includes="*/**"/>
+            <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="*.java"/>
+        </javadoc>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-javadoc-browse" if="netbeans.home" unless="no.javadoc.preview" depends="init,-javadoc-build">
+        <nbbrowse file="${dist.javadoc.dir}/index.html"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="javadoc" depends="init,-javadoc-build,-javadoc-browse" description="Build Javadoc."/>
+    <!--
+    =========================
+    JUNIT COMPILATION SECTION
+    =========================
+    -->
+    <target name="-pre-pre-compile-test" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile">
+        <mkdir dir="${build.test.classes.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-pre-compile-test">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-compile-test" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-compile-test,-pre-compile-test">
+        <j2seproject3:javac srcdir="${test.src.dir}" destdir="${build.test.classes.dir}" debug="true" classpath="${javac.test.classpath}"/>
+        <copy todir="${build.test.classes.dir}">
+            <fileset dir="${test.src.dir}" excludes="**/*.java"/>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-compile-test">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="compile-test" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-compile-test,-pre-compile-test,-do-compile-test,-post-compile-test"/>
+    <target name="-pre-compile-test-single">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-compile-test-single" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-compile-test,-pre-compile-test-single">
+        <fail unless="javac.includes">Must select some files in the IDE or set javac.includes</fail>
+        <j2seproject3:javac srcdir="${test.src.dir}" destdir="${build.test.classes.dir}" debug="true" classpath="${javac.test.classpath}">
+            <customize>
+                <patternset includes="${javac.includes}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject3:javac>
+        <copy todir="${build.test.classes.dir}">
+            <fileset dir="${test.src.dir}" excludes="**/*.java"/>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-compile-test-single">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="compile-test-single" depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-compile-test,-pre-compile-test-single,-do-compile-test-single,-post-compile-test-single"/>
+    <!--
+    =======================
+    JUNIT EXECUTION SECTION
+    =======================
+    -->
+    <target name="-pre-test-run" if="have.tests" depends="init">
+        <mkdir dir="${build.test.results.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-test-run" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile-test,-pre-test-run">
+        <j2seproject3:junit/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-test-run" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile-test,-pre-test-run,-do-test-run">
+        <fail if="tests.failed">Some tests failed; see details above.</fail>
+    </target>
+    <target name="test-report" if="have.tests" depends="init"/>
+    <target name="-test-browse" if="netbeans.home+have.tests" depends="init"/>
+    <target name="test" depends="init,compile-test,-pre-test-run,-do-test-run,test-report,-post-test-run,-test-browse" description="Run unit tests."/>
+    <target name="-pre-test-run-single" if="have.tests" depends="init">
+        <mkdir dir="${build.test.results.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-do-test-run-single" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile-test-single,-pre-test-run-single">
+        <fail unless="test.includes">Must select some files in the IDE or set test.includes</fail>
+        <j2seproject3:junit includes="${test.includes}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-test-run-single" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile-test-single,-pre-test-run-single,-do-test-run-single">
+        <fail if="tests.failed">Some tests failed; see details above.</fail>
+    </target>
+    <target name="test-single" depends="init,compile-test-single,-pre-test-run-single,-do-test-run-single,-post-test-run-single" description="Run single unit test."/>
+    <!--
+    =======================
+    JUNIT DEBUGGING SECTION
+    =======================
+    -->
+    <target name="-debug-start-debuggee-test" if="have.tests" depends="init,compile-test">
+        <fail unless="test.class">Must select one file in the IDE or set test.class</fail>
+        <j2seproject3:debug classname="junit.textui.TestRunner" classpath="${debug.test.classpath}">
+            <customize>
+                <arg line="${test.class}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject3:debug>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-debug-start-debugger-test" if="netbeans.home+have.tests" depends="init,compile-test">
+        <j2seproject1:nbjpdastart name="${test.class}" classpath="${debug.test.classpath}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug-test" depends="init,compile-test,-debug-start-debugger-test,-debug-start-debuggee-test"/>
+    <target name="-do-debug-fix-test" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,-pre-debug-fix,compile-test-single">
+        <j2seproject1:nbjpdareload dir="${build.test.classes.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug-fix-test" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,-pre-debug-fix,-do-debug-fix-test"/>
+    <!--
+    =========================
+    APPLET EXECUTION SECTION
+    =========================
+    -->
+    <target name="run-applet" depends="init,compile-single">
+        <fail unless="applet.url">Must select one file in the IDE or set applet.url</fail>
+        <j2seproject1:java classname="sun.applet.AppletViewer">
+            <customize>
+                <arg value="${applet.url}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject1:java>
+    </target>
+    <!--
+    =========================
+    APPLET DEBUGGING  SECTION
+    =========================
+    -->
+    <target name="-debug-start-debuggee-applet" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,compile-single">
+        <fail unless="applet.url">Must select one file in the IDE or set applet.url</fail>
+        <j2seproject3:debug classname="sun.applet.AppletViewer">
+            <customize>
+                <arg value="${applet.url}"/>
+            </customize>
+        </j2seproject3:debug>
+    </target>
+    <target name="debug-applet" if="netbeans.home" depends="init,compile-single,-debug-start-debugger,-debug-start-debuggee-applet"/>
+    <!--
+    ===============
+    CLEANUP SECTION
+    ===============
+    -->
+    <target name="deps-clean" depends="init" unless="no.deps"/>
+    <target name="-do-clean" depends="init">
+        <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+        <delete dir="${dist.dir}"/>
+    </target>
+    <target name="-post-clean">
+        <!-- Empty placeholder for easier customization. -->
+        <!-- You can override this target in the ../build.xml file. -->
+    </target>
+    <target name="clean" depends="init,deps-clean,-do-clean,-post-clean" description="Clean build products."/>
+</project>
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/genfiles.properties b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/genfiles.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b338c623f2822b9ce781a17f57a783ed72b56fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/genfiles.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+build.xml.data.CRC32=e404ff56
+build.xml.script.CRC32=a14f3009
+build.xml.stylesheet.CRC32=d5b6853a
+# This file is used by a NetBeans-based IDE to track changes in generated files such as build-impl.xml.
+# Do not edit this file. You may delete it but then the IDE will never regenerate such files for you.
+nbproject/build-impl.xml.data.CRC32=e404ff56
+nbproject/build-impl.xml.script.CRC32=021916a3
+nbproject/build-impl.xml.stylesheet.CRC32=99b91518
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/project.properties b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f91362535c4b2a328d4e63545f1529da8a125c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+application.args=
+build.classes.dir=${build.dir}/classes
+build.classes.excludes=**/*.java,**/*.form
+# This directory is removed when the project is cleaned:
+build.dir=build
+build.generated.dir=${build.dir}/generated
+# Only compile against the classpath explicitly listed here:
+build.sysclasspath=ignore
+build.test.classes.dir=${build.dir}/test/classes
+build.test.results.dir=${build.dir}/test/results
+debug.classpath=\
+    ${run.classpath}
+debug.test.classpath=\
+    ${run.test.classpath}
+# This directory is removed when the project is cleaned:
+dist.dir=dist
+dist.jar=${dist.dir}/LofarUtils.jar
+dist.javadoc.dir=${dist.dir}/javadoc
+jar.compress=false
+javac.classpath=
+# Space-separated list of extra javac options
+javac.compilerargs=
+javac.deprecation=false
+javac.source=1.5
+javac.target=1.5
+javac.test.classpath=\
+    ${javac.classpath}:\
+    ${build.classes.dir}:\
+    ${libs.junit.classpath}
+javadoc.additionalparam=
+javadoc.author=false
+javadoc.encoding=
+javadoc.noindex=false
+javadoc.nonavbar=false
+javadoc.notree=false
+javadoc.private=false
+javadoc.splitindex=true
+javadoc.use=true
+javadoc.version=false
+javadoc.windowtitle=
+meta.inf.dir=${src.dir}/META-INF
+platform.active=default_platform
+run.classpath=\
+    ${javac.classpath}:\
+    ${build.classes.dir}
+# Space-separated list of JVM arguments used when running the project
+# (you may also define separate properties like run-sys-prop.name=value instead of -Dname=value
+# or test-sys-prop.name=value to set system properties for unit tests):
+run.jvmargs=
+run.test.classpath=\
+    ${javac.test.classpath}:\
+    ${build.test.classes.dir}
+src.dir=src
+test.src.dir=test
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/project.xml b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a379a2ab40c89c59ec85692210e65a49b5fbebc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/project/1">
+    <type>org.netbeans.modules.java.j2seproject</type>
+    <configuration>
+        <data xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3">
+            <name>LofarUtils</name>
+            <minimum-ant-version>1.6.5</minimum-ant-version>
+            <source-roots>
+                <root id="src.dir"/>
+            </source-roots>
+            <test-roots>
+                <root id="test.src.dir"/>
+            </test-roots>
+        </data>
+    </configuration>
+</project>
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/remoteFileAdapter.java b/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/remoteFileAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..737a7fdffa870f4b1f3cc858ed185b6208a519aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/remoteFileAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * remoteFileAdapter.java
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002-2007
+ *  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
+ *  P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, seg@astron.nl
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+package nl.astron.lofar.lofarutils;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject;
+
+/**
+ * @created 13 juni 2006, 14:07
+ * @author coolen
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class remoteFileAdapter extends UnicastRemoteObject implements remoteFileInterface{
+    
+    private String name;
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of remoteFileAdapter
+     */
+
+    public remoteFileAdapter(String s) throws RemoteException {
+        super();
+        name=s;
+    }
+    
+    public byte[] downloadFile(String aFileName) {
+        if (aFileName != null) {
+            try {
+                File aFile = new File(aFileName);
+                byte buffer[] = new byte[(int)aFile.length()];
+                System.out.println("File opened: "+aFile.getName()+" bytesize: "+ buffer.length);
+                BufferedInputStream input = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(aFile));
+                input.read(buffer,0,buffer.length);
+                input.close();
+                return(buffer);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                System.out.println("RemoteFileImpl: " + ex.getMessage());
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+                return(null);
+            }
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("RemoteFileImpl: File not found : "+aFileName);
+            return(null);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public boolean uploadFile(byte[] buffer,String aFileName) {
+        boolean succes=false;
+        if (buffer != null && aFileName.length() > 0) {
+            try {
+                File file = new File(aFileName);
+                System.out.println("opening File: "+file.getName());
+                BufferedOutputStream output = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
+                System.out.println("Received buffer length: "+buffer.length);
+                output.write(buffer,0,buffer.length);
+                output.flush();
+                output.close();
+                return(true);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                System.out.println("RemoteFileImpl: " + ex.getMessage());
+                ex.printStackTrace();
+                return(succes);
+            }
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("RemoteFileImpl: Buffer empty or filename not given");
+            return(succes);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/remoteFileInterface.java b/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/remoteFileInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b63595c5484025c597e2e924185b61f51b897951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/JAVA/LofarUtils/src/nl/astron/lofar/lofarutils/remoteFileInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * remoteFileInterface.java
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2002-2007
+ *  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
+ *  P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, seg@astron.nl
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+package nl.astron.lofar.lofarutils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.rmi.Remote;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+/**
+ * @created 13 juni 2006, 13:53
+ * @author coolen
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public interface remoteFileInterface extends Remote{
+    // Constants
+    public static final String SERVICENAME = "remoteFile";
+    public byte[] downloadFile(String aFileName) throws RemoteException;
+    public boolean uploadFile(byte[] aBuffer,String aFileName) throws RemoteException;
+}