diff --git a/PepperDashEssentials/ControlSystem.cs b/PepperDashEssentials/ControlSystem.cs
index db10c959..04f60378 100644
--- a/PepperDashEssentials/ControlSystem.cs
+++ b/PepperDashEssentials/ControlSystem.cs
@@ -81,10 +81,22 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials
                         "Template URL: {1}", ConfigReader.ConfigObject.SystemUrl, ConfigReader.ConfigObject.TemplateUrl);
                 }, "portalinfo", "Shows portal URLS from configuration", ConsoleAccessLevelEnum.AccessOperator);
 
+            LoadDeviceTypesFromFactories();
+
             if (!Debug.DoNotLoadOnNextBoot)
                 GoWithLoad();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instantiates each of the device factories to load thier device types
+        /// </summary>
+        void LoadDeviceTypesFromFactories()
+        {
+            // Instantiate the Device Factories
+            new CoreDeviceFactory();
+            new DmDeviceFactory();
+        }
+
 
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -291,9 +303,6 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials
         /// </summary>
         public void LoadDevices()
         {
-            // Instantiate the Device Factories
-            new CoreDeviceFactory();
-
 
             // Build the processor wrapper class
             DeviceManager.AddDevice(new PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Devices.CrestronProcessor("processor"));
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 0b33e619..41438832 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	
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
     /// <summary>
     /// Serves as a generic wrapper class for all styles of IBasicCommuncation ports
     /// </summary>
+    [Description("Generic communication wrapper class for any IBasicCommunication type")]
     public class GenericComm : ReconfigurableBridgableDevice
     {
         EssentialsControlPropertiesConfig PropertiesConfig;
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/C2nRts/C2nRthsController.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/C2nRts/C2nRthsController.cs
index c764a5f7..214c5ecf 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/C2nRts/C2nRthsController.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/C2nRts/C2nRthsController.cs	
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.CrestronIO
 {
+    [Description("Wrapper class for the C2N-RTHS sensor")]
     public class C2nRthsController : CrestronGenericBridgeableBaseDevice
     {
         private readonly C2nRths _device;
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/Inputs/CenIoDigIn104Controller.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/Inputs/CenIoDigIn104Controller.cs
index 1ac8d0e3..8510dd9d 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/Inputs/CenIoDigIn104Controller.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/Inputs/CenIoDigIn104Controller.cs	
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
     /// <summary>
     /// Wrapper class for CEN-IO-DIGIN-104 digital input module
     /// </summary>
+    [Description("Wrapper class for the CEN-IO-DIGIN-104 diginal input module")]
     public class CenIoDigIn104Controller : EssentialsDevice, IDigitalInputPorts
     {
         public CenIoDi104 Di104 { get; private set; }
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/StatusSign/StatusSignController.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/StatusSign/StatusSignController.cs
index efdf9b7d..10a18372 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/StatusSign/StatusSignController.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Crestron IO/StatusSign/StatusSignController.cs	
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.CrestronIO
 {
+    [Description("Wrapper class for the Crestron StatusSign device")]
     public class StatusSignController : CrestronGenericBridgeableBaseDevice
     {
         private readonly StatusSign _device;
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/EssentialsDevice.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/EssentialsDevice.cs
index 4e144ff0..410c7a48 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/EssentialsDevice.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Devices/EssentialsDevice.cs	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp;
+using Crestron.SimplSharp.Reflection;
 
 using PepperDash.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
     /// <summary>
     /// Defines the basic needs for an EssentialsDevice to enable it to be build by an IDeviceFactory class
     /// </summary>
+    [Description("The base Essentials Device Class")]
     public abstract class EssentialsDevice : Device
     {
         protected EssentialsDevice(string key)
@@ -27,6 +29,40 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
         }
     }
 
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple = true)]
+    public class DescriptionAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        private string _Description;
+
+        public DescriptionAttribute(string description)
+        {
+            Debug.Console(2, "Setting Description: {0}", description);
+            _Description = description;
+        }
+
+        public string Description
+        {
+            get { return _Description; }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = true, AllowMultiple = true)]
+    public class ConfigSnippetAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        private string _ConfigSnippet;
+
+        public ConfigSnippetAttribute(string configSnippet)
+        {
+            Debug.Console(2, "Setting Description {0}", configSnippet);
+            _ConfigSnippet = configSnippet;
+        }
+
+        public string ConfigSnippet
+        {
+            get { return _ConfigSnippet; }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Devices the basic needs for a Device Factory
     /// </summary>
@@ -46,7 +82,10 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
         {
             foreach (var typeName in TypeNames)
             {
-                DeviceFactory.AddFactoryForType(typeName.ToLower(), BuildDevice);
+                Debug.Console(2, "Getting Description Attribute from class: '{0}'", typeof(T).FullName);
+                var attributes = typeof(T).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), true) as DescriptionAttribute[];
+                string description = attributes[0].Description;
+                DeviceFactory.AddFactoryForType(typeName.ToLower(), description, typeof(T), BuildDevice);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs
index c4698736..15188965 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs	
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp;
 using Crestron.SimplSharpPro;
 using Crestron.SimplSharpPro.GeneralIO;
+using Crestron.SimplSharp.Reflection;
 using PepperDash.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
@@ -13,26 +14,53 @@ using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Touchpanels;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 {
+    public class DeviceFactoryWrapper
+    {
+        public CType CType { get; set; }
+        public string Description { get; set; }
+        public Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed> FactoryMethod { get; set; }
+
+        public DeviceFactoryWrapper()
+        {
+            CType = null;
+            Description = "Not Available";
+        }
+    }
+
     public class DeviceFactory
     {
 		/// <summary>
 		/// A dictionary of factory methods, keyed by config types, added by plugins.
 		/// These methods are looked up and called by GetDevice in this class.
 		/// </summary>
-		static Dictionary<string, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed>> FactoryMethods =
-			new Dictionary<string, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+		static Dictionary<string, DeviceFactoryWrapper> FactoryMethods =
+            new Dictionary<string, DeviceFactoryWrapper>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Adds a plugin factory method
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="dc"></param>
 		/// <returns></returns>
-		public static void AddFactoryForType(string type, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed> method) 
+		public static void AddFactoryForType(string typeName, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed> method) 
 		{
-			Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Adding factory method for type '{0}'", type);
-			DeviceFactory.FactoryMethods.Add(type, method);
+			Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Adding factory method for type '{0}'", typeName);
+            DeviceFactory.FactoryMethods.Add(typeName, new DeviceFactoryWrapper() { FactoryMethod = method});
 		}
 
+        public static void AddFactoryForType(string typeName, string description, CType cType, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed> method)
+        {
+            Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Adding factory method for type '{0}'", typeName);
+
+            if(FactoryMethods.ContainsKey(typeName))
+            {
+                Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Error, "Unable to add type: '{0}'.  Already exists in DeviceFactory", typeName);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var wrapper = new DeviceFactoryWrapper() { CType = cType, Description = description, FactoryMethod = method };
+            DeviceFactory.FactoryMethods.Add(typeName, wrapper);
+        }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The factory method for Core "things". Also iterates the Factory methods that have
 		/// been loaded from plugins
@@ -52,34 +80,45 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
             if (FactoryMethods.ContainsKey(typeName))
             {
                 Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Loading '{0}' from plugin", dc.Type);
-                return FactoryMethods[typeName](dc);
+                return FactoryMethods[typeName].FactoryMethod(dc);
             }
 
             return null;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Prints the type names fromt the FactoryMethods collection.
+        /// Prints the type names and associated metadata from the FactoryMethods collection.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="command"></param>
         public static void GetDeviceFactoryTypes(string filter)
         {
-            List<string> typeNames = new List<string>();
+            Dictionary<string, DeviceFactoryWrapper> types = new Dictionary<string, DeviceFactoryWrapper>();
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(filter))
             {
-                typeNames = FactoryMethods.Keys.Where(k => k.Contains(filter)).ToList();
+                types = FactoryMethods.Where(k => k.Key.Contains(filter)).ToDictionary(k => k.Key, k => k.Value);
             }
             else
             {
-                typeNames = FactoryMethods.Keys.ToList();
+                types = FactoryMethods;
             }
 
             Debug.Console(0, "Device Types:");
 
-            foreach (var type in typeNames)
+            foreach (var type in types)
             {
-                Debug.Console(0, "type: '{0}'", type);
+                var description = type.Value.Description;
+                var cType = "Not Specified by Plugin";
+
+                if(type.Value.CType != null)
+                {
+                    cType = type.Value.CType.FullName;
+                }
+
+                Debug.Console(0, 
+                    @"Type: '{0}' 
+                    CType: '{1}' 
+                    Description: {2}", type.Key, cType, description);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -91,6 +130,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
     {
         public CoreDeviceFactory()
         {
+            Debug.Console(1, "Essentials.Core Factory Adding Types...");
+
             var genCommFactory = new GenericCommFactory() as IDeviceFactory;
             genCommFactory.LoadTypeFactories();
 
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/IDeviceFactory.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/IDeviceFactory.cs
index ef792868..91e073f2 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/IDeviceFactory.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/IDeviceFactory.cs	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp;
+using Crestron.SimplSharp.Reflection;
 
 using PepperDash.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
     public interface IDeviceFactory
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Will be called when the plugin is loaded by Essentials.  Must add any new types to the DeviceFactory using DeviceFactory.AddFactoryForType() for each new type
+        /// Loads all the types to the DeviceFactory
         /// </summary>
         void LoadTypeFactories();
     }
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Chassis/DmChassisController.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Chassis/DmChassisController.cs
index 8fa8696f..bc39e51a 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Chassis/DmChassisController.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Chassis/DmChassisController.cs	
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.DM
     /// Builds a controller for basic DM-RMCs with Com and IR ports and no control functions
     /// 
     /// </summary>
+    [Description("Wrapper class for all DM-MD chassis variants from 8x8 to 128x128")]
     public class DmChassisController : CrestronGenericBridgeableBaseDevice, IDmSwitch, IRoutingInputsOutputs, IRouting, IHasFeedback
     {
         public DMChassisPropertiesConfig PropertiesConfig { get; set; }
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Config/DeviceFactory.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Config/DeviceFactory.cs
index 3dcfb6b6..6e10ae61 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Config/DeviceFactory.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Config/DeviceFactory.cs	
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.DM
 	{
         public DmDeviceFactory()
         {
+            Debug.Console(1, "Essentials.DM Factory Adding Types...");
+
             var dmChassisFactory = new DmChassisControllerFactory() as IDeviceFactory;
             dmChassisFactory.LoadTypeFactories();
 
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/DmLite/HdMdxxxCEController.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/DmLite/HdMdxxxCEController.cs
index 63929938..000202dc 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/DmLite/HdMdxxxCEController.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/DmLite/HdMdxxxCEController.cs	
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.DM
     /// <summary>
     /// Represent both a transmitter and receiver pair of the HD-MD-400-C-E / HD-MD-300-C-E / HD-MD-200-C-E kits
     /// </summary>
+    [Description("Wrapper class for all HD-MD variants")]
     public class HdMdxxxCEController : CrestronGenericBridgeableBaseDevice, IRouting//, IComPorts
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Receivers/DmRmcHelper.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Receivers/DmRmcHelper.cs
index 08708d97..f36b513e 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Receivers/DmRmcHelper.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Receivers/DmRmcHelper.cs	
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.DM
 {
+    [Description("Wrapper class for all DM-RMC variants")]
 	public abstract class DmRmcControllerBase : CrestronGenericBridgeableBaseDevice
 	{
         public virtual StringFeedback VideoOutputResolutionFeedback { get; protected set; }
diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Transmitters/DmTxHelpers.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Transmitters/DmTxHelpers.cs
index b741dfe5..f5d59354 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Transmitters/DmTxHelpers.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials DM/Essentials_DM/Endpoints/Transmitters/DmTxHelpers.cs	
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.DM
 	/// <summary>
 	/// 
 	/// </summary>
+    [Description("Wrapper class for all DM-TX variants")]
 	public abstract class DmTxControllerBase : CrestronGenericBridgeableBaseDevice
 	{
         public virtual void SetPortHdcpCapability(eHdcpCapabilityType hdcpMode, uint port) { }