diff --git a/shepherd.toml b/shepherd.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..087c06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[shepherd]
+  plugin_path = "~/shepherd/"
+  plugins = ["picam"]
+  root_dir = "~/shepherd/"
+  conf_edit_path = "~/shepherd.toml"
+[picam]
+  [[picam.trigger]]
+    hour = "00-23"
+    minute = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shepherd/camtest.py b/shepherd/camtest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fad1fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/camtest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import cv2
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+
+print(cv2.__version__)
+
+gst_str = ('v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! '
+          'videoconvert ! appsink drop=true max-buffers=1 sync=false')
+print(gst_str)
+
+logo_im = Image.open('smallshepherd.png')
+
+overlayfont = "DejaVuSansMono.ttf"
+
+try:
+    fnt = ImageFont.truetype(overlayfont, 50)
+except IOError:
+    fnt = ImageFont.load_default()
+
+loaded_fonts={}
+loaded_logos={}
+
+vidcap = cv2.VideoCapture(gst_str, cv2.CAP_GSTREAMER)
+while True:
+    breakpoint()
+    vidcap.grab()
+    read_flag, frame = vidcap.read()
+    print(read_flag)
+    #overlay = frame.copy()
+    # You may need to convert the color.
+
+    #Convert over to PIL. Mostly so we can use our own font.
+    img = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+    im_pil = Image.fromarray(img)
+
+    font_size = int(im_pil.height/40)
+    margin_size = int(font_size/5)
+
+    if font_size not in loaded_fonts:
+        loaded_fonts[font_size] = ImageFont.truetype(overlayfont, int(font_size*0.9))
+
+    thisfont = loaded_fonts[font_size]
+
+    if font_size not in loaded_logos:
+        newsize = (int(logo_im.width*(font_size/logo_im.height)),font_size)
+        loaded_logos[font_size] = logo_im.resize(newsize, Image.BILINEAR)
+
+    thislogo = loaded_logos[font_size]
+    
+
+    overlay = Image.new('RGBA',(im_pil.width,font_size+(2*margin_size)), (0,0,0))
+    
+    overlay.paste(thislogo, (int((overlay.width-thislogo.width)/2),margin_size))
+
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(overlay)
+    draw.text((margin_size*2, margin_size), "SARDIcam-1", font=thisfont,
+                  fill=(255, 255, 255, 255))
+
+    datetext = "2019-07-24 20:22:31"
+    datewidth, _ = draw.textsize(datetext,thisfont)
+    draw.text((overlay.width-(margin_size*2)-datewidth, margin_size), datetext, font=thisfont,
+                  fill=(255, 255, 255, 255))
+
+    overlay.putalpha(128)
+
+    im_pil.paste(overlay, (0,im_pil.height-overlay.height),overlay)
+    im_pil.save("test.jpg", "JPEG", quality=90)
+
+    
+
+    # For reversing the operation:
+    #im_np = np.asarray(im_pil)
+
+    #cv2.rectangle(overlay,(200,200),(500,500),(255,0,0),-1)
+    #cv2.addWeighted(overlay, 0.3, frame, 0.7, 0, frame)
+    #cv2.imwrite("frame.jpg", frame)
+
+# print out build properties:
+# print(cv2.getBuildInformation())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shepherd/config.py b/shepherd/config.py
index 6c7a8bc..241d8ed 100644
--- a/shepherd/config.py
+++ b/shepherd/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import re
 import toml
 
+from shepherd.freezedry import freezedryable, rehydrate
+
+
+
 
 class InvalidConfigError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -31,28 +35,37 @@ class InvalidConfigError(Exception):
 # config def required interface:
 # Validate values.
 
+
+
+# The Table and Array terms used here are directly from the TOML convention, but they essentially 
+# map directly to Dictionaries (Tables), and Lists (Arrays)
+
+
+
 class _ConfigDefinition():
-    def __init__(self, default=None, optional=False):
+    def __init__(self, default=None, optional=False, helptext=""):
         self.default = default
         self.optional = optional
+        self.helptext = helptext
 
-    def validate(self, value): # pylint: disable=W0613
+    def validate(self, value):  # pylint: disable=W0613
         raise TypeError("_ConfigDefinition.validate() is an abstract method")
+        
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class BoolDef(_ConfigDefinition):
-    def __init__(self, default=None, optional=False): # pylint: disable=W0235
-        super().__init__(default, optional)
+    def __init__(self, default=None, optional=False, helptext=""):  # pylint: disable=W0235
+        super().__init__(default, optional, helptext)
 
     def validate(self, value):
         if not isinstance(value, bool):
             raise InvalidConfigError("Config value must be a boolean")
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class IntDef(_ConfigDefinition):
     def __init__(self, default=None, minval=None, maxval=None,
-                 optional=False):
-        super().__init__(default, optional)
+                 optional=False, helptext=""):
+        super().__init__(default, optional, helptext)
         self.minval = minval
         self.maxval = maxval
 
@@ -66,11 +79,11 @@ class IntDef(_ConfigDefinition):
             raise InvalidConfigError("Config value must be <= " +
                                      str(self.maxval))
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class StringDef(_ConfigDefinition):
     def __init__(self, default=None, minlength=None, maxlength=None,
-                 optional=False):
-        super().__init__(default, optional)
+                 optional=False, helptext=""):
+        super().__init__(default, optional, helptext)
         self.minlength = minlength
         self.maxlength = maxlength
 
@@ -84,10 +97,10 @@ class StringDef(_ConfigDefinition):
             raise InvalidConfigError("Config string length must be <= " +
                                      str(self.maxlength))
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class TableDef(_ConfigDefinition):
-    def __init__(self, default=None, optional=False):
-        super().__init__(default, optional)
+    def __init__(self, default=None, optional=False, helptext=""):
+        super().__init__(default, optional, helptext)
         self.def_table = {}
 
     def add_def(self, name, newdef):
@@ -99,7 +112,7 @@ class TableDef(_ConfigDefinition):
         self.def_table[name] = newdef
         return newdef
 
-    def validate(self, value_table): # pylint: disable=W0221
+    def validate(self, value_table):  # pylint: disable=W0221
         def_set = set(self.def_table.keys())
         value_set = set(value_table.keys())
 
@@ -133,23 +146,23 @@ class _ArrayDefMixin():
                 e.args = ("Array index: " + str(index),) + e.args
                 raise
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class BoolArrayDef(_ArrayDefMixin, BoolDef):
     pass
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class IntArrayDef(_ArrayDefMixin, IntDef):
     pass
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class StringArrayDef(_ArrayDefMixin, StringDef):
     pass
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class TableArrayDef(_ArrayDefMixin, TableDef):
     pass
 
-
+@freezedryable
 class ConfDefinition(TableDef):
     pass
 
@@ -172,7 +185,8 @@ class ConfigManager():
             raise TypeError("Supplied config definition must be an instance "
                             "of ConfDefinition")
         if table_name not in self.root_config:
-            raise InvalidConfigError("Config must contain table: " + table_name)
+            raise InvalidConfigError(
+                "Config must contain table: " + table_name)
         try:
             conf_def.validate(self.root_config[table_name])
         except InvalidConfigError as e:
@@ -186,10 +200,12 @@ class ConfigManager():
             config_values[name] = self.get_config(name, conf_def)
         return config_values
 
-    def get_module_configs(self, modules):
+    def get_plugin_configs(self, plugin_classes):
         config_values = {}
-        for name, module in modules.items():
-            config_values[name] = self.get_config(name, module.conf_def)
+        for plugin_name, plugin_class in plugin_classes.items():
+            conf_def = ConfDefinition()
+            plugin_class.define_config(conf_def)
+            config_values[plugin_name] = self.get_config(plugin_name, conf_def)
         return config_values
 
     def dump_toml(self):
@@ -221,3 +237,4 @@ def update_toml_message(filepath, message):
 
 def gen_comment(string):
     return '\n# shepherd_message: ' + '\n# '.join(string.replace('#', '').splitlines()) + '\n'
+
diff --git a/shepherd/control.py b/shepherd/control.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd1695d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/control.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import os
+import uuid
+import subprocess
+import requests
+import threading
+import json
+
+# Check for shepherd.new file in edit conf dir. If there,
+# or if no shepherd.id file can be found, generate a new one. 
+# For now, also attempt to delete /var/lib/zerotier-one/identity.public and identity.secret
+# Once generated, if it was due to shepherd.new file, delete it.
+
+
+#Start new thread, and push ID and core config to api.shepherd.distreon.net/client/update
+
+client_id = None
+
+def _update_job(core_config):
+    payload = {"client_id":client_id, "core_config":core_config}
+    json_string = json.dumps(payload)
+    try:
+        r = requests.post('http://api.shepherd.distreon.net/client/update', data=json_string)
+    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+        pass
+
+def generate_new_zerotier_id():
+    print("Removing old Zerotier id files")
+    try:
+        os.remove("/var/lib/zerotier-one/identity.public")
+        os.remove("/var/lib/zerotier-one/identity.secret")
+    except:
+        pass
+    print("Restarting Zerotier systemd service to regenerate ID")
+    subprocess.run(["systemctl", "restart", "zerotier-one.service"])
+
+def generate_new_id(root_dir):
+    global client_id
+    with open(os.path.join(root_dir, "shepherd.id"), 'w+') as f:
+        new_id = uuid.uuid1()
+        client_id = str(new_id)
+        f.write(client_id)
+    generate_new_zerotier_id()
+
+def init_control(core_config):
+    global client_id
+    root_dir = os.path.expanduser(core_config["root_dir"])
+    editconf_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.expanduser(core_config["conf_edit_path"]))
+
+    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(editconf_dir, "shepherd.new")):
+        generate_new_id(root_dir)
+        os.remove(os.path.join(editconf_dir, "shepherd.new"))
+    elif not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(root_dir, "shepherd.id")):
+        generate_new_id(root_dir)
+    else:
+        with open(os.path.join(root_dir, "shepherd.id"), 'r') as id_file:
+            client_id = id_file.readline().strip()
+
+    print(F"Client ID is: {client_id}")
+
+    control_thread = threading.Thread(target=_update_job, args=(core_config,))
+    control_thread.start()
+        
diff --git a/shepherd/core.py b/shepherd/core.py
index 34f969d..baca17c 100644
--- a/shepherd/core.py
+++ b/shepherd/core.py
@@ -5,19 +5,15 @@
 # APScheduler
 
 
-import sys
 import argparse
 import os
+from datetime import datetime
 import toml
 
-
+import shepherd.scheduler
 import shepherd.config
-import shepherd.module
-
-from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
-from datetime import datetime
-
-from types import SimpleNamespace
+import shepherd.plugin
+import shepherd.control
 
 
 # Future implementations of checking config differences should be done on
@@ -32,104 +28,107 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 # Fix this by saving the working config to /boot when new config applied
 # remotely.
 
-def load_config(config_path):
+def define_core_config(confdef):
+    confdef.add_def("id", shepherd.config.StringDef())
+    confdef.add_def("plugins", shepherd.config.StringArrayDef())
+    confdef.add_def("plugin_dir", shepherd.config.StringDef())
+    confdef.add_def("root_dir", shepherd.config.StringDef())
+    confdef.add_def("conf_edit_path", shepherd.config.StringDef())
+
+def load_config(config_path,load_editconf):
+    # Load config from default location
     confman = shepherd.config.ConfigManager()
     confman.load(os.path.expanduser(config_path))
-    core_conf = confman.get_config("shepherd", core_confdef())
-
-    # Check for an edit_conf file, and try to load it
-    try:
-        edit_confman = shepherd.config.ConfigManager()
-        edit_confman.load(os.path.expanduser(core_conf["conf_edit_path"]))
-        core_edit_conf = edit_confman.get_config("shepherd", core_confdef())
-
-        mod_classes = shepherd.module.find_modules(core_edit_conf["modules"])
-        mod_configs = edit_confman.get_module_configs(mod_classes)
-
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        conf_edit_message = None
-    except shepherd.config.InvalidConfigError as e:
-        conf_edit_message = "Invalid config.\n " + str(e.args)
-    except toml.TomlDecodeError as e:
-        conf_edit_message = "TOML syntax error.\n" + str(e)
-    except Exception:
-        conf_edit_message = "Error processing new config"
-    else:
-        conf_edit_message = ("Successfully applied this config at:" +
-                             str(datetime.now()))
-        confman = edit_confman
-        core_conf = core_edit_conf
-
-    if conf_edit_message is not None:
-        shepherd.config.update_toml_message(
-            os.path.expanduser(core_conf["conf_edit_path"]), conf_edit_message)
-
-    # if editconf failed, load current config
+    # Create core confdef and populate it
+    core_confdef = shepherd.config.ConfDefinition()
+    define_core_config(core_confdef)
+    # attempt to retrive core config and validate it
+    core_conf = confman.get_config("shepherd", core_confdef)
+    edit_confman = None
+    conf_edit_message = None
+
+    if load_editconf:
+        # Check for an edit_conf file, and try to load it and plugin configs
+        try:
+            edit_confman = shepherd.config.ConfigManager()
+            edit_confman.load(os.path.expanduser(core_conf["conf_edit_path"]))
+            core_edit_conf = edit_confman.get_config("shepherd", core_confdef)
+
+            plugin_classes = shepherd.plugin.find_plugins(
+                core_edit_conf["plugins"])
+            plugin_configs = edit_confman.get_plugin_configs(plugin_classes)
+
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            conf_edit_message = None
+        except shepherd.config.InvalidConfigError as e:
+            conf_edit_message = "Invalid config.\n " + str(e.args)
+        except toml.TomlDecodeError as e:
+            conf_edit_message = "TOML syntax error.\n" + str(e)
+        except Exception:
+            conf_edit_message = "Error processing new config"
+        else:
+            conf_edit_message = ("Successfully applied this config at:" +
+                                str(datetime.now()))
+            confman = edit_confman
+            core_conf = core_edit_conf
+
+        if conf_edit_message is not None:
+            shepherd.config.update_toml_message(
+                os.path.expanduser(core_conf["conf_edit_path"]), conf_edit_message)
+
+    # if editconf failed, load current config for plugins
     if confman is not edit_confman:
-        mod_classes = shepherd.module.find_modules(core_conf["modules"])
-        mod_configs = confman.get_module_configs(mod_classes)
+        plugin_classes = shepherd.plugin.find_plugins(core_conf["plugins"])
+        plugin_configs = confman.get_plugin_configs(plugin_classes)
 
     # If no editconf file was found, write out the current config as a template
-    if conf_edit_message is None:
+    if (conf_edit_message is None) and load_editconf:
         confman.dump_to_file(os.path.expanduser(core_conf["conf_edit_path"]),
                              "Config generated at:" + str(datetime.now()))
 
-    return (core_conf, mod_classes, mod_configs)
+    return (core_conf, plugin_classes, plugin_configs)
 
 
-def core_confdef():
-    confdef = shepherd.config.ConfDefinition()
-    confdef.add_def("id", shepherd.config.StringDef())
-    confdef.add_def("modules", shepherd.config.StringArrayDef())
-    confdef.add_def("root_dir", shepherd.config.StringDef())
-    confdef.add_def("conf_edit_path", shepherd.config.StringDef())
-    return confdef
 
 
-class ShepherdInterface(shepherd.module.Interface):
-    def __init__(self, scheduler, config):
-        super().__init__(None)
-        self.id = config["id"]
-        self.root_dir = config["root_dir"]
-        self.scheduler = scheduler
-
 
 def main():
     argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Keep track of a mob "
                                                     "of roaming Pis")
     argparser.add_argument("configfile", nargs='?', metavar="configfile",
                            help="Path to configfile", default="shepherd.toml")
+    argparser.add_argument('-e', '--noedit',help="Disable the editable config temporarily", action="store_true", default=False)
+    argparser.add_argument("-t", "--test", help="Test and interface function of the from 'plugin:function'",
+                    default=None)
 
     args = argparser.parse_args()
 
     confman = shepherd.config.ConfigManager()
     confman.load(os.path.expanduser(args.configfile))
-    core_conf = confman.get_config("shepherd", core_confdef())
-    breakpoint()
-
-    (core_conf, mod_classes, mod_configs) = load_config(args.configfile)
 
-    scheduler = BlockingScheduler()
-    core_interface = ShepherdInterface(scheduler, core_conf)
+    (core_conf, plugin_classes, plugin_configs) = load_config(args.configfile, not args.noedit)
 
-    # get validated config values for modules, then instantiate them
-    modules = {}
-    mod_interfaces = {}
-    for name, mod_class in mod_classes.items():
-        modules[name] = mod_class(mod_configs[name], core_interface)
-        mod_interfaces[name] = modules[name].interface
+    if args.test is None:
+        shepherd.control.init_control(core_conf)
 
-    # run post init after all modules are loaded to allow them to hook in to
-    # each other
-    mod_interfaces = SimpleNamespace(**mod_interfaces)
-    for module in modules.values():
-        module.init_other_interfaces(mod_interfaces)
+    shepherd.scheduler.init_scheduler(core_conf)
 
+    shepherd.plugin.init_plugins(plugin_classes, plugin_configs, core_conf)
+    
+    shepherd.scheduler.restore_jobs()
+ 
     print(str(datetime.now()))
+
+    if args.test is not None:
+        (test_plugin, test_func) = args.test.split(':')
+        func = getattr(shepherd.plugin.plugin_functions[test_plugin], test_func)
+        print(func())
+        return
+
     print('Press Ctrl+{0} to exit'.format('Break' if os.name == 'nt' else 'C'))
 
     try:
-        scheduler.start()
+        shepherd.scheduler.start()
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
         pass
 
diff --git a/shepherd/frame.jpg b/shepherd/frame.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad507f
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diff --git a/shepherd/freezedry.py b/shepherd/freezedry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89aaa35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/freezedry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+from enum import Enum, auto
+import inspect
+
+class RehydrateMethod(Enum):
+    DIRECT = auto()
+    INIT = auto()
+    CLASS_METHOD = auto()
+
+#freezedry, for when pickling is just a bit too intense
+
+# The class key is a reserved dict key used to flag that the dict should be unpacked back out to a class instance
+class_key = "<freezedried>"
+# The Pack module stores some state from init to keep a list of valid packable classes
+freezedryables = {}
+
+# Decorator to mark class as packable and keep track of associated names and classes. When packed, the 
+# special key string "<packable>" indicates what class the current dict should be unpacked to
+
+# name argument is the string that will identify this class in a packed dict
+def freezedryable(cls, rehydrate_method=RehydrateMethod.DIRECT, name=None):
+    if name is None:
+        cls._freezedry_name = cls.__name__
+    else:
+        if isinstance(name, str):
+            raise Exception("freezedryable name must be a string")
+        cls._freezedry_name = name
+    cls._rehydrate_method = rehydrate_method
+
+    if cls._freezedry_name in freezedryables:
+        raise Exception("Duplicate freezedryable class name "+cls._freezedry_name)
+    freezedryables[cls._freezedry_name] = cls
+
+    def _freezedry(self):
+        dried_dict=_freezedry_dict(vars(self))
+        dried_dict[class_key]=self._freezedry_name
+        return dried_dict
+
+    cls.freezedry=_freezedry
+    #setattr(cls, "freezedry", freezedry)
+    return cls
+
+
+def freezedry(hydrated_obj):
+    # If it's a primitive, store it. If it's a dict or list, recursively freezedry that.
+    # If it's an instance of another freezedryable class, call its .freezedry() method.
+    if isinstance(hydrated_obj, (str, int, float, bool, type(None))):
+        return hydrated_obj
+    elif isinstance(hydrated_obj, dict):
+        return _freezedry_dict(hydrated_obj)
+    elif isinstance(hydrated_obj, list):
+        dried_list = []
+        for val in hydrated_obj:
+            dried_list.append(freezedry(val))
+        return dried_list
+    elif hasattr(hydrated_obj, "_freezedry_name"):
+        return hydrated_obj.freezedry()
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Object "+str(hydrated_obj)+" is not freezedryable")
+
+def _freezedry_dict(hydrated_dict):
+    dried_dict = {}
+    for k,val in hydrated_dict.items():
+        if not isinstance(k,str):
+            raise Exception("Non-string dictionary keys are not freezedryable")
+        if k == class_key:
+            raise Exception("Key "+class_key+" is reserved for internal freezedry use")
+        dried_dict[k]=freezedry(val)
+    return dried_dict
+
+def rehydrate(dried_obj):
+    if isinstance(dried_obj, (str, int, float, bool, type(None))):
+        return dried_obj
+    elif isinstance(dried_obj, dict):
+        return _rehydrate_dict(dried_obj)
+    elif isinstance(dried_obj, list):
+        hydrated_list = []
+        for val in dried_obj:
+            hydrated_list.append(rehydrate(val))
+        return hydrated_list
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Object "+str(dried_obj)+" is not rehydrateable")
+
+def _rehydrate_dict(dried_dict):
+    hydrated_dict = {}
+    for k,val in dried_dict.items():
+        if not isinstance(k,str):
+            raise Exception("Non-string dictionary keys are not rehydrateable")
+        if k != class_key:
+            hydrated_dict[k]=rehydrate(val)
+
+    # Check if this is an object that needs to be unpacked back to an instance
+    if class_key in dried_dict:
+        if dried_dict[class_key] not in freezedryables:
+            raise Exception("Class "+dried_dict[class_key]+" has not been decorated as freezedryable")
+        f_class=freezedryables[dried_dict[class_key]]
+        # If DIRECT, skip __init__ and set attributes back directly
+        if f_class._rehydrate_method == RehydrateMethod.DIRECT:
+            hydrated_instance = f_class.__new__(f_class)
+            hydrated_instance.__dict__.update(hydrated_dict)
+        #if INIT, pass all attributes as keywords to __init__ method
+        elif f_class._rehydrate_method == RehydrateMethod.INIT:
+            hydrated_instance = f_class(**hydrated_dict)
+        # IF CLASS_METHOD, pass all attributes as keyword aguments to classmethod "unpack()"
+        elif f_class._rehydrate_method == RehydrateMethod.CLASS_METHOD:
+            if inspect.ismethod(getattr(f_class, "rehydrate", None)):
+                hydrated_instance = f_class.rehydrate(**hydrated_dict)
+            else:
+                raise Exception("Class "+str(f_class)+" does not have classmethod 'rehydrate()'")
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Class _rehydrate_method "+str(f_class._rehydrate_method)+" is not supported")
+
+        return hydrated_instance
+    else:
+        return hydrated_dict
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shepherd/module.py b/shepherd/module.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5930ae4..0000000
--- a/shepherd/module.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-from contextlib import suppress
-import importlib
-
-
-class Hook():
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.attached_functions = []
-
-    def attach(self, new_func):
-        if not callable(new_func):
-            raise TypeError("Argument to Hook.attach must be callable")
-        self.attached_functions.append(new_func)
-
-    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        for func in self.attached_functions:
-            func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
-class Module():
-    def __init__(self, config, core_interface):
-        self.config = config
-        self.shepherd = core_interface
-        #self.shepherd.scheduler
-
-        self.interface = Interface(self)
-        self.modules = {}
-        # dummy interface in case module doesn't want one
-
-    def init_other_interfaces(self, interfaces):
-        if not isinstance(self.interface, Interface):
-            raise TypeError("shepherd.module.Module interface attribute must "
-                            "be subclass of type shepherd.module.Interface")
-        self.modules = interfaces
-
-
-# Look at providing a run() function or similar, which is a thread started
-# post_modules_setup
-class SimpleModule(Module):
-    def __init__(self, config, core_interface):
-        super().__init__(config, core_interface)
-        self.setup()
-
-    def init_other_interfaces(self, interfaces):
-        super().init_other_interfaces(interfaces)
-        self.setup_other_modules()
-
-    # Users override this, self.shepherd and self.config are available now.
-    # User still needs to define self.interface if it is used.
-    def setup(self):
-        pass
-
-    def setup_other_modules(self):
-        pass
-
-
-"""
-An interface to a Shepherd module, accessible by other modules.
-All public methods in a module interface need to be threadsafe, as they will
-be called by other modules (which generally run in a seperate thread)
-"""
-class Interface():
-    def __init__(self, module):
-        self._module = module
-
-
-def find_modules(module_names):
-    module_classes = {}
-    for module_name in module_names:
-        mod = importlib.import_module("shepherd.modules." + module_name)
-        attrs = [getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod)]
-
-        for attr in attrs:
-            with suppress(TypeError):
-                if issubclass(attr, Module):
-                    module_classes[module_name] = attr
-                    break
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Imported shepherd modules must contain a "
-                            "subclass of shepherd.module.Module, such as"
-                            "shepherd.module.SimpleModule")
-
-    return module_classes
diff --git a/shepherd/modules/mothtrap.py b/shepherd/modules/mothtrap.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 36548af..0000000
--- a/shepherd/modules/mothtrap.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import shepherd.config
-import shepherd.module
-
-import sys
-import os
-import time
-import argparse
-
-from gpiozero import OutputDevice, Device
-from gpiozero.pins.pigpio import PiGPIOFactory
-
-from shepherd.modules.betterservo import BetterServo
-
-Device.pin_factory = PiGPIOFactory()
-
-
-MOTHTRAP_LED_PIN = 6
-MOTHTRAP_SERVO_PIN = 10
-MOTHTRAP_SERVO_POWER_PIN = 9
-
-
-class MothtrapConfDef(shepherd.config.ConfDefinition):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.add_def('servo_open_pulse', shepherd.config.IntDef(default=1200))
-        self.add_def('servo_closed_pulse', shepherd.config.IntDef(default=1800))
-        self.add_def('servo_open_time', shepherd.config.IntDef(default=5))
-
-
-class MothtrapModule(shepherd.module.SimpleModule):
-    conf_def = MothtrapConfDef()
-
-    def setup(self):
-
-        print("Mothtrap config:")
-        print(self.config)
-
-        servo_max = self.config["servo_open_pulse"] / 1000000
-        servo_min = self.config["servo_closed_pulse"] / 1000000
-
-        if servo_min > servo_max:
-            servo_min, servo_max = servo_max, servo_min
-
-        self.door_servo = BetterServo(MOTHTRAP_SERVO_PIN, initial_value=None,
-                                 active_high=False,
-                                 min_pulse_width=servo_min,
-                                 max_pulse_width=servo_max)
-
-        self.door_servo_power = OutputDevice(MOTHTRAP_SERVO_POWER_PIN,
-                                   active_high=True,
-                                   initial_value=False)
-
-        self.led_power = OutputDevice(MOTHTRAP_LED_PIN,
-                                   active_high=True,
-                                   initial_value=False)
-
-    def setup_other_modules(self):
-        self.modules.picam.hook_pre_cam.attach(self.led_on)
-        self.modules.picam.hook_post_cam.attach(self.led_off)
-        self.modules.picam.hook_post_cam.attach(self.run_servo)
-
-    def led_on(self):
-        self.led_power.on()
-
-    def led_off(self):
-        self.led_power.off()
-
-    def run_servo(self):
-        self.door_servo_power.on()
-        time.sleep(0.5)
-        self.door_servo.pulse_width = self.config["servo_open_pulse"] / 1000000
-        time.sleep(self.config["servo_open_time"])
-        self.door_servo.pulse_width = self.config["servo_closed_pulse"] / 1000000
-        time.sleep(self.config["servo_open_time"])
-        self.door_servo.detach()
-        self.door_servo_power.off()
-
-
-def main(argv):
-    argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-      description='Module for mothtrap control functions. Run for testing')
-    argparser.add_argument("configfile", nargs='?', metavar="configfile",
-                           help="Path to configfile", default="conf.toml")
-    argparser.add_argument("test_function", nargs='?', choices=['servo'],
-                           help="test function to perform", default="servo")
-    argparser.add_argument("-o", help="servo open position, in us", type=int, default=1200, dest="servo_open_pulse")
-    argparser.add_argument("-c", help="servo closed position, in us", type=int, default=1800, dest="servo_closed_pulse")
-    argparser.add_argument("-w", help="wait time, in seconds", type=int, default=5, dest="servo_open_time")
-
-    args = argparser.parse_args()
-    confman = shepherd.config.ConfigManager()
-
-    srcdict = {"mothtrap": {"servo_open_pulse": args.servo_open_pulse,
-                            "servo_closed_pulse":args.servo_closed_pulse,
-                            "servo_open_time":args.servo_open_time}}
-
-    if os.path.isfile(args.configfile):
-        confman.load(args.configfile)
-    else:
-        confman.load(srcdict)
-
-    mothtrap_mod = MothtrapModule(confman.get_config("mothtrap", MothtrapConfDef()),
-                                  shepherd.module.Interface(None))
-                                  
-    mothtrap_mod.led_on()
-    mothtrap_mod.run_servo()
-    mothtrap_mod.led_off()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/shepherd/modules/picam.py b/shepherd/modules/picam.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b33788..0000000
--- a/shepherd/modules/picam.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-import shepherd.config
-import shepherd.module
-
-import io
-import os
-from datetime import datetime
-import time
-from picamera import PiCamera
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
-
-
-overlayfont = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf"
-
-
-class PiCamConfDef(shepherd.config.ConfDefinition):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.add_def('upload_images', shepherd.config.BoolDef(default=False, optional=True))
-        self.add_def('upload_bucket', shepherd.config.StringDef(default="", optional=True))
-        self.add_def('save_directory', shepherd.config.StringDef(default="", optional=False))
-        self.add_def('append_text', shepherd.config.StringDef(default="", optional=True))
-        self.add_def('append_id', shepherd.config.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True))
-
-        array = self.add_def('trigger', shepherd.config.TableArrayDef())
-        array.add_def('hour', shepherd.config.StringDef())
-        array.add_def('minute', shepherd.config.StringDef())
-        array.add_def('second', shepherd.config.StringDef(default="0", optional=True))
-
-# on server side, we want to be able to list commands that a module responds to
-# without actually instantiating the module class. Add command templates into
-# the conf_def, than attach to them in the interface? Was worried about having
-# "two sources of truth", but you already need to match the conf_def to the
-# name where you access the value in the module. Could have add_command, which
-# you then add standard conf_def subclasses to, to reuse validation and server
-# form generation logic...
-
-
-class PiCamInterface(shepherd.module.Interface):
-    def __init__(self, module):
-        super().__init__(module)
-
-        self.hook_pre_cam = shepherd.module.Hook()
-        self.hook_post_cam = shepherd.module.Hook()
-
-        # self.add_command("trigger", self.module.camera_job)
-
-# other module can then call, in init_interfaces, if self.modules.picam is not None:
-# self.modules.picam.hooks.attach("pre_cam",self.myfunc)
-# self.modules.picam.pre_cam.attach(self.my_func)
-
-# self.modules.picam.trigger()
-
-
-class PiCamModule(shepherd.module.SimpleModule):
-    conf_def = PiCamConfDef()
-
-    def setup(self):
-        self.interface = PiCamInterface(self)
-        # do some camera init stuff
-
-        print("Camera config:")
-        print(self.config)
-
-        if self.config["save_directory"] is "":
-            self.save_directory = os.path.join(self.shepherd.root_dir,
-                                               "camera")
-        else:
-            self.save_directory = self.config["save_directory"]
-            
-        if not os.path.exists(self.save_directory):
-            os.makedirs(self.save_directory)
-
-        #global cam_led
-        #cam_led = LED(CAMERA_LED_PIN, active_high=False, initial_value=False)
-
-        for trigger in self.config["trigger"]:
-            self.shepherd.scheduler.add_job(self.camera_job, 'cron',
-                                            hour=trigger["hour"],
-                                            minute=trigger["minute"],
-                                            second=trigger["second"])
-
-    def setup_other_modules(self):
-        pass
-
-    def camera_job(self):
-        self.interface.hook_pre_cam()
-
-        print("Running camera...")
-        stream = io.BytesIO()
-        with PiCamera() as picam:
-            picam.resolution = (3280, 2464)
-            picam.start_preview()
-            time.sleep(2)
-            picam.capture(stream, format='jpeg')
-        # "Rewind" the stream to the beginning so we can read its content
-        image_time = datetime.now()
-
-        stream.seek(0)
-        newimage = Image.open(stream)
-        try:
-            fnt = ImageFont.truetype(overlayfont, 50)
-        except IOError:
-            fnt = ImageFont.load_default()
-
-        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(newimage)
-
-        image_text = image_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-        if self.config["append_id"]:
-            image_text = image_text + " " + self.shepherd.id
-        image_text = image_text + self.config["append_text"]
-
-        draw.text((50, newimage.height-100), image_text, font=fnt,
-                  fill=(255, 255, 255, 200))
-
-        image_filename = image_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S")
-        if self.config["append_id"]:
-            image_filename = image_filename + " " + self.shepherd.id
-
-        image_filename = image_filename + self.config["append_text"] + ".jpg"
-        image_filename = os.path.join(self.save_directory, image_filename)
-        newimage.save(image_filename+".writing", "JPEG")
-        os.rename(image_filename+".writing", image_filename)
-
-        if self.config["upload_images"]:
-            self.modules.uploader.move_to_bucket(image_filename,
-                                                 self.config["upload_bucket"])
-        self.interface.hook_post_cam()
-
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    pass
-    # print("main")
-    # main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/shepherd/plugin.py b/shepherd/plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..785ebd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from contextlib import suppress
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+import importlib
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from collections import namedtuple
+import sys
+import os
+
+import shepherd.scheduler
+
+
+class Hook():
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.attached_functions = []
+
+    def attach(self, new_func):
+        if not callable(new_func):
+            raise TypeError("Argument to Hook.attach must be callable")
+        self.attached_functions.append(new_func)
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        for func in self.attached_functions:
+            func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class InterfaceFunction():
+    def __init__(self, func):
+        if not callable(func):
+            raise TypeError("Argument to InterfaceFunction must be callable")
+        self.func = func
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class Plugin(ABC):
+    @staticmethod
+    @abstractmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def __init__(self, plugininterface, config):
+        pass
+
+    def run(self, hooks, plugins):
+        pass
+
+
+class SimplePlugin(Plugin):
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        confdef.add_def()
+
+    def __init__(self, plugininterface, config):
+        super().__init__(plugininterface, config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.interface = plugininterface
+        self.plugins = plugininterface.other_plugins
+        self.hooks = plugininterface.hooks
+
+
+plugin_interfaces = {}  # dict of plugin interfaces
+
+# convenience dicts bundling together lists from interfaces
+plugin_functions = {}  # dict of plugins containing callable interface functions
+plugin_hooks = {}  # dict of plugins containing hook namespaces
+
+
+_defer = True
+_deferred_attachments = []
+_deferred_jobs = []
+
+
+def init_plugins(plugin_classes, plugin_configs, core_config):
+    # Startup pluginmanagers
+    global plugin_interfaces
+    global plugin_functions
+    global plugin_hooks
+
+    global _defer
+    global _deferred_attachments
+    global _deferred_jobs
+
+    for name, plugin_class in plugin_classes.items():
+        # Instanciate the plugin interface - this also instanciates
+        # the plugin
+        plugin_interfaces[name] = PluginInterface(
+            name, plugin_class, plugin_configs[name], core_config)
+        plugin_functions[name] = plugin_interfaces[name].functions
+        plugin_hooks[name] = plugin_interfaces[name].hooks
+
+    # interfaces and hooks should now be populated, attach hooks, schedule jobs
+    _defer = False
+    for attachment in _deferred_attachments:
+        _attach_hook(attachment)
+
+    for job_desc in _deferred_jobs:
+        _add_job(job_desc)
+
+    # Hand shared interface callables back out
+    for plugininterface in plugin_interfaces.values():
+        plugininterface.functions = plugin_functions
+
+def _add_job(job_desc):
+    global _deferred_jobs
+    global _defer
+
+    if not _defer:
+        shepherd.scheduler.schedule_job(job_desc)
+    else:
+        _deferred_jobs.append(job_desc)
+
+def _attach_hook(attachment):
+    global plugin_hooks
+    global _deferred_attachments
+    global _defer
+
+    if not _defer:
+        targetplugin_hooks = plugin_hooks.get(attachment.pluginname)
+        if targetplugin_hooks is not None:
+            targethook = getattr(targetplugin_hooks, attachment.hookname)
+            if targethook is not None:
+                targethook.attach(attachment.func)
+            else:
+                raise Exception("Could not find hook '" +
+                                attachment.hookname+"' in module '"+attachment.pluginname+"'")
+        else:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Cannot attach hook to non-existing module '"+attachment.pluginname+"'")
+    else:
+        _deferred_attachments.append(attachment)
+
+# Eventually, would like to be able to have client plugin simply:
+# self.shepherd.add_job(trigger, self.interface.myfunc)
+# self.shepherd.attach_hook(pluginnanme,hookname, callable)
+# self.shepherd.addinterface
+# self.shepherd.hooks.myhook()
+# self.shepherd.plugins.otherplugin.otherinterface()
+
+# self.shepherd.add_job()
+
+# Would be good to be able to use abstract methods to enable simpler plugin config
+# defs. A way to avoid instantiating the class would be to run it all as class methods,
+# enabling
+
+
+HookAttachment = namedtuple(
+    'HookAttachment', ['pluginname', 'hookname', 'func'])
+
+
+class PluginInterface():
+    # Class to handle the management of a single plugin.
+    # All interaction to or from the plugin to other Shepherd components or
+    # plugins should go through here.
+
+    def __init__(self, pluginname, pluginclass, pluginconfig, coreconfig):
+        if not issubclass(pluginclass, Plugin):
+            raise TypeError(
+                "Argument must be subclass of shepherd.plugin.Plugin")
+
+        self.coreconfig = coreconfig
+
+        self.hooks = SimpleNamespace()  # My hooks
+        self.functions = SimpleNamespace()  # My callable interface functions
+
+        self._name = pluginname
+        self._plugin = pluginclass(self, pluginconfig)
+
+    def register_hook(self, name):
+        setattr(self.hooks, name, Hook())
+
+    def register_function(self, func):
+        setattr(self.functions, func.__name__, InterfaceFunction(func))
+
+    @property
+    def other_plugins(self):
+        global plugin_functions
+        return plugin_functions
+
+    def attach_hook(self, pluginname, hookname, func):
+        _attach_hook(HookAttachment(pluginname, hookname, func))
+
+    # Add a job to the scheduler. By default each will be identified by the interface
+    # callable name, and so adding another job with the same callable will oevrride the first.
+    # Use the optional job_name to differentiate jobs with an extra string
+
+    def add_job(self, func, hour, minute, second=0, job_name=""):
+        for function_name, function in self.functions.__dict__.items():
+            if func == function.func:
+                # jobstring should canonically describe this job, to be retrieved
+                # after reboot later. Of the form:
+                # shepherd:pluginname:functionname:jobname
+                jobstring = "shepherd:"+self._name+":"+function_name+":"+job_name
+                _add_job(shepherd.scheduler.JobDescription(jobstring, hour, minute, second))
+                break
+        else:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Could not add job. Callable must first be registered as "
+                "a plugin interface with PluginInterface.register_function()")
+
+
+"""
+An interface to a Shepherd module, accessible by other modules.
+All public methods in a module interface need to be threadsafe, as they will
+be called by other modules (which generally run in a seperate thread)
+"""
+
+
+def find_plugins(plugin_names, plugin_dir=None):
+    plugin_classes = {}
+    for plugin_name in plugin_names:
+        # First look for core plugins, then the plugin_dir, then in the general import path
+        # for custom ones prefixed with "shepherd_"
+        try:
+            #mod = importlib.import_module("shepherd.plugins." + plugin_name)
+            mod = importlib.import_module('.'+plugin_name, "shepherd.plugins")
+        except ModuleNotFoundError:
+            try:
+                if (plugin_dir is not None) and (plugin_dir != ""):
+                    if os.path.isdir(plugin_dir):
+                        sys.path.append(plugin_dir)
+                        mod = importlib.import_module("shepherd_" + plugin_name)
+                        sys.path.remove(plugin_dir)
+                    else:
+                        raise Exception("plugin_dir is not a valid directory")
+                else:
+                    mod = importlib.import_module("shepherd_" + plugin_name)
+            except ModuleNotFoundError:
+                raise Exception("Could not find plugin "+plugin_name)
+
+        # Scan imported module for Plugin subclass
+        attrs = [getattr(mod, name) for name in dir(mod)]
+        for attr in attrs:
+            with suppress(TypeError):
+                if issubclass(attr, Plugin):
+                    plugin_classes[plugin_name] = attr
+                    break
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Imported shepherd plugin modules must contain a "
+                            "subclass of shepherd.plugin.Plugin, such as"
+                            "shepherd.plugin.SimplePlugin")
+
+    return plugin_classes
diff --git a/shepherd/plugins/DejaVuSansMono.ttf b/shepherd/plugins/DejaVuSansMono.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f578602
Binary files /dev/null and b/shepherd/plugins/DejaVuSansMono.ttf differ
diff --git a/shepherd/modules/aphidtrap.py b/shepherd/plugins/aphidtrap.py
similarity index 95%
rename from shepherd/modules/aphidtrap.py
rename to shepherd/plugins/aphidtrap.py
index 17fecba..48179c1 100644
--- a/shepherd/modules/aphidtrap.py
+++ b/shepherd/plugins/aphidtrap.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def main(argv):
     else:
         confman.load(srcdict)
 
-    aphidtrap_mod = AphidtrapModule(confman.get_config("aphid", AphidtrapConfDef()),
+    aphidtrap_mod = AphidtrapModule(confman.get_config("aphidtrap", AphidtrapConfDef()),
                                   shepherd.module.Interface(None))
                                   
     aphidtrap_mod.led_on()
diff --git a/shepherd/modules/betterservo.py b/shepherd/plugins/betterservo.py
similarity index 100%
rename from shepherd/modules/betterservo.py
rename to shepherd/plugins/betterservo.py
diff --git a/shepherd/plugins/mothtrap.py b/shepherd/plugins/mothtrap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59695a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/plugins/mothtrap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import shepherd.config as shconf
+import shepherd.plugin
+
+import sys
+import os
+import time
+import argparse
+
+from gpiozero import OutputDevice, Device
+from gpiozero.pins.pigpio import PiGPIOFactory
+
+from shepherd.plugins.betterservo import BetterServo
+
+Device.pin_factory = PiGPIOFactory()
+
+
+MOTHTRAP_LED_PIN = 6
+MOTHTRAP_SERVO_PIN = 10
+MOTHTRAP_SERVO_POWER_PIN = 9
+
+
+class MothtrapPlugin(shepherd.plugin.Plugin):
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        confdef.add_def('servo_open_pulse', shconf.IntDef(default=1200, minval=800, maxval=2200))
+        confdef.add_def('servo_closed_pulse', shconf.IntDef(default=1800, minval=800, maxval=2200))
+        confdef.add_def('servo_open_time', shconf.IntDef(default=5))
+
+    def __init__(self, pluginInterface, config):
+        super().__init__(pluginInterface, config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.interface = pluginInterface
+        self.plugins = pluginInterface.other_plugins
+        self.hooks = pluginInterface.hooks
+
+        self.root_dir = os.path.expanduser(pluginInterface.coreconfig["root_dir"])
+        self.id = pluginInterface.coreconfig["id"]
+
+        print("Mothtrap config:")
+        print(self.config)
+
+        servo_max = self.config["servo_open_pulse"] / 1000000
+        servo_min = self.config["servo_closed_pulse"] / 1000000
+
+        if servo_min > servo_max:
+            servo_min, servo_max = servo_max, servo_min
+
+        self.door_servo = BetterServo(MOTHTRAP_SERVO_PIN, initial_value=None,
+                                      active_high=False,
+                                      min_pulse_width=servo_min-0.000001,
+                                      max_pulse_width=servo_max+0.000001)
+
+        print(F"Supplied min: {servo_min}, max: {servo_max}")
+
+        self.door_servo_power = OutputDevice(MOTHTRAP_SERVO_POWER_PIN,
+                                             active_high=True,
+                                             initial_value=False)
+
+        self.led_power = OutputDevice(MOTHTRAP_LED_PIN,
+                                      active_high=True,
+                                      initial_value=False)
+
+        self.interface.attach_hook("picam", "pre_cam", self.led_on)
+        self.interface.attach_hook("picam", "post_cam", self.led_off)
+        self.interface.attach_hook("picam", "post_cam", self.run_servo)
+
+        self.interface.register_function(self.test)
+
+    def led_on(self):
+        self.led_power.on()
+
+    def led_off(self):
+        self.led_power.off()
+
+    def run_servo(self):
+        self.door_servo_power.on()
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        
+        self.door_servo.pulse_width = self.config["servo_open_pulse"] / 1000000
+        time.sleep(self.config["servo_open_time"])
+        
+        self.door_servo.pulse_width = self.config["servo_closed_pulse"] / 1000000
+        time.sleep(self.config["servo_open_time"])
+        self.door_servo.detach()
+        self.door_servo_power.off()
+
+    def test(self):
+        self.led_on()
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.led_off()
+        self.run_servo()
diff --git a/shepherd/plugins/picam.py b/shepherd/plugins/picam.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b1335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/plugins/picam.py
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import io
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+import time
+
+import shepherd.config as shconf
+import shepherd.plugin
+
+
+from picamera import PiCamera
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+
+
+asset_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+overlayfont_filename = os.path.join(asset_dir, "DejaVuSansMono.ttf")
+logo_filename = os.path.join(asset_dir, "smallshepherd.png")
+
+# on server side, we want to be able to list commands that a module responds to
+# without actually instantiating the module class. Add command templates into
+# the conf_def, than attach to them in the interface? Was worried about having
+# "two sources of truth", but you already need to match the conf_def to the
+# name where you access the value in the module. Could have add_command, which
+# you then add standard conf_def subclasses to, to reuse validation and server
+# form generation logic...
+
+
+class PiCamPlugin(shepherd.plugin.Plugin):
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        confdef.add_def('upload_images', shconf.BoolDef(default=False, optional=True,
+                                                        helptext="If true, move to an Uploader bucket. Requires Uploader plugin"))
+        confdef.add_def('upload_bucket', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=True,
+                                                          helptext="Name of uploader bucket to shift images to."))
+        confdef.add_def('save_directory', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=True,
+                                                           helptext="Name of directory path to save images. If empty, a 'usbcamera' directory under the Shepherd root dir will be used"))
+        confdef.add_def('append_id', shconf.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True,
+                                                    helptext="If true, add the system ID to the end of image filenames"))
+        confdef.add_def('show_overlay', shconf.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True,
+                                                       helptext="If true, add an overlay on each image with the system ID and date."))
+        confdef.add_def('overlay_desc', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=True,
+                                                         helptext="Text to add to the overlay after the system ID and camera name"))
+        confdef.add_def('jpeg_quality', shconf.IntDef(default=80, minval=60, maxval=95, optional=True,
+                                                      helptext="JPEG quality to save with. Max of 95, passed directly to Pillow"))
+
+        array = confdef.add_def('trigger', shconf.TableArrayDef(
+            helptext="Array of triggers that will use all cameras"))
+        array.add_def('hour', shconf.StringDef())
+        array.add_def('minute', shconf.StringDef())
+        array.add_def('second', shconf.StringDef(default="0", optional=True))
+
+    def __init__(self, pluginInterface, config):
+        super().__init__(pluginInterface, config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.interface = pluginInterface
+        self.plugins = pluginInterface.other_plugins
+        self.hooks = pluginInterface.hooks
+    
+        self.root_dir = os.path.expanduser(pluginInterface.coreconfig["root_dir"])
+        self.id = pluginInterface.coreconfig["id"]
+
+        self.interface.register_hook("pre_cam")
+        self.interface.register_hook("post_cam")
+        self.interface.register_function(self.camera_job)
+        # do some camera init stuff
+
+        print("PiCamera config:")
+        print(self.config)
+
+        # Seconds to wait for exposure and white balance auto-adjust to stabilise
+        self.stabilise_delay = 3
+
+        if self.config["save_directory"] is "":
+            self.save_directory = os.path.join(self.root_dir, "picamera")
+        else:
+            self.save_directory = self.config["save_directory"]
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.save_directory):
+            os.makedirs(self.save_directory)
+
+        if self.config["show_overlay"]:
+            # Load assets
+            self.logo_im = Image.open(logo_filename)
+
+            self.font_size_cache = {}
+            self.logo_size_cache = {}
+
+        #global cam_led
+        #cam_led = LED(CAMERA_LED_PIN, active_high=False, initial_value=False)
+
+        for trigger in self.config["trigger"]:
+            trigger_id = trigger["hour"]+'-' + trigger["minute"]+'-'+trigger["second"]
+            self.interface.add_job(
+                self.camera_job, trigger["hour"], trigger["minute"], trigger["second"], job_name=trigger_id)
+
+    def _generate_overlay(self, width, height, image_time):
+        font_size = int(height/40)
+        margin_size = int(font_size/5)
+
+        if font_size not in self.font_size_cache:
+            self.font_size_cache[font_size] = ImageFont.truetype(
+                overlayfont_filename, int(font_size*0.9))
+        thisfont = self.font_size_cache[font_size]
+
+        if font_size not in self.logo_size_cache:
+            newsize = (int(self.logo_im.width*(
+                font_size/self.logo_im.height)), font_size)
+            self.logo_size_cache[font_size] = self.logo_im.resize(
+                newsize, Image.BILINEAR)
+        thislogo = self.logo_size_cache[font_size]
+
+        desc_text = self.config["overlay_desc"]
+        if self.config["append_id"]:
+            desc_text = self.id + "  " + desc_text
+
+        time_text = image_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+
+        overlay = Image.new('RGBA', (width, font_size+(2*margin_size)), (0, 0, 0))
+        overlay.paste(thislogo, (int((overlay.width-thislogo.width)/2), margin_size))
+
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(overlay)
+        draw.text((margin_size*2, margin_size), desc_text,
+                    font=thisfont, fill=(255, 255, 255, 255))
+
+        datewidth, _ = draw.textsize(time_text, thisfont)
+        draw.text((overlay.width-(margin_size*2)-datewidth, margin_size), time_text, font=thisfont,
+                    fill=(255, 255, 255, 255))
+
+        # make whole overlay half transparent
+        overlay.putalpha(128)
+        return overlay
+
+
+    def camera_job(self):
+        self.hooks.pre_cam()
+
+        #Capture image
+        print("Running camera...")
+        stream = io.BytesIO()
+        with PiCamera() as picam:
+            picam.resolution = (3280, 2464)
+            picam.start_preview()
+            time.sleep(self.stabilise_delay)
+            picam.capture(stream, format='jpeg')
+        # "Rewind" the stream to the beginning so we can read its content
+        stream.seek(0)
+        img = Image.open(stream)
+
+        #Process image
+        image_time = datetime.now()
+
+        if self.config["show_overlay"]:
+            overlay = self._generate_overlay(img.width, img.height, image_time)
+            img.paste(overlay, (0, img.height-overlay.height), overlay)
+
+        image_filename = image_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S")
+        if self.config["append_id"]:
+            image_filename = image_filename + " " + self.id
+
+        image_filename = image_filename + ".jpg"
+        image_filename = os.path.join(self.save_directory, image_filename)
+        img.save(image_filename+".writing", "JPEG", quality=self.config["jpeg_quality"])
+        os.rename(image_filename+".writing", image_filename)
+
+        if self.config["upload_images"]:
+            self.plugins["uploader"].move_to_bucket(image_filename, self.config["upload_bucket"])
+
+        self.hooks.post_cam()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass
+    # print("main")
+    # main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/shepherd/plugins/scout.py b/shepherd/plugins/scout.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5c65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/plugins/scout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import shepherd.config as shconf
+import shepherd.plugin
+
+import queue
+import threading
+import re
+import serial
+import time
+
+from enum import Enum, auto
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+
+class Command(Enum):
+    BATV = "batv"
+    BATI = "bati"
+    TIME = "time"
+    ALARM = "alarm"
+    AUX5V = "aux5v"
+    PWM1 = "pwm1"
+    PWM2 = "pwm2"
+    OUT1 = "out1"
+    OUT2 = "out2"
+
+
+
+
+class CommandRequest():
+    def __init__(self, command, arglist):
+        self.command = command
+        self.arglist = arglist
+        self.response_args = []
+        # event that is triggered when a matching command response is
+        # recieved and the data parsed into ScoutState. ScoutState should
+        # only be then read via the lock on it.
+        self.responded = threading.Event()
+
+
+ScoutState = namedtuple(
+    'ScoutState', ['batv',
+                   'bati',
+                   'out1',
+                   'out2',
+                   'pwm1',
+                   'pwm2', ])
+
+# Plugin to interface with the shepherd scout pcb modules.
+
+# A seperate thread is started to handle the comms with the
+# supervising microcontroller. Interface functions add a request
+# to the queue, and some may wait for a state to be updated before
+# returning (with a timeout).
+
+# Command Requests (things to be added to the queue) should only be generated
+# internally from this plugin - interface functions are provided to wrap
+# them and optionally return some changed state
+# The request object (namedTuple?) contains the request string,
+
+
+class CommandHandler():
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self._command_queue = queue.Queue()
+        self.port = serial.Serial()
+        self.current_request = None
+        self.curr_request_sent_time = None
+        self.request_timeout = 2
+
+        self.config = config
+
+        self._rx_string = ""
+
+        self.port.baudrate = 57600
+        self.port.timeout = 0
+        self.port.port = self.config["serialport"]
+        # pull in serial config
+        # start thread
+        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=self._serial_comm_thread, daemon=True)
+        self.thread.start()
+
+    def request(self, newRequest):
+        self._command_queue.put(newRequest)
+
+    def _send_request(self):
+        argstr = ""
+        if len(self.current_request.arglist) > 0:
+            argstr = ':'+','.join(self.current_request.arglist)
+        send_str = '?'+self.current_request.command.value+argstr+'\n'
+        self.port.write(send_str.encode('utf-8'))
+        self.curr_request_sent_time = time.time()
+
+    def _process_bytes(self, new_bytes):
+        self._rx_string = self._rx_string + new_bytes.decode('utf-8')
+        #print(self._rx_string)
+        if ('!' in self._rx_string) or ('?' in self._rx_string):
+            match = re.search(r"([!\?])(.+?)[\r\n]", self._rx_string)
+            while match is not None:
+                self._parse_command(match[2])
+                # only keep part of string after our match and look for another
+                # command
+                self._rx_string = self._rx_string[match.end():]
+                match = re.search(r"[!\?].+?\n", self._rx_string)
+        else:
+            # No command start characters anywhere in the string, so ditch it
+            self._rx_string = ""
+
+    def _parse_command(self, command_str):
+        command_name, _, command_args = command_str.partition(':')
+        if self.current_request is not None:
+            if command_name == self.current_request.command.value:
+                self.current_request.response_args = command_args.split(',')
+                self.current_request.responded.set()
+                self.current_request = None
+
+    def _handle_serial_port(self):
+        while True:
+            if self.port.in_waiting > 0:
+                self._process_bytes(self.port.read(self.port.in_waiting))
+            elif self.current_request is None:
+                try:
+                    self.current_request = self._command_queue.get(
+                        block=True, timeout=0.01)
+                    self._send_request()
+                except queue.Empty:
+                    pass
+            else:
+                if (time.time()-self.curr_request_sent_time) > self.request_timeout:
+                    #Timeout the request
+                    self.current_request = None
+                else:
+                    pass
+                    #Ideally have a short spin loop delay here, but could cause serial buffer to back up
+                    #pyserial buffer is apparently 1024 or 4096 bytes, and at 57600 baud 10ms delay would only
+                    # be 72 bytes.
+                    time.sleep(0.01)
+
+    def _serial_comm_thread(self):
+        while True:
+            # Producers-consumer pattern
+            # If there's a CommandRequest to on the queue, pop it and set as current
+            # Send the command, and wait for a matching response
+            # timeout the response wait if necessary
+            # Parse any response and update the state
+            # notify the queue responded event
+
+            # Actual wait is on either the non-empty queue or a serial character to parse
+            # Serial comms is not synchronous, so need to be available to recieve characters
+            # at any point
+            try:
+                self.port.open()
+                self._handle_serial_port()
+            except serial.SerialException:
+                time.sleep(1)
+
+                # If there's bytes, read them and deal with them. If there's
+                # a serialexception, try to reopen the port
+                # If no bytes,
+
+
+class ScoutPlugin(shepherd.plugin.Plugin):
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        confdef.add_def('boardver', shconf.StringDef())
+        confdef.add_def('serialport', shconf.StringDef())
+
+    def __init__(self, pluginInterface, config):
+        super().__init__(pluginInterface, config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.interface = pluginInterface
+        self.plugins = pluginInterface.other_plugins
+        self.hooks = pluginInterface.hooks
+
+        self.cmd_handler = CommandHandler(config)
+
+        self.interface.register_function(self.get_batv)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.get_bati)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.get_time)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.set_alarm)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.set_aux5v)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.set_pwm1)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.set_pwm2)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.set_out1)
+        self.interface.register_function(self.set_out2)
+
+        self.interface.register_function(self.test)
+
+    def get_batv(self):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.BATV, [])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def get_bati(self):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.BATI, [])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def set_aux5v(self, enabled):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.AUX5V, [str(enabled).lower()])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def set_pwm1(self, enabled, pulse_length):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.PWM1, [str(enabled).lower(), str(pulse_length)])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def set_pwm2(self, enabled, pulse_length):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.PWM2, [str(enabled).lower(), str(pulse_length)])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def set_out1(self, enabled):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.OUT1, [str(enabled).lower()])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def set_out2(self, enabled):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.OUT2, [str(enabled).lower()])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def get_time(self):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.TIME, [])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def set_alarm(self, unix_time):
+        req = CommandRequest(Command.ALARM, [unix_time])
+        self.cmd_handler.request(req)
+        if req.responded.wait(2):
+            return req.response_args[0]
+        return None
+
+    def test(self):
+        print("Testing companion board...")
+        print(F"Current RTC time is {self.get_time()}")
+        print(F"Current BatV is {self.get_batv()}")
+        print(F"Current BatI is {self.get_bati()}")
+        print("Turning on Out1 for 1 second")
+        self.set_out1(True)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.set_out1(False)
+        print("Turning on Out2 for 1 second")
+        self.set_out2(True)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.set_out2(False)
+
+        print("Enabling auxilliary 5V")
+        self.set_aux5v(True)
+
+        print("Sweeping PWM1 from 1000us to 2000us")
+        self.set_pwm1(True, 1000)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.set_pwm1(True, 2000)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.set_pwm1(False, 1000)
+
+        print("Sweeping PWM2 from 1000us to 2000us")
+        self.set_pwm2(True, 1000)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.set_pwm2(True, 2000)
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self.set_pwm2(False, 1000)
+        self.set_aux5v(False)
+        print("Test finished")
+
+        return None
diff --git a/shepherd/plugins/smallshepherd.png b/shepherd/plugins/smallshepherd.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b12a6e
Binary files /dev/null and b/shepherd/plugins/smallshepherd.png differ
diff --git a/shepherd/modules/uploader.py b/shepherd/plugins/uploader.py
similarity index 55%
rename from shepherd/modules/uploader.py
rename to shepherd/plugins/uploader.py
index 182bf2c..710d36e 100644
--- a/shepherd/modules/uploader.py
+++ b/shepherd/plugins/uploader.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
 import shutil
 import os
 import threading
 import paramiko
-import shepherd.config
-import shepherd.module
+import shepherd.config as shconf
+import shepherd.plugin
 # configdef = shepherd.config.definition()
 
 # Can either import shepherd.config here, and call a function to build a config_def
@@ -11,28 +13,6 @@ import shepherd.module
 # probably go with entry point, to stay consistent with the module
 
 
-class UploaderConfDef(shepherd.config.ConfDefinition):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        dests = self.add_def('destination', shepherd.config.TableArrayDef())
-        dests.add_def('name', shepherd.config.StringDef())
-        dests.add_def('protocol', shepherd.config.StringDef())
-        dests.add_def('address', shepherd.config.StringDef(optional=True))
-        dests.add_def('port', shepherd.config.IntDef(optional=True))
-        dests.add_def('path', shepherd.config.StringDef(optional=True))
-        dests.add_def('username', shepherd.config.StringDef(optional=True))
-        dests.add_def('password', shepherd.config.StringDef(optional=True))
-        dests.add_def('keyfile', shepherd.config.StringDef(default="", optional=True))
-        dests.add_def('add_id_to_path', shepherd.config.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True))
-
-        buckets = self.add_def('bucket', shepherd.config.TableArrayDef())
-        buckets.add_def('name', shepherd.config.StringDef())
-        buckets.add_def('open_link_on_new', shepherd.config.BoolDef())
-        buckets.add_def('opportunistic', shepherd.config.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True))
-        buckets.add_def('keep_copy', shepherd.config.BoolDef())
-        buckets.add_def('destination', shepherd.config.StringDef())
-
-
 # on server side, we want to be able to list commands that a module responds to
 # without actually instantiating the module class. Add command templates into
 # the conf_def, than attach to them in the interface? Was worried about having
@@ -42,28 +22,18 @@ class UploaderConfDef(shepherd.config.ConfDefinition):
 # form generation logic...
 
 
-class UploaderInterface(shepherd.module.Interface):
-    def __init__(self, module):
-        super().__init__(module)
-        # self.add_command("trigger", self.module.camera_job)
-    def _get_bucket_path(self, bucket_name):
-        return self._module.buckets[bucket_name].path
-
-    def move_to_bucket(self, filepath, bucket_name):
-        dest_path = os.path.join(self._get_bucket_path(bucket_name),
-                                 os.path.basename(filepath))
-        temp_dest_path = dest_path + ".writing"
-        shutil.move(filepath, temp_dest_path)
-        os.rename(temp_dest_path, dest_path)
-
-        # notify bucket to check for new files
-        self._module.buckets[bucket_name].newfile_event.set()
+# The uploader plugin allows the definition of upload "buckets" - essentially
+# as a way of collecting together settings for upload, timing, and retention settings
+# Buckets will ignore any filenames ending with ".writing" or ".uploaded"
+# The "move_to_bucket" interface function is provided, but bucket directories will
+# also work with any files moved into them externally.
 
 
 class Destination():
-    def __init__(self, config, core_interface):
+    def __init__(self, config, node_id, root_dir):
         self.config = config
-        self.shepherd = core_interface
+        self.node_id = node_id
+        self.root_dir = root_dir
         self.sendlist_condition = threading.Condition()
         self.send_list = []
 
@@ -73,7 +43,7 @@ class Destination():
     # Override this in subclasses, implementing the actual upload process.
     # Return true on success, false on failure.
     def upload(self, filepath, suffix):
-        print ("Dummy uploading "+filepath)
+        print("Dummy uploading "+filepath)
         return True
 
     def add_files_to_send(self, file_path_list):
@@ -84,7 +54,7 @@ class Destination():
                 self.sendlist_condition.notify()
 
         self.sendlist_condition.release()
-        
+
     def _file_available(self):
         return len(self.send_list) > 0
 
@@ -102,22 +72,25 @@ class Destination():
             try:
                 self.upload(file_to_send, ".uploading")
                 os.rename(file_to_send+".uploading", file_to_send+".uploaded")
-            except:
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(F"Upload failed with exception {e}")
                 os.rename(file_to_send+".uploading", file_to_send)
                 self.send_list.append(file_to_send)
 
 
 class SFTPDestination(Destination):
     def upload(self, filepath, suffix):
+        print("Starting upload...")
         with paramiko.Transport((self.config["address"],
-                                        self.config["port"])) as transport:
+                                 self.config["port"])) as transport:
             transport.connect(username=self.config["username"],
                               password=self.config["password"])
             with paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(transport) as sftp:
-                print("Uploading "+filepath+" to "+self.config["address"]+" via SFTP")
+                print("Uploading "+filepath+" to " +
+                      self.config["address"]+" via SFTP")
                 if self.config["add_id_to_path"]:
                     destdir = os.path.join(self.config["path"],
-                                           self.shepherd.id)
+                                           self.node_id)
                 else:
                     destdir = self.config["path"]
 
@@ -134,23 +107,26 @@ class SFTPDestination(Destination):
 
 class Bucket():
     def __init__(self, name, open_link_on_new, opportunistic, keep_copy,
-                 destination, core_interface, path=None, old_path=None):
+                 destination, node_id, root_dir, path=None, old_path=None):
         self.newfile_event = threading.Event()
         self.newfile_event.set()
 
+        self.node_id = node_id
+        self.root_dir = root_dir
+
         self.destination = destination
 
-        self.shepherd = core_interface
         self.path = path
         if self.path is None:
-            self.path = os.path.join(self.shepherd.root_dir, name)
+            self.path = os.path.join(self.root_dir, name)
         if not os.path.exists(self.path):
             os.makedirs(self.path)
 
         if keep_copy:
             self.old_path = old_path
             if self.old_path is None:
-                self.old_path = os.path.join(self.shepherd.root_dir, name + "_old")
+                self.old_path = os.path.join(
+                    self.root_dir, name + "_old")
             if not os.path.exists(self.old_path):
                 os.makedirs(self.old_path)
 
@@ -160,51 +136,99 @@ class Bucket():
     def _check_files(self):
 
         while True:
+            # NOTE: The reason we use an event here, rather than a lock or condition
+            # is that we're not sharing any internal state between the threads - just
+            # the filesystem itself and using the atomicity of file operations. While
+            # less clean in a pure python sense, this allows for more flexibility in
+            # allowing other sources of files
             self.newfile_event.wait(timeout=10)
             self.newfile_event.clear()
             bucket_files = []
             for item in os.listdir(self.path):
                 item_path = os.path.join(self.path, item)
                 if (os.path.isfile(item_path) and
-                   (not item.endswith(".writing")) and
-                   (not item.endswith(".uploading")) and
-                   (not item.endswith(".uploaded"))):
+                    (not item.endswith(".writing")) and
+                    (not item.endswith(".uploading")) and
+                        (not item.endswith(".uploaded"))):
                     bucket_files.append(item_path)
+                #TODO check for .uploaded files and either delete or
+                # if keep_copy, move to self.old_path
 
             if bucket_files:
                 self.destination.add_files_to_send(bucket_files)
 
 
-class UploaderModule(shepherd.module.Module):
-    conf_def = UploaderConfDef()
+class UploaderPlugin(shepherd.plugin.Plugin):
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        dests = confdef.add_def('destination', shconf.TableArrayDef())
+        dests.add_def('name', shconf.StringDef())
+        dests.add_def('protocol', shconf.StringDef())
+        dests.add_def('address', shconf.StringDef(optional=True))
+        dests.add_def('port', shconf.IntDef(optional=True))
+        dests.add_def('path', shconf.StringDef(optional=True))
+        dests.add_def('username', shconf.StringDef(optional=True))
+        dests.add_def('password', shconf.StringDef(optional=True))
+        dests.add_def('keyfile', shconf.StringDef(
+            default="", optional=True))
+        dests.add_def('add_id_to_path', shconf.BoolDef(
+            default=True, optional=True))
+
+        buckets = confdef.add_def('bucket', shconf.TableArrayDef())
+        buckets.add_def('name', shconf.StringDef())
+        buckets.add_def('open_link_on_new', shconf.BoolDef())
+        buckets.add_def('opportunistic', shconf.BoolDef(
+            default=True, optional=True))
+        buckets.add_def('keep_copy', shconf.BoolDef())
+        buckets.add_def('destination', shconf.StringDef())
+
+    def __init__(self, pluginInterface, config):
+        super().__init__(pluginInterface, config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.interface = pluginInterface
+        self.plugins = pluginInterface.other_plugins
+        self.hooks = pluginInterface.hooks
+
+        self.root_dir = os.path.expanduser(pluginInterface.coreconfig["root_dir"])
+        self.id = pluginInterface.coreconfig["id"]
 
-    def __init__(self, config, core_interface):
-        super().__init__(config, core_interface)
-        
         print("Uploader config:")
         print(self.config)
-        
-        self.interface = UploaderInterface(self)
-        
+
+        self.interface.register_function(self.move_to_bucket)
+
         self.destinations = {}
         self.buckets = {}
 
         for dest_conf in self.config["destination"]:
             if dest_conf["protocol"] == "sftp":
-                self.destinations[dest_conf["name"]] = SFTPDestination(dest_conf, core_interface)
+                self.destinations[dest_conf["name"]] = SFTPDestination(
+                    dest_conf, self.id, self.root_dir)
             else:
-                self.destinations[dest_conf["name"]] = Destination(dest_conf, core_interface)
+                self.destinations[dest_conf["name"]] = Destination(
+                    dest_conf, self.id, self.root_dir)
 
         for bucketconf in self.config["bucket"]:
             bucketconf["destination"] = self.destinations[bucketconf["destination"]]
             self.buckets[bucketconf["name"]] = Bucket(
-                **bucketconf, core_interface=self.shepherd)
+                **bucketconf, node_id=self.id, root_dir=self.root_dir)
+
+    def move_to_bucket(self, filepath, bucket_name):
+        # use intermediary step with ".writing" on the filename
+        # in case the source isn't in the same filesystem and so the 
+        # move operation might not be atomic. Once it's there, the rename
+        # _is_ atomic
+        dest_path = os.path.join(self.buckets[bucket_name].path,
+                                 os.path.basename(filepath))
+        temp_dest_path = dest_path + ".writing"
+        shutil.move(filepath, temp_dest_path)
+        os.rename(temp_dest_path, dest_path)
 
-    def init_other_modules(self, interfaces): # pylint: disable=W0235
-        super().init_other_modules(interfaces)
+        # notify bucket to check for new files
+        self.buckets[bucket_name].newfile_event.set()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     pass
-    #print("main")
-    #main(sys.argv[1:])
+    # print("main")
+    # main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/shepherd/plugins/usbcam.py b/shepherd/plugins/usbcam.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32ed615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/plugins/usbcam.py
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+import io
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+import time
+import re
+
+import shepherd.config as shconf
+import shepherd.plugin
+
+import threading
+
+import subprocess
+
+from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
+from operator import itemgetter
+
+
+import cv2
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+
+asset_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+overlayfont_filename = os.path.join(asset_dir, "DejaVuSansMono.ttf")
+logo_filename = os.path.join(asset_dir, "smallshepherd.png")
+
+# Note: Add a lock to the gstreamer function, to avoid multiple triggers colliding
+
+CameraPort = namedtuple(
+    'CameraPort', ['usbPath', 'devicePath'])
+
+# Short wrapper to allow use in a ``with`` context
+class VideoCaptureCtx():
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.capture_dev = cv2.VideoCapture(*args, **kwargs)
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self.capture_dev
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        self.capture_dev.release()
+
+
+def get_connected_cameras():
+    # This will return devices orderd by the USB path, regardless of the order they're connected in
+    device_list_str = subprocess.run(
+        ['v4l2-ctl', '--list-devices'], text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout
+    # in each match, first group is the USB path, second group is the device path
+    portlist = re.findall(r"-([\d.]+?)\):\n\s*?(\/dev\S+?)\n", device_list_str)
+    return [CameraPort(*port) for port in portlist]
+
+
+def get_capture_formats(video_device):
+    """
+    Call ``v4l2-ctl --device {video_device} --list-formats-ext`` and parse the output into a format dict
+
+    Returns a dict with 4CC format codes as keys, and lists of (width,height) tuples as values
+    """
+    device_fmt_str = subprocess.run(
+        ['v4l2-ctl', '--device', F'{video_device}', '--list-formats-ext'], text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout
+
+    split_fmts = re.split(r"\[\d\]: '(\w{4}).*", device_fmt_str)
+    if len(split_fmts) < 3:
+        raise Exception("Did not get valid device format list output")
+
+    # Iterate through successive pairs in the split, where the first is the format mode and the
+    # second is the text containing all the resolution options. Skip the first bit, which is rubbish
+    format_dict = {}
+    for fourcc, size_text in zip(split_fmts[1::2], split_fmts[2::2]):
+        resolutions = re.findall(r"(\d+?)x(\d+?)\D", size_text)
+        format_dict[fourcc] = resolutions
+    return format_dict
+
+
+def get_largest_resolution(size_list):
+    """
+    Accepts a list of tuples where the first element is a width and the second is a height.
+
+    Returns a single resolution tuple representing the largest area from the list
+    """
+    return max(size_list, key=lambda size: int(size[0]*int(size[1])))
+
+
+def set_camera_format_v4l2(video_device, fourcc, width, height):
+    """
+    Set the camera device capture format using the external v4l2-ctl tool
+    """
+    subprocess.run(['v4l2-ctl', '--device', F'{video_device}',
+                    F'--set-fmt-video width={width},height={height},pixelformat={fourcc}'], text=True)
+
+
+def set_camera_format_opencv(capture_device, fourcc, width, height):
+    """
+    Set the camera device capture format using internal OpenCV set methods
+    """
+    # VideoWriter_fourcc expects a list of characters, so need to unpack the string
+    capture_device.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FOURCC, cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*fourcc))
+    capture_device.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH, int(width))
+    capture_device.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT, int(height))
+
+
+class USBCamPlugin(shepherd.plugin.Plugin):
+    @staticmethod
+    def define_config(confdef):
+        confdef.add_def('upload_images', shconf.BoolDef(default=False, optional=True,
+                                                        helptext="If true, move to an Uploader bucket. Requires Uploader plugin"))
+        confdef.add_def('upload_bucket', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=True,
+                                                          helptext="Name of uploader bucket to shift images to."))
+        confdef.add_def('save_directory', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=True,
+                                                           helptext="Name of directory path to save images. If empty, a 'usbcamera' directory under the Shepherd root dir will be used"))
+        confdef.add_def('append_id', shconf.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True,
+                                                    helptext="If true, add the system ID to the end of image filenames"))
+        confdef.add_def('show_overlay', shconf.BoolDef(default=True, optional=True,
+                                                       helptext="If true, add an overlay on each image with the system ID and date."))
+        confdef.add_def('overlay_desc', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=True,
+                                                         helptext="Text to add to the overlay after the system ID and camera name"))
+        confdef.add_def('jpeg_quality', shconf.IntDef(default=85, minval=60, maxval=95, optional=True,
+                                                      helptext="JPEG quality to save with. Max of 95, passed directly to Pillow"))
+        confdef.add_def('stabilise_delay', shconf.IntDef(default=5, minval=1, maxval=30, optional=True,
+                                                         helptext="Number of seconds to wait after starting each camera for exposure and white balance to settle"))
+
+        array = confdef.add_def('trigger', shconf.TableArrayDef(
+            helptext="Array of triggers that will use all cameras"))
+        array.add_def('hour', shconf.StringDef())
+        array.add_def('minute', shconf.StringDef())
+        array.add_def('second', shconf.StringDef(default="0", optional=True))
+
+        camarray = confdef.add_def('camera', shconf.TableArrayDef(
+            helptext="List of cameras to try and connect to. Multiple ports may be listed, and any not connected will be skipped on each trigger."))
+        camarray.add_def('name', shconf.StringDef(default="", optional=False,
+                                                  helptext="Name of camera, appended to filename and added to overlay"))
+        camarray.add_def('usb_port', shconf.StringDef(default="*", optional=False,
+                                                      helptext="USB port descriptor of the from '3.4.1' (which would indicate port1 on a hub plugged into port4 on a hub plugged into port 3 of the system). This can be found by running 'v4l2-ctl --list-devices'. A single camera with a wildcard '*' port is also allowed, and will match any remaining available camera."))
+
+    def __init__(self, pluginInterface, config):
+        super().__init__(pluginInterface, config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.interface = pluginInterface
+        self.plugins = pluginInterface.other_plugins
+        self.hooks = pluginInterface.hooks
+
+        self.root_dir = os.path.expanduser(pluginInterface.coreconfig["root_dir"])
+        self.id = pluginInterface.coreconfig["id"]
+
+        self.interface.register_hook("pre_cam")
+        self.interface.register_hook("post_cam")
+        self.interface.register_function(self.camera_job)
+        # do some camera init stuff
+
+        print("USBCamera config:")
+        print(self.config)
+
+        self.gstlock = threading.Lock()
+
+        if self.config["save_directory"] is "":
+            self.save_directory = os.path.join(self.root_dir, "usbcamera")
+        else:
+            self.save_directory = self.config["save_directory"]
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.save_directory):
+            os.makedirs(self.save_directory)
+
+        if self.config["show_overlay"]:
+            # Load assets
+            self.logo_im = Image.open(logo_filename)
+
+            self.font_size_cache = {}
+            self.logo_size_cache = {}
+
+        # Dict of camera names storing the USB path as the value
+        self.defined_cams = OrderedDict()
+        # List of wildcard camera names
+        self.wildcard_cams = []
+
+        # Go through camera configs sorted by name
+        for camera in sorted(self.config["camera"], key=itemgetter("name")):
+            if camera["name"] in self.defined_cams:
+                raise shconf.InvalidConfigError(
+                    "Can't have more than one usb camera defined with the same config name")
+            if camera["usb_port"] == '*':
+                self.wildcard_cams.append(camera["name"])
+            else:
+                self.defined_cams[camera["name"]] = camera["usb_port"]
+
+        for trigger in self.config["trigger"]:
+            trigger_id = trigger["hour"]+'-' + trigger["minute"]+'-'+trigger["second"]
+            self.interface.add_job(
+                self.camera_job, trigger["hour"], trigger["minute"], trigger["second"], job_name=trigger_id)
+
+    def _generate_overlay(self, width, height, image_time, camera_name):
+        font_size = int(height/40)
+        margin_size = int(font_size/5)
+
+        if font_size not in self.font_size_cache:
+            self.font_size_cache[font_size] = ImageFont.truetype(
+                overlayfont_filename, int(font_size*0.9))
+        thisfont = self.font_size_cache[font_size]
+
+        if font_size not in self.logo_size_cache:
+            newsize = (int(self.logo_im.width*(
+                font_size/self.logo_im.height)), font_size)
+            self.logo_size_cache[font_size] = self.logo_im.resize(
+                newsize, Image.BILINEAR)
+        thislogo = self.logo_size_cache[font_size]
+
+        desc_text = camera_name + " " + self.config["overlay_desc"]
+        if self.config["append_id"]:
+            desc_text = self.id + "  " + desc_text
+
+        time_text = image_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+
+        overlay = Image.new('RGBA', (width, font_size+(2*margin_size)), (0, 0, 0))
+        overlay.paste(thislogo, (int((overlay.width-thislogo.width)/2), margin_size))
+
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(overlay)
+        draw.text((margin_size*2, margin_size), desc_text,
+                  font=thisfont, fill=(255, 255, 255, 255))
+
+        datewidth, _ = draw.textsize(time_text, thisfont)
+        draw.text((overlay.width-(margin_size*2)-datewidth, margin_size), time_text, font=thisfont,
+                  fill=(255, 255, 255, 255))
+
+        # make whole overlay half transparent
+        overlay.putalpha(128)
+        return overlay
+
+    def _process_image(self, cv_frame, camera_name):
+
+        image_time = datetime.now()
+
+        # Convert over to PIL. Mostly so we can use our own font.
+        img = Image.fromarray(cv2.cvtColor(cv_frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
+
+        if self.config["show_overlay"]:
+            overlay = self._generate_overlay(img.width, img.height, image_time, camera_name)
+            img.paste(overlay, (0, img.height-overlay.height), overlay)
+
+        image_filename = image_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S")
+        if self.config["append_id"]:
+            image_filename = image_filename + " " + self.id
+
+        if camera_name is not "":
+            image_filename = image_filename+" "+camera_name
+        image_filename = image_filename + ".jpg"
+        image_filename = os.path.join(self.save_directory, image_filename)
+        img.save(image_filename+".writing", "JPEG", quality=self.config["jpeg_quality"])
+        os.rename(image_filename+".writing", image_filename)
+
+        if self.config["upload_images"]:
+            self.plugins["uploader"].move_to_bucket(image_filename, self.config["upload_bucket"])
+
+    def _capture_image(self, device_path, camera_name):
+        print("Running camera "+camera_name)
+
+        with self.gstlock:
+
+            #gst_str = ('v4l2src device='+device_path+' ! '
+            #           'videoconvert ! appsink drop=true max-buffers=1 sync=false')
+
+            #vidcap = cv2.VideoCapture(gst_str, cv2.CAP_GSTREAMER)
+
+            fmts = get_capture_formats(device_path)
+            
+            with VideoCaptureCtx(device_path, cv2.CAP_V4L2) as vidcap:
+                if "MJPG" in fmts:
+                    size = get_largest_resolution(fmts["MJPG"])
+                    set_camera_format_opencv(vidcap, "MJPG", size[0], size[1])
+
+
+                # stream only starts after first grab
+                
+                print("Starting cam")
+                read_flag, frame = vidcap.read()
+                delay_start = time.time()
+                while (time.time() - delay_start) < self.config["stabilise_delay"]:
+                    vidcap.grab()
+                #time.sleep(self.config["stabilise_delay"])
+                # clear old buffer
+                #print("Flushing capture")
+                #vidcap.grab()
+                print("Reading")
+                read_flag, frame = vidcap.read()
+                #print("Changing to YUYV")
+                #if "YUYV" in fmts:
+                #    size = get_largest_resolution(fmts["YUYV"])
+                #    set_camera_format_opencv(vidcap, "YUYV", size[0], size[1])
+                #print("Reading again")
+                #read_flag, frame2 = vidcap.read()
+
+
+        if read_flag:
+            self._process_image(frame, camera_name)
+            #self._process_image(frame2, camera_name+"(2)")
+        else:
+            print("Could not read camera "+camera_name +
+                  " on USB port "+device_path)
+
+    def camera_job(self):
+        self.hooks.pre_cam()
+
+        connected_cams = OrderedDict(get_connected_cameras())
+
+        for defined_name, defined_usb_path in self.defined_cams.items():
+            if defined_usb_path in connected_cams:
+
+                self._capture_image(connected_cams.pop(
+                    defined_usb_path), defined_name)
+
+            else:
+                print("USB Camera "+defined_name+" on port " +
+                      defined_usb_path+" is not currently connected")
+
+        for cam_name in self.wildcard_cams:
+            if len(connected_cams) > 0:
+                self._capture_image(connected_cams.popitem(
+                    last=False)[1], cam_name)
+            else:
+                print(
+                    "No connected USB cameras are currently left to match to "+cam_name+" ")
+                break
+
+        self.hooks.post_cam()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pass
+    # print("main")
+    # main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/shepherd/scheduler.py b/shepherd/scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9321e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shepherd/scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
+from apscheduler.triggers.cron import CronTrigger
+from apscheduler.events import *
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+from tzlocal import get_localzone
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import time
+
+import subprocess
+
+import os
+import shepherd.plugin
+
+import io
+
+
+def is_raspberry_pi(raise_on_errors=False):
+    """Checks if Raspberry PI.
+    :return:
+    """
+    try:
+        with io.open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as cpuinfo:
+            found = False
+            for line in cpuinfo:
+                if line.startswith('Hardware'):
+                    found = True
+                    label, value = line.strip().split(':', 1)
+                    value = value.strip()
+                    if value not in (
+                        'BCM2708',
+                        'BCM2709',
+                        'BCM2835',
+                        'BCM2836'
+                    ):
+                        if raise_on_errors:
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                'This system does not appear to be a '
+                                'Raspberry Pi.'
+                            )
+                        else:
+                            return False
+            if not found:
+                if raise_on_errors:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        'Unable to determine if this system is a Raspberry Pi.'
+                    )
+                else:
+                    return False
+    except IOError:
+        if raise_on_errors:
+            raise ValueError('Unable to open `/proc/cpuinfo`.')
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+_scheduler = None
+
+joblist_path = None
+
+JobDescription = namedtuple(
+    'Job', ['jobstring', 'hour', 'minute', 'second'])
+
+
+def init_scheduler(core_config):
+    global _scheduler
+    global joblist_path
+    _scheduler = BlockingScheduler()
+    joblist_path = os.path.expanduser(core_config["root_dir"])
+    joblist_path = os.path.join(joblist_path, "joblist.shp")
+
+
+def schedule_job(job_desc):
+    if not isinstance(job_desc, JobDescription):
+        raise Exception(
+            "Argument to schedule_job() must be an instance of shepherd.scheduler.JobDescription")
+    global _scheduler
+    # resolve callable
+    splitstring = job_desc.jobstring.split(':')
+    if not ((len(splitstring) == 4) and (splitstring[0] == "shepherd")):
+        raise Exception(
+            "Could not add job - jobstring is not a valid Shepherd job")
+    job_plugin, job_function, job_name = splitstring[1:]
+    func = getattr(shepherd.plugin.plugin_functions[job_plugin], job_function)
+    triggerstr = "!"+job_desc.hour+":"+job_desc.minute+":"+job_desc.second
+    for job in _scheduler.get_jobs():
+        #Jobstring must be the same, triggerstring can vary and still match
+        if job.id.startswith(job_desc.jobstring):
+            # Jobstring matches existing job, so update it
+            print("Modifying job "+job.id)
+            print("next run was "+job.next_run_time)
+            job.modify(func=func, trigger=CronTrigger(
+                hour=job_desc.hour, minute=job_desc.minute, second=job_desc.second))
+            print("next is now "+job.next_run_time)
+            break
+    else:
+        # No matching job found, so new job
+        print("Scheduling job "+job_desc.jobstring)
+        newjob=_scheduler.add_job(func, id=job_desc.jobstring+triggerstr, coalesce=True, misfire_grace_time=300, trigger=CronTrigger(
+            hour=job_desc.hour, minute=job_desc.minute, second=job_desc.second))
+        #print("Next scheduled for "+str(newjob.next_run_time))
+
+
+# Needs to be called after plugins are initialised, so interface functions
+# are available
+
+# Remember to wipe job store and not restore on next boot if config file was changed
+
+def save_jobs():
+    joblist = _scheduler.get_jobs()
+    saved_jobs = []
+    next_job_time = None
+
+    for job in joblist:
+        jobstring, _, triggerstr = job.id.partition('!')
+        jobstring_parts = jobstring.split(':')
+        triggerstr_parts = triggerstr.split(':')
+        if not ((len(jobstring_parts) == 4) and (jobstring_parts[0] == "shepherd")):
+            raise Exception(
+                "Could not save scheduler job "+job.id+" - ID is not a valid Shepherd job")
+        if not isinstance(job.trigger, CronTrigger):
+            raise Exception("Could not save scheduler job " +
+                            job.id+" - Trigger is not a CronTrigger")
+        saved_jobs.append(job.id)
+        if next_job_time is not None:
+            if job.next_run_time < next_job_time:
+                next_job_time = job.next_run_time
+        else:
+            
+            next_job_time = job.next_run_time
+
+    with open(joblist_path+".writing", 'w+') as f:
+        for saved_job in saved_jobs:
+            f.write("%s\n" % saved_job)
+    
+    os.rename(joblist_path+".writing", joblist_path)
+    return next_job_time
+
+# Currently to wakeup functionality is based on a hard-coded dependancy on the Scout
+# plugin. We'd like this to instead be independant, and provide hooks for modules to register with that provide this
+# A problem with just providing a "set_alarm" hook or something is that we really need to be able to
+# confirm that an alarm has been set and we _are_ going to wake up gain correctly.
+# Could potentially provide a interface function that others can call to set a "Next Alarm" state variable. This can then be
+# checked after the hook call to verify.
+
+
+# At the moment shutdown is just triggered 1 minute after setting the alarm - mostly just to allow time for things to upload.
+# Having things be properly event based instead would be better - adding random delays all around the place inevetiably leads
+# "delay creep" - where all the "just in case" delays just build up and up and wind up making the whole thing take ages to do anything.
+# Instead we really need some sort of "current jobs/dependancies" queue thing - containing active stuff to be dealt with that should 
+# hold the system active (sidenote - this same system could easily then be used to hold things on to access them remotely)
+# Would ideally have a mechanism that makes it hard to accidentally leave an item/job in the list that stops the system shutting down - 
+# maybe look at a context manager used on an object in each plugin?
+
+
+def _jobs_changed(event):
+    next_job_time = save_jobs()
+    # default to idle for 5 mins
+
+    early_wakeup_period = timedelta(minutes=1)
+
+    now_datetime = datetime.now(get_localzone())
+    next_idle_period = timedelta(minutes=5)
+    if next_job_time is not None:
+        
+        next_idle_period = next_job_time - now_datetime
+
+    if next_idle_period > timedelta(hours=6):
+        next_idle_period = timedelta(hours=6)
+
+    wakeup_time = None
+    if next_idle_period > timedelta(minutes=4):
+        wakeup_time = now_datetime+(next_idle_period-early_wakeup_period)
+    
+    if wakeup_time is not None:
+        alarm_str = str(int(wakeup_time.timestamp()))
+        print("waking up at "+ str(wakeup_time) + " ("+alarm_str+")")
+        
+        retval=shepherd.plugin.plugin_functions["scout"].set_alarm(alarm_str)
+        if retval is not None:
+            print(retval)
+            if retval == alarm_str:
+                if is_raspberry_pi():
+                    print("Shutting down in 1 minute")
+                    time.sleep(60)
+
+                    subprocess.run(["shutdown","now"])
+            else:
+                print("Alarm set response was incorrect")
+        else:
+            print("Did not get reply from Scout after setting alarm")
+
+def restore_jobs():
+    pass
+
+
+def start():
+    global _scheduler
+    _scheduler.add_listener(_jobs_changed, EVENT_JOB_ADDED | EVENT_JOB_REMOVED | EVENT_JOB_MODIFIED | EVENT_JOB_EXECUTED | EVENT_JOB_MISSED | EVENT_SCHEDULER_STARTED)
+    _scheduler.start()
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+[shepherd]
+  plugin_dir = "~/shepherd/"
+  plugins = ["scout"]
+  root_dir = "~/shepherd/"
+  conf_edit_path = "~/shepherd.toml"
+  id = "testnode"
+[scout]
+  boardver = "3"
+  serialport = "/dev/ttyUSB0"
+[usbcam]
+  [[usbcam.camera]]
+    name = "USB1"
+    usb_port = "*"
+  [[usbcam.camera]]
+    name = "USB2"
+    usb_port = "*"
+  [[usbcam.camera]]
+    name = "USB3"
+    usb_port = "3.1.2.1"
+  [[usbcam.trigger]]
+    hour = "*"
+    minute ="*/10"
+    second = "1"
+