diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e65021e..702cd46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -173,3 +173,4 @@ cython_debug/
 prot.csv
 helpertils/serial.py
 helpertils/test.py
+helpertils/socker.py
diff --git a/EHSConfig.py b/EHSConfig.py
index 993ffd7..daeb034 100644
--- a/EHSConfig.py
+++ b/EHSConfig.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class EHSConfig():
     MQTT = None
     GENERAL = None
     SERIAL = None
+    TCP = None
     NASA_REPO = None
     LOGGING = {}
 
@@ -77,7 +78,13 @@ class EHSConfig():
             config = yaml.safe_load(file)
             self.MQTT = config.get('mqtt')
             self.GENERAL = config.get('general')
-            self.SERIAL = config.get('serial')
+
+            if 'tcp' in config:
+                self.TCP = config.get('tcp')
+
+            if 'serial' in config:
+                self.SERIAL = config.get('serial')
+
             if 'logging' in config:
                 self.LOGGING = config.get('logging')
             else:
@@ -106,11 +113,25 @@ class EHSConfig():
         if 'protocolFile' not in self.GENERAL:
             self.GENERAL['protocolFile'] = None
 
-        if 'device' not in self.SERIAL:
-            raise ConfigException(argument=self.SERIAL['device'], message="serial device config parameter is missing")
-        
-        if 'baudrate' not in self.SERIAL:
-            raise ConfigException(argument=self.SERIAL['baudrate'], message="serial baudrate config parameter is missing")
+        if self.SERIAL is None and self.TCP is None:
+            raise ConfigException(argument="", message="define tcp or serial config parms")
+
+        if self.SERIAL is not None and self.TCP is not None:
+            raise ConfigException(argument="", message="you cannot define tcp and serial please define only one")
+
+        if self.SERIAL is not None:
+            if 'device' not in self.SERIAL:
+                raise ConfigException(argument=self.SERIAL['device'], message="serial device config parameter is missing")
+            
+            if 'baudrate' not in self.SERIAL:
+                raise ConfigException(argument=self.SERIAL['baudrate'], message="serial baudrate config parameter is missing")
+            
+        if self.TCP is not None:
+            if 'ip' not in self.TCP:
+                raise ConfigException(argument=self.TCP['ip'], message="tcp ip config parameter is missing")
+            
+            if 'port' not in self.TCP:
+                raise ConfigException(argument=self.TCP['port'], message="tcp port config parameter is missing")
         
         if 'broker-url' not in self.MQTT:
             raise ConfigException(argument=self.MQTT['broker-url'], message="mqtt broker-url config parameter is missing")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46b9e2e..f86a339 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -184,12 +184,21 @@ The `config.yml` file contains configuration settings for the EHS-Sentinel proje
   - Default: `False`
 
 ### Serial Connection Settings
+cannot be defined with TCP parm...
 
 - **device**: The serial device URL.
   - Example: `/dev/ttyUSB0`
 - **baudrate**: The baud rate for the serial connection.
   - Example: `9600`
 
+### TCP Settings
+cannot be defined with SERIAL parm...
+
+- **ip**: The ip of rs485 to ETH Adapter.
+  - Example: `168.192.2.200`
+- **port**: The port of rs485 to ETH Adapter.
+  - Example: `4196`
+
 ### MQTT Broker Settings
 
 - **broker-url**: The URL of the MQTT broker.
@@ -214,15 +223,18 @@ The `config.yml` file contains configuration settings for the EHS-Sentinel proje
 ```yaml
 general:
   nasaRepositoryFile: data/NasaRepository.yml
-  protocolFile: prot.csv
+#  protocolFile: prot.csv
 logging:
   deviceAdded: True
   messageNotFound: False
   packetNotFromIndoorOutdoor: False
   proccessedMessage: False
-serial:
-  device: /dev/ttyUSB0
-  baudrate: 9600
+#serial:
+#  device: /dev/ttyUSB0
+#  baudrate: 9600
+tcp:
+  ip: 168.192.2.200
+  port: 4196
 mqtt:
   broker-url: 123.45.6.69
   broker-port: 1883
@@ -267,6 +279,9 @@ if you want to see how many uniquie Messages have been collected in the Dumpfile
 
 # Changelog
 
+### v0.2.2 - 2025-02-24
+- Support for rs485 to ETH Adapter, tcp options instead of serial port are possible now
+
 ### v0.2.1 - 2025-02-22
 - limit NASA_EHSSENTINEL_COP and NASA_EHSSENTINEL_TOTAL_COP to values between 0 and 20 
 
diff --git a/data/config.yml b/data/config.yml
index 26d4a0a..1a8b76e 100644
--- a/data/config.yml
+++ b/data/config.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ logging:
 serial:
   device: /dev/ttyUSB0
   baudrate: 9600
+tcp:
+  ip: 168.192.2.200
+  port: 4196
 mqtt:
   broker-url: 111.111.11.1
   broker-port: 1883
diff --git a/startEHSSentinel.py b/startEHSSentinel.py
index 5f53287..b070328 100644
--- a/startEHSSentinel.py
+++ b/startEHSSentinel.py
@@ -115,36 +115,31 @@ async def serial_connection(config, args):
     """
     Asynchronously reads data from a serial connection and processes it.
     Args:
-        config (object): Configuration object containing serial connection parameters.
+        config (object): Configuration object containing serial or tcp connection parameters.
         args (object): Additional arguments for buffer processing.
-    This function establishes a serial connection using parameters from the config object,
-    reads data from the serial port until a specified delimiter (0x34) is encountered,
+    This function establishes a serial or tcp connection using parameters from the config object,
+    reads data from the serial port or tcp port until a specified delimiter (0x34) is encountered,
     and appends the received data to a buffer. It also starts an asynchronous task to
     process the buffer.
-    The serial connection is configured with the following parameters:
-        - Device URL: config.SERIAL['device']
-        - Baudrate: config.SERIAL['baudrate']
-        - Parity: Even
-        - Stopbits: One
-        - Bytesize: Eight
-        - RTS/CTS flow control: Enabled
-        - Timeout: 0
-    The function runs an infinite loop to continuously read data from the serial port.
+    The function runs an infinite loop to continuously read data from the serial port/tcp port.
     """
 
     buffer = []
     loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
 
-    reader, writer = await serial_asyncio.open_serial_connection(
-                    loop=loop, 
-                    url=config.SERIAL['device'], 
-                    baudrate=config.SERIAL['baudrate'], 
-                    parity=serial.PARITY_EVEN,
-                    stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE,
-                    bytesize=serial.EIGHTBITS,
-                    rtscts=True,
-                    timeout=1
-    )
+    if config.TCP is not None:
+        reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection(config.TCP['ip'], config.TCP['port'])
+    else:
+        reader, writer = await serial_asyncio.open_serial_connection(
+                        loop=loop, 
+                        url=config.SERIAL['device'], 
+                        baudrate=config.SERIAL['baudrate'], 
+                        parity=serial.PARITY_EVEN,
+                        stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE,
+                        bytesize=serial.EIGHTBITS,
+                        rtscts=True,
+                        timeout=1
+        )
 
     await asyncio.gather(
             serial_read(reader, args, config),