diff --git a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/include/GCF/PVSS/PVSSinfo.h b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/include/GCF/PVSS/PVSSinfo.h
index 34db928c61287d88b0e32ac158a9040307137b30..78ff2ad1ed65cb3b90ea1e3af2d7f5e6dd9ae74b 100644
--- a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/include/GCF/PVSS/PVSSinfo.h
+++ b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/include/GCF/PVSS/PVSSinfo.h
@@ -45,23 +45,23 @@ public:
 	static bool isValidPropName(const char* propName);
 	static bool isValidScope   (const char* propName);
 
-    static const string getSystemName(int8 sysnr);
+    static const string getSystemName(uint sysnr);
     static const string& getLocalSystemName();
-    static int8 getLocalSystemId();
-    static int8 getSysId(const string& name);
-    static int8 getLastEventSysId();
+    static uint getLocalSystemId();
+    static uint getSysId(const string& name);
+    static uint getLastEventSysId();
 
     static const string& getProjectName();
 
     static timeval getLastEventTimestamp();
 
-    static uint8 getLastEventManNum();
-    static uint8 getOwnManNum();
-    static uint8 getLastEventManType();
+    static uint getLastEventManNum();
+    static uint getOwnManNum();
+    static uint getLastEventManType();
 
     static TGCFResult getTypeStruct(const string& 			typeName, 
-                                    list<TPropertyInfo>& 	propInfo, 
-                                    int8 					sysNr = getLocalSystemId());
+									list<TPropertyInfo>& 	propInfo, 
+									uint 					sysNr = getLocalSystemId());
 
     static void getAllProperties(const string& typeFilter, const string& dpFitler, 
                                  vector<string>& foundProperties);
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ private:
     friend class PVSSservice;
     static string	_sysName;
     static string	_projName;
-    static int8		_lastSysNr;
+    static uint	_lastSysNr;
     static timeval	_lastTimestamp;
-    static uint8	_lastManNum;
-    static uint8	_lastManType;
+    static uint	_lastManNum;
+    static uint	_lastManType;
   
     // Construction methods
     // Don't allow to (con/de)struct an instance of this class
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ private:
     // </group>
 };
 
-inline int8 PVSSinfo::getLastEventSysId()
+inline uint PVSSinfo::getLastEventSysId()
 {
   return _lastSysNr;
 }
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ inline timeval PVSSinfo::getLastEventTimestamp()
   return _lastTimestamp;
 }
 
-inline uint8 PVSSinfo::getLastEventManNum()
+inline uint PVSSinfo::getLastEventManNum()
 {
   return _lastManNum;
 }
 
-inline uint8 PVSSinfo::getLastEventManType()
+inline uint PVSSinfo::getLastEventManType()
 {
   return _lastManType;
 }
diff --git a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/src/PVSSinfo.cc b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/src/PVSSinfo.cc
index 4b97b390c9646b967d8531d7903cd4ca319c85d7..7f312ffb3398cf7840f7c5bdf37bb35d68dfac0e 100644
--- a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/src/PVSSinfo.cc
+++ b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/src/PVSSinfo.cc
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ namespace LOFAR {
 
 string 	PVSSinfo::_sysName 		= "";
 string 	PVSSinfo::_projName 	= "";
-int8 	PVSSinfo::_lastSysNr 	= 0;
+uint 	PVSSinfo::_lastSysNr 	= 0;
 timeval PVSSinfo::_lastTimestamp= {0, 0};
-uint8 	PVSSinfo::_lastManNum 	= 0;
-uint8 	PVSSinfo::_lastManType 	= 0;
+uint 	PVSSinfo::_lastManNum 	= 0;
+uint 	PVSSinfo::_lastManType 	= 0;
 
 TMACValueType macValueTypes[] = 
 {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ TMACValueType PVSSinfo::getMACTypeId (const string& dpeName)
 {
 	// first find out whether there is a system name specified or not
 	vector<string> splittedDpeName = StringUtil::split(dpeName, ':');
-	int8 		sysNr = getSysId(dpeName);
+	uint 		sysNr = getSysId(dpeName);
 	if (sysNr == 0) {
 		sysNr = PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemId();
 	}
@@ -161,15 +161,15 @@ const string& PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemName()
 //
 // getLocalSystemId()
 //
-int8 PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemId()
+uint PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemId()
 {
-	return ((int) Resources::getSystem());
+	return((int)Resources::getSystem());
 }
 
 //
 // getSystemName(sysnr)
 //
-const string PVSSinfo::getSystemName(int8 sysnr)
+const string PVSSinfo::getSystemName(uint sysnr)
 {
 	CharString sysName;
 	if (Manager::getSystemName(sysnr, sysName) == PVSS_TRUE) {      
@@ -193,18 +193,18 @@ const string& PVSSinfo::getProjectName()
 //
 // getSysId(name)
 //
-int8 PVSSinfo::getSysId(const string& name)
+uint PVSSinfo::getSysId(const string& name)
 {
 	string::size_type index = name.find(':');
 	if (index == string::npos) {
 		index = name.length();
 	}
 	CharString sysName(name.c_str(), index);
-	int	 sysNr;
+	uint	 sysNr;
 	// workaround - start
 	DpIdentifier dpId;
 	Manager::getId(sysName + ":", dpId);
-	sysNr = dpId.getSystem();
+	sysNr = (int)dpId.getSystem();
 	// workaround - end
 	/*
 	DpIdentificationResult res;
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int8 PVSSinfo::getSysId(const string& name)
 //
 // getOwnManNum()
 //
-uint8 PVSSinfo::getOwnManNum()
+uint PVSSinfo::getOwnManNum()
 {
 	return (Resources::getManNum());
 }
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void buildTypeStructTree(const string path, const DpType* pType, const DpElement
 //
 TGCFResult PVSSinfo::getTypeStruct(const string& 		typeName, 
 								  list<TPropertyInfo>& 	propInfos, 
-								  int8 					sysNr)
+								  uint	 				sysNr)
 {
 	propInfos.clear();
 
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ TGCFResult PVSSinfo::getTypeStruct(const string& 		typeName,
 	DpType* 	pType;
 	if (Manager::getTypeId(pvssTypeName, typeId, sysNr) == PVSS_FALSE) {
 		string sysName = getSystemName(sysNr);
-		LOG_ERROR(formatString("PVSS could not find type %s on system %s", 
-								typeName.c_str(), sysName.c_str()));
+		LOG_ERROR(formatString("PVSS could not find type %s on system %s(%d)", 
+								typeName.c_str(), sysName.c_str(), sysNr));
 		return(GCF_PVSS_ERROR);
 	}
 
diff --git a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/Makefile.am b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/Makefile.am
index 297fd8aa4aa8214e5a0146ea70713e7439adf9fb..0946feff8362c0d6f6f1dfd3360a553c07afc8cc 100644
--- a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/PVSS/src
 
-check_PROGRAMS 		= tPVSSservice tPerformance tPVSSconnect tMonitorState
+check_PROGRAMS 		= tPVSSservice tPerformance tPVSSconnect tMonitorState tPVSSinfo
 
 TESTS				= tPVSSservice 
 
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ tPVSSconnect_SOURCES 		= $(BUILT_SOURCES) tPVSSconnect.cc
 tPVSSconnect_LDADD			=  ../src/libgcfpvss.la $(LOFAR_DEPEND)
 tPVSSconnect_DEPENDENCIES	= ../src/libgcfpvss.la $(LOFAR_DEPEND)
 
+tPVSSinfo_SOURCES 			= $(BUILT_SOURCES) tPVSSinfo.cc Response.cc
+tPVSSinfo_LDADD				=  ../src/libgcfpvss.la $(LOFAR_DEPEND)
+tPVSSinfo_DEPENDENCIES		= ../src/libgcfpvss.la $(LOFAR_DEPEND)
+
 tMonitorState_SOURCES 		= $(BUILT_SOURCES) tMonitorState.cc Response.cc
 tMonitorState_LDADD			=  ../src/libgcfpvss.la $(LOFAR_DEPEND)
 tMonitorState_DEPENDENCIES	= ../src/libgcfpvss.la $(LOFAR_DEPEND)
diff --git a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/tPVSSinfo.cc b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/tPVSSinfo.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..66d65d1164ce92430f42edbc8b013565cfcadadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/tPVSSinfo.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+//
+//  tPVSSinfo.cc: Test prog for manual testing queries
+//
+//  Copyright (C) 2008
+//  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
+//
+//  $Id$
+
+#include <lofar_config.h>
+#include <Common/LofarLogger.h>
+#include <Common/Exception.h>
+#include <GCF/PVSS/GCF_PVTypes.h>
+#include <GCF/PVSS/PVSSinfo.h>
+#include "tPVSSservice.h"
+#include "tPVSSinfo.h"
+#include "Response.h"
+
+namespace LOFAR {
+  namespace GCF {
+  using namespace TM;
+  namespace PVSS {
+
+
+tPVSSinfo::tPVSSinfo(const string& name) : 
+	GCFTask((State)&tPVSSinfo::initial, name), 
+	itsService(0),
+	itsResponse(0),
+	itsTimerPort(0)
+{
+	registerProtocol(F_FSM_PROTOCOL, F_FSM_PROTOCOL_STRINGS);
+	itsResponse  = new Response;
+	itsTimerPort = new GCFTimerPort(*this, "timerPort");
+}
+
+tPVSSinfo::~tPVSSinfo()
+{
+	if (itsService) {
+		delete itsService;
+	}
+	if (itsResponse) {
+		delete itsResponse;
+	}
+	if (itsTimerPort) {
+		delete itsTimerPort;
+	}
+}
+
+//
+// initial (event, port)
+//
+GCFEvent::TResult tPVSSinfo::initial(GCFEvent& e, GCFPortInterface& /*p*/)
+{
+	LOG_DEBUG_STR("initial:" << eventName(e));
+	GCFEvent::TResult status = GCFEvent::HANDLED;
+
+	switch (e.signal) {
+	case F_ENTRY:
+		break;
+
+	case F_INIT:  {
+		itsService = new PVSSservice(itsResponse);
+		PVSSresult		  result;
+
+		try {
+			cout << "getLocalSystemId  : " << (int)PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemId() << endl;
+			cout << "getLocalSystemName: " << PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemName() << endl;
+			cout << "getSystemName(Id) : " << PVSSinfo::getSystemName(PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemId()) << endl;
+			cout << "getSystemId(Name) : " << (int)PVSSinfo::getSysId(PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemName()) << endl;
+			cout << "getProjectName    : " << PVSSinfo::getProjectName() << endl;
+			cout << "getOwnManNum      : " << (int)PVSSinfo::getOwnManNum() << endl;
+		}
+		catch (Exception& except) {
+			cout << "One of the PVSS-calls went wrong" << endl;
+		}
+		GCFScheduler::instance()->stop();
+	}
+	break;
+
+	default:
+		status = GCFEvent::NOT_HANDLED;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+  } // namespace PVSS
+ } // namespace GCF
+} // namespace LOFAR
+
+
+using namespace LOFAR::GCF;
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+	TM::GCFScheduler::instance()->init(argc, argv);
+
+	PVSS::tPVSSinfo test_task("infoTest");  
+	test_task.start(); // make initial transition
+
+	TM::GCFScheduler::instance()->run();
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/tPVSSinfo.h b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/tPVSSinfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc16955ff861b3d08009c649c6c9b986b75a353f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MAC/GCF/PVSS/test/tPVSSinfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//  tPVSSinfo.h: Test prog for manual testing PVSS queries.
+//
+//  Copyright (C) 2008
+//  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
+//
+//  $Id$
+//
+
+#ifndef _TPVSSINFO_H
+#define _TPVSSINFO_H
+
+#include <GCF/TM/GCF_Control.h>
+#include <GCF/PVSS/PVSSservice.h>
+#include <GCF/PVSS/PVSSresponse.h>
+
+namespace LOFAR {
+ namespace GCF {
+  using TM::GCFTask;
+  using TM::GCFTimerPort;
+  namespace PVSS {
+/**
+ * The tPVSSinfo task receives ECHO_PING events from the Ping task and
+ * returns an ECHO_ECHO event for each ECHO_PING event received.
+ */
+class tPVSSinfo : public GCFTask
+{
+public:
+	tPVSSinfo (const string& name);
+	virtual ~tPVSSinfo();
+
+	GCFEvent::TResult initial  (GCFEvent& e, GCFPortInterface& p);
+
+private:
+	PVSSservice* 	itsService;;
+	PVSSresponse*	itsResponse;
+	GCFTimerPort*	itsTimerPort;
+};
+
+  } // namespace PVSS
+ } // namespace GCF
+} // namespace LOFAR
+
+#endif
diff --git a/MAC/GCF/RTDB/src/RTDB_PropertySet.cc b/MAC/GCF/RTDB/src/RTDB_PropertySet.cc
index 997771a4c44f6b92db24d940fdd168e83443a267..a64fd7bbdac1acb786f496c3ac54f2ffc723c6ca 100644
--- a/MAC/GCF/RTDB/src/RTDB_PropertySet.cc
+++ b/MAC/GCF/RTDB/src/RTDB_PropertySet.cc
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ string RTDBPropertySet::getFullScope () const
 void RTDBPropertySet::_createAllProperties()
 {
 	// Get ID of this PVSS database
-	int8 sysNr = PVSSinfo::getSysId(itsScope);
+	int sysNr = PVSSinfo::getSysId(itsScope);
 	if (sysNr == 0) {
 		sysNr = PVSSinfo::getLocalSystemId();
 	}