diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c287156..73ad83b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ results
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules
 pinoccio-api.js
+id.json
diff --git a/bridge.js b/bridge.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f803f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge.js
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+var serialport = require('serialport');
+
+var bindexof = require('buffer-indexof');
+var delim = new Buffer("\n");
+var thprefix = new Buffer("telehash:");
+var prompt = new Buffer("> ");
+var telehash = require("telehash");
+//telehash.debug(console.log);
+var self = telehash.init({id:require("path").resolve("id.json"),seeds:{}},function(err){
+  if(err) console.log("telehash init failed",err);
+});
+var serial;
+
+function die(err)
+{
+  console.log(err);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+// we have to write small blocks to not fill up the device buffer
+var outQ = [];
+var outBusy = false;
+function writer(buf)
+{
+  if(buf) outQ.push(buf);
+  if(!outQ.length || outBusy) return;
+
+  // new packet
+//  console.log("  42",outQ[0].length);
+  serial.write(new Buffer("2a","hex"));
+
+  outBusy = true;
+  writeBlock();
+}
+
+function writeBlock()
+{
+  if(!outBusy) return;
+
+  // all done
+  if(outQ[0].length == 0)
+  {
+//    console.log("  done");
+    outQ.shift();
+    serial.write(new Buffer("00","hex"));
+    outBusy = false;
+    return writer();
+  }
+
+//  console.log("  block",outQ[0].length);
+  one = new Buffer(1);
+  one[0] = (outQ[0].length > 32)? 32 : outQ[0].length;
+  serial.write(one);
+  serial.write(outQ[0].slice(0,32));
+  outQ[0] = outQ[0].slice(32);
+}
+
+function packet2serial(msg)
+{
+  if(!msg.length) return;
+  writer(msg);
+}
+
+var dedup = "";
+self.deliver("serial",function(to,msg){
+  // serial is reliable but slow so ignore identical resent packets
+  if(msg.toString() == dedup) return;
+  dedup = msg.toString();
+  packet2serial(msg);
+});
+
+serialport.list(function (err, ports) {
+  if(err) return cb(err);
+  var com;
+  ports.forEach(function(port) {
+    if(port.pnpId.indexOf('Pinoccio') > -1 || port.manufacturer.indexOf('Pinoccio') > -1) com = port.comName;
+  });
+  if(!com) die("no scout found");
+  console.log(com);
+
+  serial = new serialport.SerialPort(com, {
+    baudrate: 115200,
+    buffersize: 16*1024
+  });
+
+  serial.on('open',function(err){
+    if(err) die(err);
+//    process.stdin.pipe(serial);
+    // send ping hello
+    setTimeout(function(){
+      packet2serial(self.pencode(self.ping()));
+    },5*1000);
+  }).on('error',function(err){
+    console.error('serial error: ',err);
+  }).on('data',function(buf){
+    while(buf.length)
+    {
+      serialIn(buf.slice(0,1));
+      buf = buf.slice(1);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+function doLine(line)
+{
+  if(line.length > 1) process.stdout.write(line);
+}
+
+function doPacket(raw)
+{
+  var packet = self.pdecode(raw);
+  if(packet)
+  {
+    self.receive(raw, {type:"serial"});
+  }else{
+    console.log("packet decode failed?",raw.length,raw.toString("hex"));
+  }
+}
+
+var bufS = new Buffer(0);
+var lenS;
+var modeS = 0;
+function serialIn(c)
+{
+  switch(modeS) {
+    case 0: // first char on new line
+      // detect read packet start
+      if(c[0] == 42) return modeS = 2;
+      // fall through
+      modeS = 1;
+    case 1: // normal serial stuff
+      if(c[0] == 13) return;
+      bufS = Buffer.concat([bufS,c]);
+      if(c[0] != 10) return;
+      doLine(bufS);
+      bufS = new Buffer(0);
+      modeS = 0;
+      break;
+    case 2: // read big len
+      lenS = 256 * c[0];
+      modeS = 3;
+      break;
+    case 3: // read little len
+      lenS += c[0];
+      if(lenS == 0) writeBlock();
+      // read packet if any
+      modeS = (lenS) ? 4 : 0;
+      break;
+    case 4: // read packet bytes
+      bufS = Buffer.concat([bufS,c]);
+      if(bufS.length != lenS) return;
+      console.log("  got packet len",lenS,bufS.toString("hex"));
+      doPacket(bufS);
+      bufS = new Buffer(0);
+      modeS = 0;
+      break;
+  } 
+}
+
+
diff --git a/lib/serial.js b/lib/serial.js
index d7785e9..b5e0752 100644
--- a/lib/serial.js
+++ b/lib/serial.js
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ module.exports = function(){
 
   function serialConnect(com,cb){
     var serialPort = new serialport.SerialPort(com, {
-      baudrate: 115200
+      baudrate: 115200,
+      buffersize: 16*1024
     });
     serialPort.on('open',function(err){
       if(err) return cb(err);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c6598b..e549844 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/Pinoccio/client-node-pinoccio/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "telehash":"0.2.x",
     "hyperquest": "~0.2.0",
     "xtend": "~2.1.1",
     "concat-stream": "~1.2.1",