diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Core/Comm/GenericSshClient.cs b/src/PepperDash.Core/Comm/GenericSshClient.cs
index 9d7fe001..1ab382fd 100644
--- a/src/PepperDash.Core/Comm/GenericSshClient.cs
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Core/Comm/GenericSshClient.cs
@@ -306,6 +306,27 @@ public class GenericSshClient : Device, ISocketStatusWithStreamDebugging, IAutoR
                         ReconnectTimer.Start();
                     }
                 }
+                catch (System.Net.Sockets.SocketException e)
+                {
+                    // SSH.NET only wraps socket failures in SshConnectionException once the SSH
+                    // protocol handshake begins - a failure before that (e.g. DNS resolution failure,
+                    // "Name or service not known", or connection refused) surfaces as a raw
+                    // SocketException here instead. This is an expected/routine "device offline"
+                    // condition (same as the SshConnectionException case above), so log it at Warning
+                    // instead of falling through to the generic handler's LogException/Error-level
+                    // stack trace dump.
+                    this.LogWarning("Connection failure: Cannot reach {host} on {port} ({message})", Hostname, Port, e.Message);
+
+                    DisconnectLogged = true;
+                    KillClient(SocketStatus.SOCKET_STATUS_CONNECT_FAILED);
+                    if (AutoReconnect)
+                    {
+                        this.LogDebug("Checking autoreconnect: {0}, {1}ms", AutoReconnect, AutoReconnectIntervalMs);
+                        ReconnectTimer.Stop();
+                        ReconnectTimer.Interval = AutoReconnectIntervalMs;
+                        ReconnectTimer.Start();
+                    }
+                }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     this.LogException(e, "Unhandled exception on connect");
diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Devices/IDspPresetsDirectRecall.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Devices/IDspPresetsDirectRecall.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e8c0b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.Core/Devices/IDspPresetsDirectRecall.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using PepperDash.Core;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
+
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines the contract for IDspPresetsDirectRecall
+/// </summary>
+public interface IDspPresetsDirectRecall : IKeyed
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Recalls the preset by name
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="name"></param>
+    void RunPreset(string name);
+}
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