diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 276dc71..ace7598 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #build files
 build/
 
+#VS Code config files.
+.vscode/
 #settings
 
 Testing/
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index dcf6e77..d459cd3 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+// This is the .vscode/launch.json file that I use when debugging.
+// Make sure you select the correct debug target in the drop-down at the top of the Debug tab.
+// The are launch targets for debugging and testing all major c++ components of PiPedal.
+// Copy or merge these targets into your own .vscode/launch.json file, which is 
+// deliberate ignored by git. 
+
 {
     // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
     // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
@@ -20,8 +26,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 }
@@ -51,8 +55,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 }
@@ -79,8 +81,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -156,8 +154,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -191,8 +187,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -232,8 +226,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -275,8 +267,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -316,8 +306,6 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
             "environment": [
                 {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
                     "name": "PATH",
                     "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
                 },
@@ -341,9 +329,5 @@
                 }
             ]
         }
-
-
-
-
     ]
 }
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diff --git a/sample_vscode_launch.json b/sample_vscode_launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d459cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_vscode_launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+// This is the .vscode/launch.json file that I use when debugging.
+// Make sure you select the correct debug target in the drop-down at the top of the Debug tab.
+// The are launch targets for debugging and testing all major c++ components of PiPedal.
+// Copy or merge these targets into your own .vscode/launch.json file, which is 
+// deliberate ignored by git. 
+
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+    
+
+
+
+
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) generic",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+            "args": [    ],
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) pipedal_nm_p2pd",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+            "args": [
+                "--loglevel",
+                "trace",
+                "--systemd-console"
+             ],
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) pipedald",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+            "args": [   "/etc/pipedal/config",  "/etc/pipedal/react",  "-port", "0.0.0.0:8080"  ],
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "LD_LIBRARY_PATH",
+                    "value": "/usr/local/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) pipedaltest Launch",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+
+            "args": [
+                //"[Dev]"  -- all dev-machine tests.
+                //"[json_variants]"  // subtest of your choice, or none to run all of the tests.
+                //"[inverting_mutex_test]"
+                // "[utf8_to_utf32]"
+                "[wifi_channels_test]"
+            ],
+
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
+                    "value": "Something something"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) jsonTest Launch",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+
+            "args": [
+                //"[Dev]"  -- all dev-machine tests.
+                //"[promise]"  // subtest of your choice, or none to run all of the tests.
+                "[atom_converter]"
+            ],
+
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
+                    "value": "Something something"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+
+
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) pipedal_latency_test Launch",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+
+            "args": [            "--rate", "48000", "hw:KATANA", "-i","0,1","-o","2,3"     ],
+
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
+                    "value": "Something something"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) processCopyrights Launch",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+            ///"args": [            "[lv2host_leak]" ],
+            
+            "args": [
+                "--projectCopyright",
+                "debian/copyright",
+                "--output",
+                "/tmp/copyrights.txt",
+                "liblilv-0-0", "lv2-dev", "libsdbus-c++-dev", "librsvg2-2", "libpango-1.0-0", "libx11-6", "libxrandr2"
+
+            ],
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "ASAN_OPTIONS",
+                    "value": "detect_leaks=0"
+
+                },
+
+                {
+                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
+                    "value": "Something something"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) pipedalconfig",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+            "args": [ 
+                "--nosudo", // run without sudo (which will fail because of perms, but allow us to debug deeper into install code.)
+                //"--get-current-port"
+                // "--uninstall"
+                //"--enable-p2p" , "CA", "PiPedalTest","12345678","14"
+                "--list-p2p-channels"
+            ],
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "ASAN_OPTIONS",
+                    "value": "detect_leaks=0"
+
+                },
+               {
+                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
+                    "value": "Something something"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+
+        {
+            "name": "(gdb) pipedal_p2pd",
+            "type": "cppdbg",
+            "request": "launch",
+            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
+            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
+            "args": [ 
+                "--config-file", "/etc/pipedal/config/pipedal_p2pd.conf"
+                , "--trace-messages", "--log-level", "debug", 
+
+            ],  
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "environment": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PATH",
+                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "ASAN_OPTIONS",
+                    "value": "detect_leaks=0"
+
+                },
+               {
+                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
+                    "value": "Something something"
+                }
+            ],
+            "externalConsole": false,
+            "MIMode": "gdb",
+            "setupCommands": [
+                {
+                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
+                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
+                    "ignoreFailures": true
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
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