diff --git a/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/ComPortController.cs b/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/ComPortController.cs
index 7fca05c9..4bccd704 100644
--- a/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/ComPortController.cs	
+++ b/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/ComPortController.cs	
@@ -105,11 +105,18 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
         /// <param name="s"></param>
         public void SimulateReceive(string s)
         {
-            var split = Regex.Split(s, @"(\\{Xx}{0-9a-fA-F}{0-9a-fA-F})");
-            Debug.Console(2, this, "Tokens: {0}", string.Join("--", split));
-                
+            // split out hex chars and build string
+            var split = Regex.Split(s, @"(\\[Xx][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F])");
+            StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+            foreach (var t in split)
+            {
+                if (t.StartsWith(@"\") && t.Length == 4)
+                    b.Append((char)(Convert.ToByte(t.Substring(2, 2), 16)));
+                else
+                    b.Append(t);
+            }
 
-            //OnDataReceived(s);
+            OnDataReceived(b.ToString());
         }
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/DeviceManager.cs b/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/DeviceManager.cs
index aecce485..ca81a982 100644
--- a/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/DeviceManager.cs	
+++ b/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/DeviceManager.cs	
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 			{
 				CrestronConsole.ConsoleCommandResponse(DeviceJsonApi.GetApiMethods(s));
 			}, "apimethods", "", ConsoleAccessLevelEnum.AccessOperator);
+            CrestronConsole.AddNewConsoleCommand(SimulateComReceiveOnDevice, "devsimreceive",
+                "Simulates incoming data on a com device", ConsoleAccessLevelEnum.AccessOperator);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -206,5 +208,29 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 
 			return null;
 		}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Console handler that simulates com port data receive 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="s"></param>
+        public static void SimulateComReceiveOnDevice(string s)
+        {
+            // devcomsim:1 xyzabc
+            var match = Regex.Match(s, @"(\S*)\s*(.*)");
+            if (match.Groups.Count < 3)
+            {
+                CrestronConsole.ConsoleCommandResponse("  Format: devsimreceive:P <device key> <string to send>");
+                return;
+            }
+            //Debug.Console(2, "**** {0} - {1} ****", match.Groups[1].Value, match.Groups[2].Value);
+
+            ComPortController com = GetDeviceForKey(match.Groups[1].Value) as ComPortController;
+            if (com == null)
+            {
+                CrestronConsole.ConsoleCommandResponse("'{0}' is not a comm port device", match.Groups[1].Value);
+                return;
+            }
+            com.SimulateReceive(match.Groups[2].Value);
+        }
 	}
 }
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