diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Bridges/JoinMaps/IBasicCommunicationJoinMap.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Bridges/JoinMaps/IBasicCommunicationJoinMap.cs
index 3669738e..d9b361b4 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Bridges/JoinMaps/IBasicCommunicationJoinMap.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Bridges/JoinMaps/IBasicCommunicationJoinMap.cs	
@@ -6,62 +6,37 @@ using Crestron.SimplSharp;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Bridges
-{
-    public class IBasicCommunicationJoinMap : JoinMapBase
-    {
-        #region Digitals
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Set High to connect, Low to disconnect
-        /// </summary>
-        public uint Connect { get; set; }
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Reports Connected State (High = Connected)
-        /// </summary>
-        public uint Connected { get; set; }
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Analogs
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Reports the connections status value
-        /// </summary>
-        public uint Status { get; set; }
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Serials
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Data back from port
-        /// </summary>
-        public uint TextReceived { get; set; }
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sends data to the port
-        /// </summary>
-        public uint SendText { get; set; }
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Takes a JSON serialized string that sets a COM port's parameters
-        /// </summary>
-        public uint SetPortConfig { get; set; }
-        #endregion
-
-        public IBasicCommunicationJoinMap()
-        {
-            TextReceived = 1;
-            SendText = 1;
-            SetPortConfig = 2;
-            Connect = 1;
-            Connected = 1;
-            Status = 1;
-        }
-
-        public override void OffsetJoinNumbers(uint joinStart)
-        {
-            var joinOffset = joinStart - 1;
-
-            TextReceived = TextReceived + joinOffset;
-            SendText = SendText + joinOffset;
-            SetPortConfig = SetPortConfig + joinOffset;
-            Connect = Connect + joinOffset;
-            Connected = Connected + joinOffset;
-            Status = Status + joinOffset;
-        }
+{
+    public class IBasicCommunicationJoinMap : JoinMapBaseAdvanced
+    {
+        [JoinName("TextReceived")]
+        public JoinDataComplete TextReceived = new JoinDataComplete(new JoinData() { JoinNumber = 1, JoinSpan = 1 },
+            new JoinMetadata() { Label = "Text Received From Remote Device", JoinCapabilities = eJoinCapabilities.ToSIMPL, JoinType = eJoinType.Serial });
+
+        [JoinName("SendText")]
+        public JoinDataComplete SendText = new JoinDataComplete(new JoinData() { JoinNumber = 1, JoinSpan = 1 },
+            new JoinMetadata() { Label = "Text Sent To Remote Device", JoinCapabilities = eJoinCapabilities.FromSIMPL, JoinType = eJoinType.Serial });
+
+        [JoinName("SetPortConfig")]
+        public JoinDataComplete SetPortConfig = new JoinDataComplete(new JoinData() { JoinNumber = 2, JoinSpan = 1 },
+            new JoinMetadata() { Label = "Set Port Config", JoinCapabilities = eJoinCapabilities.FromSIMPL, JoinType = eJoinType.Serial });
+
+        [JoinName("Connect")]
+        public JoinDataComplete Connect = new JoinDataComplete(new JoinData() { JoinNumber = 1, JoinSpan = 1 },
+            new JoinMetadata() { Label = "Connect", JoinCapabilities = eJoinCapabilities.FromSIMPL, JoinType = eJoinType.Digital });
+
+        [JoinName("Connected")]
+        public JoinDataComplete Connected = new JoinDataComplete(new JoinData() { JoinNumber = 1, JoinSpan = 1 },
+            new JoinMetadata() { Label = "Connected", JoinCapabilities = eJoinCapabilities.ToSIMPL, JoinType = eJoinType.Digital });
+
+        [JoinName("Status")]
+        public JoinDataComplete Status = new JoinDataComplete(new JoinData() { JoinNumber = 1, JoinSpan = 1 },
+            new JoinMetadata() { Label = "Status", JoinCapabilities = eJoinCapabilities.ToSIMPL, JoinType = eJoinType.Analog });
+
+
+        public IBasicCommunicationJoinMap(uint joinStart)
+            : base(joinStart, typeof(IBasicCommunicationJoinMap))
+        {
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Comm and IR/GenericComm.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Comm and IR/GenericComm.cs
index 41438832..b1dd55ee 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Comm and IR/GenericComm.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Comm and IR/GenericComm.cs	
@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
         }
 
         public override void LinkToApi(BasicTriList trilist, uint joinStart, string joinMapKey, EiscApiAdvanced bridge)
-        {
-            var joinMap = new IBasicCommunicationJoinMap();
+        {
+            var joinMap = new IBasicCommunicationJoinMap(joinStart);
 
             var joinMapSerialized = JoinMapHelper.GetSerializedJoinMapForDevice(joinMapKey);
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(joinMapSerialized))
                 joinMap = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IBasicCommunicationJoinMap>(joinMapSerialized);
-            joinMap.OffsetJoinNumbers(joinStart);
 
             if (CommPort == null)
             {
@@ -80,22 +79,22 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
             CommPort.TextReceived += (s, a) =>
             {
                 Debug.Console(2, this, "RX: {0}", a.Text);
-                trilist.SetString(joinMap.TextReceived, a.Text);
-            };
-            trilist.SetStringSigAction(joinMap.SendText, s => CommPort.SendText(s));
-            trilist.SetStringSigAction(joinMap.SetPortConfig, SetPortConfig);
+                trilist.SetString(joinMap.TextReceived.JoinNumber, a.Text);
+            };
+            trilist.SetStringSigAction(joinMap.SendText.JoinNumber, s => CommPort.SendText(s));
+            trilist.SetStringSigAction(joinMap.SetPortConfig.JoinNumber, SetPortConfig);
 
 
             var sComm = this as ISocketStatus;
             if (sComm == null) return;
             sComm.ConnectionChange += (s, a) =>
-            {
-                trilist.SetUshort(joinMap.Status, (ushort)(a.Client.ClientStatus));
-                trilist.SetBool(joinMap.Connected, a.Client.ClientStatus ==
+            {
+                trilist.SetUshort(joinMap.Status.JoinNumber, (ushort)(a.Client.ClientStatus));
+                trilist.SetBool(joinMap.Connected.JoinNumber, a.Client.ClientStatus ==
                                                    SocketStatus.SOCKET_STATUS_CONNECTED);
-            };
-
-            trilist.SetBoolSigAction(joinMap.Connect, b =>
+            };
+
+            trilist.SetBoolSigAction(joinMap.Connect.JoinNumber, b =>
             {
                 if (b)
                 {