diff --git a/news_to_ismas b/news_to_ismas
index 1789b49..77da69e 100755
--- a/news_to_ismas
+++ b/news_to_ismas
@@ -60,6 +60,40 @@ if [ ${news_to_ismas_sourced:-1} = "1" ]; then    # include only once
         log_debug "$func:${LINENO}: data=$data"
         echo $((echo "$data"; sleep 1) | nc localhost $APISM_DB_PORT)
     }
+
+    current_settings_to_ismas () {
+        local func="${FUNCNAME[0]}"
+        local p=("$@")
+        local data="#M=APISM#C=CMD_SENDVERSION#J=
+        {
+            \"TARIFF\": {
+                \"VERSION\" : \"\",
+                \"PROJECT\" : \"\",
+                \"ZONE\" : 0,
+                \"INFO\" : \"\"
+            },
+            \"HARDWARE\" : {
+                \"DEVICES\" : [
+                    \"PTU5\", \"DC\", \"PRINTER\", \"BNA\"
+                ]
+            },
+            \"OS\" : {
+                \"$(uname)\": \"$(uname -a)\"
+            },
+            \"CONFIG\" : {
+                \"PTU5\" : {
+                },
+                \"DC\" : {
+                },
+                \"PRINTER\" : {
+                },
+                \"BNA\" : {
+                }
+            }
+        }"
+        log_debug "$func:${LINENO}: data=$data"
+        echo $((echo "$data"; sleep 1) | nc localhost $APISM_DB_PORT)
+    }
  
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