diff --git a/README b/README
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+*mPower Utils*
+actually moving from sh to python
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diff --git a/light_switch.py b/light_switch.py
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+++ b/light_switch.py
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+#!/bin/python
+host = "127.0.0.1"
+user = "admin"
+passwort = ""
+
+
+#trying it with ssh
+import subprocess
+proc = subprocess.Popen(['ssh', 'user@host', 'echo 1 > /proc/power/output1'],
+                        stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+if proc.retcode != 0: