diff --git a/test/TEST_TX.py b/test/TEST_TX.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Sun Dec 13 13:45:58 2020
+
+@author: parallels
+"""
+
+import ctypes
+from ctypes import *
+import pathlib
+
+
+import binascii #required for string.to_bytes() function
+#import codecs
+import crcengine # required for CRC checksum
+
+
+#import struct
+
+
+import sys
+
+#sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8')
+
+
+
+def main():
+    
+    modem = FreeDV() #Load FreeDV Class as "modem"
+    
+   
+
+    data = b'TEST' #byte string which will be send
+    #data = bytes(62) #byte string with XX of zeros 
+    
+    modulated_data = modem.Modulate(data) #Call Modulate function, which returns modulated data
+    #print(modulated_data)
+
+
+###################### try: / except necessary beacuse of error 32 - BrokenPipeError while piping data
+    try:
+        #print(bytes(8)) #additional zero bytes before modulated data
+
+        #sys.stdout.buffer.write(modulated_data)    # the normal way of piping data
+        #sys.stdout.flush() # flushing data
+        
+        print(bytes(32) + modulated_data, flush=True) #print modulated data with print function
+
+    except (BrokenPipeError, IOError):
+        print ('TEST BrokenPipeError caught', file = sys.stderr)
+    #sys.stderr.close()
+
+
+
+class FreeDV():
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+
+        libname = pathlib.Path().absolute() / "libcodec2.so"
+        self.c_lib = ctypes.CDLL(libname) # Load FreeDV shared libary
+        
+        self.freedv = self.c_lib.freedv_open(12) #Set FreeDV waveform ( 10,11,12 --> DATA1-3 )
+        
+        self.bytes_per_frame = int(self.c_lib.freedv_get_bits_per_modem_frame(self.freedv)/8)  #get bytes per frame from selected waveform
+        self.payload_per_frame = self.bytes_per_frame -2 #get frame payload because of 2byte CRC16 checksum
+        
+        
+        ###################### CHECKSUM COMPARISON FREEDV VS CRCENGINE ########
+        #https://crccalc.com
+        
+        teststring = b'test'
+        
+        #FreeDV crc16 checksum    -> c_int16 == c_short
+        crctest = c_ushort(self.c_lib.freedv_gen_crc16(teststring, 30))      
+        print(crctest.value) #7450
+
+        #Python crc16 checksum
+        crc_algorithm = crcengine.new('crc16-ccitt-false') #load crc16 library 
+        crctest2 = crc_algorithm(teststring)
+        print(crctest2) #8134
+        #######################################################################
+
+
+    # MODULATION-OUT OBJECT   
+    def ModulationOut(self):
+        #return (c_short * self.c_lib.freedv_get_n_nom_modem_samples(self.freedv))  ## all other modes
+        return (c_ubyte * self.c_lib.freedv_get_n_nom_modem_samples(self.freedv))   ## DATA modes
+
+    # Pointer for changing buffer data type 
+    def FrameBytes(self):
+        return (ctypes.c_ubyte * self.bytes_per_frame)   
+
+    # Modulate function which returns modulated data
+    def Modulate(self,data_out):
+        
+     ##   mod_out = self.ModulationOut()() # new modulation object and get pointer to it
+     ##   #self.freedv_rawdatapreambletx(self.freedv, mod_out) # SEND PREAMBLE
+
+    
+    ##########################################
+    
+        mod_out = self.ModulationOut()() # new modulation object and get pointer to it
+    
+        #buffer = bytearray(self.bytes_per_frame) # use this if no CRC16 checksum is required
+        buffer = bytearray(self.payload_per_frame) # puse this if CRC16 checksum is required ( DATA1-3)
+        buffer[:len(data_out)] = data_out # set buffersize to length of data which will be send
+
+        #buffer = self.scramble(buffer, packet_num)
+
+        
+        crc_algorithm = crcengine.new('crc16-ccitt-false') #load crc16 library 
+        crc = crc_algorithm(buffer) # get new crc16 from buffer
+        #print(hex(crc))
+        crc = crc.to_bytes(2, byteorder='big') # convert buffer to byte string
+        buffer += crc        # append crc16 to buffer
+        
+        #print(buffer)
+        
+        data = self.FrameBytes().from_buffer_copy(buffer) #change data format form bytearray to ctypes.u_byte
+        
+        #print(len(data))
+    
+       
+        self.c_lib.freedv_rawdatatx(self.freedv,mod_out,data) # SEND DATA
+        return bytes(mod_out) #return modulated data as byte string
+
+
+
+
+main()
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