Index: tools/SendToDim/Makefile
===================================================================
--- tools/SendToDim/Makefile	(revision 223)
+++ tools/SendToDim/Makefile	(revision 223)
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CC=g++
+
+CPPFLAGS += -I$(DIMDIR)/dim/
+LDLIBS += -lpthread $(DIMDIR)/linux/libdim.a
+
+all: SendRPC SendCMD
+
+SendRPC: SendRPC.o
+
+SendCMD: SendCMD.o
+
+clean:
+	@rm -f SendRPC SendRPC.o
+	@rm -f SendCMD SendCMD.o
Index: tools/SendToDim/SendCMD.cc
===================================================================
--- tools/SendToDim/SendCMD.cc	(revision 223)
+++ tools/SendToDim/SendCMD.cc	(revision 223)
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//
+// Command-line utility to send a DIM command
+//
+//
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include "dic.hxx"
+
+// Get configuration data
+int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
+
+  struct timeval Start, End;
+
+  if (argc != 3) {
+    printf("Usage: %s <Command Name> <ASCII Data>\n", argv[0]);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  // Send command
+  gettimeofday(&Start, NULL);
+  int Result = DimClient::sendCommand(argv[1], argv[2]);
+  gettimeofday(&End, NULL);
+
+  // Calculate time to completion
+  double Diff = (End.tv_sec-Start.tv_sec)*1e6 + End.tv_usec-Start.tv_usec;
+
+  printf("Command %s, execution time %.2f ms\n",
+  	Result==1 ? "delivered" : "not delivered", Diff/1000);
+}
Index: tools/SendToDim/SendRPC.cc
===================================================================
--- tools/SendToDim/SendRPC.cc	(revision 223)
+++ tools/SendToDim/SendRPC.cc	(revision 223)
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//
+// Command-line utility to send a DIM RPC and print the result
+//
+//
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include "dic.hxx"
+
+#define NO_LINK (char *) "__&DIM&NOLINK&__" // Data if no link available
+
+// Get configuration data
+int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
+
+  struct timeval Start, End;
+
+  if (argc != 3) {
+    printf("Usage: %s <RPC Name> <ASCII Data>\n", argv[0]);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  gettimeofday(&Start, NULL);
+
+  // Make RPC
+  DimRpcInfo RPC(argv[1], NO_LINK);
+  RPC.setData((char *) argv[2]);
+
+  // Check for connection to server
+  if ((RPC.getSize() == strlen(NO_LINK)+1) &&  
+	  (memcmp(RPC.getData(), NO_LINK, RPC.getSize()) == 0)){
+	printf("No link to server\n");
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  
+  }
+
+  // Calculate time to completion
+  gettimeofday(&End, NULL);
+  double Diff = (End.tv_sec-Start.tv_sec)*1e6 + End.tv_usec-Start.tv_usec;
+  printf("Time to completion %.2f ms\nASCII\n'", Diff/1000);
+
+  unsigned char *Result = (unsigned char *) RPC.getString();
+
+  // Print result as text
+  for (int i=0; i<RPC.getSize(); i++) {
+	if (isprint(Result[i])) printf("%c", Result[i]);
+	else printf(".");  
+  }
+  printf("'\nHex:\n");
+  
+  // Print result in hex 
+  for (int i=0; i<RPC.getSize(); i++) {
+	printf("%.2x ", Result[i]);
+	if (i%4 == 3) printf(" ");
+	if (i%16 == 15) printf("\n");
+  }
+  printf("\n");
+}