diff --git a/update.cpp b/update.cpp
index a163e97..7cf8527 100644
--- a/update.cpp
+++ b/update.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,14 @@ hwinf *Update::loadDCPlugin(QDir const &plugInDir, QString const &fname) {
 
 Update::Update(hwinf *hw,
                QString update_ctrl_file,
+               QString repositoryPath,
+               QString customerId,
+               QString branchName,
                QString workingDir,
                bool maintenanceMode,
                bool testMode,
+               bool executeScriptOnly,
+               bool dryRun,
                QObject *parent,
                char const *serialInterface,
                char const *baudrate)
@@ -93,11 +98,19 @@ Update::Update(hwinf *hw,
     , m_baudrate(baudrate)
     , m_update_ctrl_file(update_ctrl_file)
     , m_update_ctrl_file_copy(update_ctrl_file + ".copy")
+    , m_repositoryPath(repositoryPath)
+    , m_customerId(customerId)
+    , m_branchName(branchName)
     , m_workingDir(workingDir)
     , m_maintenanceMode(maintenanceMode)
     , m_testMode(testMode)
+    , m_executeScriptOnly(executeScriptOnly)
+    , m_dryRun(dryRun)
+    //, m_apismClient(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr)
     , m_init(true) {
 
+   // m_apismClient.sendSelfTest();
+
     if (!m_testMode) {
         // make sure the files are empty
         if (m_update_ctrl_file.exists()) {
@@ -213,7 +226,7 @@ Update::DownloadResult Update::sendNextAddress(int bNum) const {
     int noAnswerCount = 0;
     int errorCount = 0;
     if ( bNum==0 || bNum==1024 || bNum==2048 || bNum==3072 || bNum==4096 ) {
-        qDebug() << "addr-block" << bNum << "...";
+        // qDebug() << "addr-block" << bNum << "...";
         while (noAnswerCount <= 250) {
             m_hw->bl_sendAddress(bNum);
             QThread::msleep(100);
@@ -225,7 +238,7 @@ Update::DownloadResult Update::sendNextAddress(int bNum) const {
                         return res;
                     }
                 } else { // res == DownloadResult::OK
-                    qInfo() << "addr-block" << bNum << "...OK";
+                    // qInfo() << "addr-block" << bNum << "...OK";
                     return res;
                 }
             } else {
@@ -285,13 +298,20 @@ Update::DownloadResult Update::dc_downloadBinary(QByteArray const &b) const {
 
     int bNum = 0;
     DownloadResult res = DownloadResult::OK;
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n64-byte block %04d ", bNum);
     while (res != DownloadResult::ERROR &&  bNum < nBlocks) {
         if ((res = sendNextAddress(bNum)) != DownloadResult::ERROR) {
             if ((res = sendNextDataBlock(ba, bNum)) != DownloadResult::ERROR) {
                 bNum += 1;
+                fprintf(stderr, ".");
+                if ((bNum % 80) == 0) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "\n64-byte block %04d ", bNum);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
+    fprintf(stderr, "\nlast 64-byte block %04d\n", bNum);
+
     int const rest = ba.size() % 64;
     int const offset = ba.size() - rest;
     char const *startAddress = ba.constData() + offset;
@@ -619,8 +639,15 @@ void Update::finished(int /*exitCode*/, QProcess::ExitStatus /*exitStatus*/) {
     disconnect(p, SIGNAL(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(readyReadStandardError()));
 }
 
+// bool Update::executeProcess(QString const &cmd);
+
 bool Update::doUpdate() {
 
+    //
+    // ACHTUNG !!!
+    //
+    return true;
+
     /*
         The file referred to by 'update_data' has the following structure for
         each line:
@@ -643,6 +670,10 @@ bool Update::doUpdate() {
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (m_executeScriptOnly) {  // basically a test flag for executing only the
+        return true;            // update script.
+    }
+
     bool serialOpened = false;
     bool serialOpen = false;
 
@@ -709,10 +740,11 @@ bool Update::doUpdate() {
                 if (!linkTarget.exists()) { // check for broken link
                     res = false;
                 } else {
-                    if (fwVersion.startsWith(linkTarget.completeBaseName())) {
-                        qCritical() << "current dc-firmware-version" << fwVersion
-                                    << "already installed";
-                        res = false;
+                    if (false) {
+                    //if (fwVersion.startsWith(linkTarget.completeBaseName())) {
+                    //    qCritical() << "current dc-firmware-version" << fwVersion
+                    //                << "already installed";
+                    //    res = false;
                     } else {
                         res = true;