diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/ReconfigurableDevice.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/ReconfigurableDevice.cs
index 7b4f1c99..60c8db0c 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/ReconfigurableDevice.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/ReconfigurableDevice.cs	
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using Crestron.SimplSharpPro.DeviceSupport;
 using PepperDash.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Bridges;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Devices
 {
@@ -52,6 +54,12 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Devices
                 Name = config.Name;
         }
 
+		protected virtual void WriteControlProperty(JToken controlObject)
+		{
+			Config.Properties["control"] = JToken.FromObject(controlObject);
+			CustomSetConfig(Config);
+		}
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used by the extending class to allow for any custom actions to be taken (tell the ConfigWriter to write config, etc)
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Devices Common/Essentials Devices Common/Cameras/CameraBase.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Devices Common/Essentials Devices Common/Cameras/CameraBase.cs
index 8b42cd82..edfd34cb 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Devices Common/Essentials Devices Common/Cameras/CameraBase.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Devices Common/Essentials Devices Common/Cameras/CameraBase.cs	
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ using Crestron.SimplSharp.Reflection;
 using Crestron.SimplSharpPro.DeviceSupport;
 using PepperDash.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
+using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Devices;
+using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Bridges;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Presets;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Devices.Common.Codec;
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Devices.Common.Cameras
         Focus = 8
     }
 
-    public abstract class CameraBase : EssentialsDevice, IRoutingOutputs
+    public abstract class CameraBase : ReconfigurableDevice, IRoutingOutputs
 	{
         public eCameraControlMode ControlMode { get; protected set; }
 
@@ -70,12 +72,20 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Devices.Common.Cameras
         // A bitmasked value to indicate the movement capabilites of this camera
         protected eCameraCapabilities Capabilities { get; set; }
 
-        protected CameraBase(string key, string name) :
-			base(key, name) 
-        {
-            OutputPorts = new RoutingPortCollection<RoutingOutputPort>();
+		protected CameraBase(DeviceConfig config) : base(config)
+		{
+			OutputPorts = new RoutingPortCollection<RoutingOutputPort>();
 
-            ControlMode = eCameraControlMode.Manual;
+			ControlMode = eCameraControlMode.Manual;
+
+		}
+
+        protected CameraBase(string key, string name) : 
+			base (new DeviceConfig{Name = name, Key = key})
+        {
+			OutputPorts = new RoutingPortCollection<RoutingOutputPort>();
+
+			ControlMode = eCameraControlMode.Manual;
         }
 
         protected void LinkCameraToApi(CameraBase cameraDevice, BasicTriList trilist, uint joinStart, string joinMapKey,