diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 5f6c4c2..28a804d 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="CargoProjects">
-    <cargoProject FILE="$PROJECT_DIR$/Cargo.toml" />
-  </component>
   <component name="JavaScriptSettings">
     <option name="languageLevel" value="ES6" />
   </component>
-  <component name="MacroExpansionManager">
-    <option name="directoryName" value="lbsqolEk" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="RustProjectSettings">
-    <option name="toolchainHomeDirectory" value="/usr/bin" />
-    <option name="version" value="2" />
-  </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f8af725..4174b8b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
 [[package]]
 name = "untitled"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/encoder.rs b/src/encoder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74c1ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/encoder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+use std::vec::Vec;
+use std::string::String;
+
+struct Sevensegment {
+    segments: Vec<bool>,
+}
+
+impl Sevensegment {
+    pub fn new() -> Sevensegment {
+        Sevensegment {
+            segments: [false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+        }
+    }
+
+//     --a--
+//    |     |
+//    f     b
+//    |     |
+//     --g--
+//    |     |
+//    e     c
+//    |     |
+//     --d--  h
+
+    pub fn encode(&mut self, val: char) {
+        self.segments = match val {
+            '0' => [true, true, true, true, true, true, false, false].to_vec(),
+            '1' => [false, true, true, false, false, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+            '2' => [true, true, false, true, true, false, true, false].to_vec(),
+            '3' => [true, true, true, true, false, false, true, false].to_vec(),
+            '4' => [false, true, true, false, false, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            '5' => [true, false, true, true, false, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            '6' => [true, false, true, true, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            '7' => [true, true, true, false, false, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+            '8' => [true, true, true, true, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            '9' => [true, true, true, true, false, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'a'|'A' => [true, true, true, false, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'b'|'B' => [false, false, true, true, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'c'|'C' => [true, false, false, true, true, true, false, false].to_vec(),
+            'd'|'D' => [false, true, true, true, true, false, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'e'|'E' => [true, false, false, true, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'f'|'F' => [true, false, false, false, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'h'|'H' => [false, true, true, false, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'i'|'I' => [false, false, true, false, false, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+            'j'|'J' => [false, true, true, true, false, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+            'l'|'L' => [false, false, false, true, true, true, false, false].to_vec(),
+            'n'|'N' => [false, false, true, false, true, false, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'o'|'O' => [false, false, true, true, true, false, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'p'|'P' => [true, true, false, false, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            't'|'T' => [false, false, false, true, true, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            'u'|'U' => [false, false, true, true, true, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+            'y'|'Y' => [false, true, true, true, false, true, true, false].to_vec(),
+            _ => [false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false].to_vec(),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_segment(&mut self, index: usize, val: bool) {
+        if index < self.segments.len() {
+            self.segments[index] = val;
+        } else {
+            panic!("index out of bounds!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_segment(&self, index: usize) -> bool {
+        if index < self.segments.len() {
+            self.segments[index]
+        } else {
+            panic!("index out of bounds!")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Encodestate {
+    current: Sevensegment,
+    next: Sevensegment,
+}
+
+impl Encodestate {
+    pub fn new() -> Encodestate {
+        Encodestate {
+            current: Sevensegment::new(),
+            next: Sevensegment::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn encode_next_char(&mut self, c: char) -> Vec<String> {
+        let mut instructions:Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+        self.next.encode(c);
+        for i in 0 .. 8 {
+            if self.current.get_segment(i) != self.next.get_segment(i) {
+                let mut text = String::new();
+                text.push_str("setsegment ");
+                text.push(std::char::from_u32(('0' as u32) + i as u32).unwrap());
+                text.push(' ');
+                text.push_str(match self.next.get_segment(i) {
+                    true => "on",
+                    false => "off",
+                });
+                self.current.set_segment(i, self.next.get_segment(i));
+                instructions.push(text);
+            }
+        }
+        instructions
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 38d98ab..a5a890f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,36 +1,73 @@
-use std::net::{TcpStream, TcpListener,SocketAddr};
+use std::net::{TcpStream};
 use std::io::prelude::*;
-use std::io;
+use std::io::{BufReader};
 use std::time::{Duration};
 use std::thread;
 
+mod encoder;
+
+use encoder::Encodestate;
+
+pub static DEBUG: bool = false;
+
 fn main() {
     let address = "192.168.1.77:8000";
-    let mut text = String::new();
-    let mut stream: TcpStream = TcpStream::connect(address).expect("connection failed");
+    let stream: TcpStream = TcpStream::connect(address).expect("connection failed");
     let mut outstream = stream.try_clone().unwrap();
     let mut reader = BufReader::new(stream);
+    let mut instructions;
+    let input = String::from("0123456789aBcDeFhijlnOpTuY");
+
+    let mut state = Encodestate::new();
+
+    let mut headline = String::new();
+    reader.read_line(&mut headline).expect("Reading line failed");
+    println!("{}", headline);
+
+    for c in input.chars() {
+        instructions = state.encode_next_char(c);
+        for inst in instructions {
+            let mut response = String::new();
+            if DEBUG {
+                print!("{} ",inst);
+            }
+            writeln!(outstream, "{}", inst).expect("write failed");
+            reader.read_line(&mut response).expect("Reading line failed");
+            if DEBUG {
+                println!("{} ",response);
+            }
+            if !response.trim_end().contains("OK") {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        let mut response = String::new();
+        let inst = String::from("display");
+        if DEBUG {
+            print!("{} ",inst);
+        }
+        writeln!(outstream, "{}", inst).expect("write failed");
+        reader.read_line(&mut response).expect("Reading line failed");
+        if DEBUG {
+            println!("{}", response);
+        }
+        if !response.trim_end().contains("OK") {
+            return;
+        }
+        //thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
+    }
+    let mut response = String::new();
+    let inst = String::from("exit");
+    if DEBUG {
+        print!("{} ",inst);
+    }
+    writeln!(outstream, "{}", inst).expect("write failed");
+    reader.read_line(&mut response).expect("Reading line failed");
+    if DEBUG {
+        println!("{}", response);
+    }
+
+    if !response.trim_end().contains("OK") {
+        return;
+    }
 
-    write!(outstream,"setsegment 3 on\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
-    write!(outstream,"setsegment 4 on\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
-    write!(outstream,"setsegment 5 on\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
-    write!(outstream,"display\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
-    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000));
-    write!(outstream,"setsegment 0 on\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
-    write!(outstream,"setsegment 6 on\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
-    write!(outstream,"display\n").expect("write failed");
-    stream.read_to_string(&mut text).expect("read failed");
-    println!("received: '{}'", text.trim_end());
 }