diff --git a/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp b/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp
index b9e957f..0c1267a 100644
--- a/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp
+++ b/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setDebugLevel(LOG_NOTICE);
     }
 
-
     //return 0;
 
 /*
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             qInfo() << "using customer repository" << psaRepoDir;
         }
 
-        std::unique_ptr<QString> c = internal::dcCandidateToInstall();
+        std::unique_ptr<QString> c = internal::dcCandidateToInstall("/etc/dc/");
         if (c) {
             fi.setFile(*c);
             if (fi.exists() == false) {
diff --git a/DownloadDCFirmware/update.cpp b/DownloadDCFirmware/update.cpp
index 7a0f4dc..52ac204 100644
--- a/DownloadDCFirmware/update.cpp
+++ b/DownloadDCFirmware/update.cpp
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ int Update::run() {
 
     qInfo() << "DC auto request OFF";
 
+    // dennis einzelne linie
+    qCritical() << "start dc-update for" << m_dcFileName << "at" << m_start.toString(Qt::ISODate);
+
+
     QByteArray ba = loadBinaryDCFile(m_dcFileName);
     if (ba.size() > 0) {
         m_totalBlocks = (((ba.size())%64)==0) ? (ba.size()/64) : (ba.size()/64)+1;
diff --git a/common/src/utils_internal.cpp b/common/src/utils_internal.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2615c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/utils_internal.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#include "utils_internal.h"
+
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QTextStream>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QCryptographicHash>
+#include <QFileInfoList>
+
+namespace internal {
+
+int read1stLineOfFile(QString fileName) {
+    QFile f(fileName);
+    if (f.exists()) {
+        if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+            QTextStream in(&f);
+            in.setCodec("UTF-8");
+            while(!in.atEnd()) {
+                return in.readLine().toInt();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+QString customerRepoRoot() {
+    return "/opt/app/tools/atbupdate/";
+}
+
+QString customerRepoDirName() {
+    int const customerNr = read1stLineOfFile("/mnt/system_data/cust_nr");
+    return (customerNr != -1) ? QString("customer_%1").arg(customerNr) : "";
+}
+
+QString customerRepoDir() {
+    QString const &n = customerRepoDirName();
+    QString const &r = customerRepoRoot();
+    return !n.isEmpty() ? QDir::cleanPath(r + QDir::separator() + n) : "";
+}
+
+QString customerRepoDcDir() {
+    QString const &r = customerRepoDir();
+    return QDir::cleanPath(r + QDir::separator() + "etc/dc/");
+}
+
+bool customerRepoExists() {
+    QString const repoDir{customerRepoDir()};
+    return !repoDir.isEmpty() ? QDir(repoDir).exists() : false;
+}
+
+QString repositoryUrl() {
+    return "gitea@ptu-config.atb-comm.de:ATB/";
+}
+
+QString branchName() {
+    int const zoneNr = read1stLineOfFile("/mnt/system_data/zone_nr");
+    if (zoneNr != -1) {
+        return QString("zg1/zone%1").arg(zoneNr);
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<QSettings> readSettings(QString const &optionalDirName) {
+    std::unique_ptr<QSettings> settings{std::make_unique<QSettings>()};
+
+    QString const fileName{settings->applicationName() + ".ini"};
+    QDir d;
+
+    if (!optionalDirName.isEmpty()) {
+        d = QDir{optionalDirName};
+        if (d.exists()) { // try to find ini-file under optionalDirname
+            QFileInfo fi{d, optionalDirName};
+            if (fi.exists()) {
+                settings.reset(new QSettings(fi.absoluteFilePath(), QSettings::IniFormat));
+                return settings;
+            } else {
+                qCritical() << fi.absoluteFilePath() << "not found."
+                            << "Try" << internal::DEFAULT_INI_DIR;
+            }
+        } else {
+            qCritical() << optionalDirName << "not found."
+                        << "Try" << internal::DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR;
+        }
+    }
+    d = internal::DEFAULT_INI_DIR;
+    if (d.exists()) { // try to find ini-file under /etc/tools/atbupdate
+        QFileInfo fi{d, fileName};
+        if (fi.exists()) {
+            settings.reset(new QSettings(fi.absoluteFilePath(), QSettings::IniFormat));
+            return settings;
+        } else {
+            qCritical() << fi.absoluteFilePath() << "not found."
+                        << "Try" << internal::DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR;
+        }
+    } else {
+        qCritical() << internal::DEFAULT_INI_DIR << "not found."
+                    << "Try" << internal::DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR;
+    }
+    d = QDir{internal::DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR};
+    if (d.exists()) { // try to find ini-file under /opt/app/tools/atbupdate
+        QFileInfo fi{d, fileName};
+        if (fi.exists()) {
+            settings.reset(new QSettings(fi.absoluteFilePath(), QSettings::IniFormat));
+            return settings;
+        } else {
+            qCritical() << fi.absoluteFilePath() << "not found.";
+        }
+    } else {
+        qCritical() << internal::DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR << "not found.";
+    }
+
+    return settings;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<QString> dcCandidateToInstall(QString const &dcDirectory) {
+    std::unique_ptr<QString> dcCandidate{nullptr};
+
+    qCritical() << __func__ << __LINE__ << dcDirectory;
+
+    QDir dcDir{dcDirectory.isEmpty() ? customerRepoDcDir() : dcDirectory};
+    if (dcDir.exists()) {
+
+        QFileInfoList fileInfoList =
+            dcDir.entryInfoList(QStringList("*.bin"),
+                                QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::NoSymLinks);
+
+        QFileInfo dc2cbin{dcDir.absoluteFilePath("dc2c.bin")};
+
+
+        if (dc2cbin.exists()) {
+
+            QCryptographicHash md5gen(QCryptographicHash::Md5);
+            QByteArray ba_dc2cbin{};
+            {
+                QFile f{dc2cbin.absoluteFilePath()};
+                if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+                    md5gen.addData(f.readAll());
+                    ba_dc2cbin = md5gen.result();
+                    md5gen.reset();
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (ba_dc2cbin.size() > 0) {
+                QFileInfoList::const_iterator it;
+                for (it = fileInfoList.cbegin(); it != fileInfoList.cend(); ++it) {
+                    if (it->absoluteFilePath() != dc2cbin.absoluteFilePath()) {
+                        QFile f{it->absoluteFilePath()};
+                        if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+                            md5gen.addData(f.readAll());
+                            if (ba_dc2cbin == md5gen.result()) {
+                                dcCandidate.reset(new QString(f.fileName()));
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            md5gen.reset();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return dcCandidate;
+}
+
+} // namespace internal