diff --git a/openlp.pyw b/openlp.pyw
index be5185c34..10bacc564 100755
--- a/openlp.pyw
+++ b/openlp.pyw
@@ -79,4 +79,6 @@ if __name__ == u'__main__':
     Instantiate and run the application.
     """
     app = OpenLP(sys.argv)
+    #import cProfile
+    #cProfile.run("app.run()", "profile.out")
     app.run()
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/event.py b/openlp/core/lib/event.py
index bb857d4fe..d6801654f 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/event.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/event.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class EventType(object):
     """
     # "Default" event - a non-event
     Default = 0
+    TriggerAlert = 1
     # General application events
     Ready = 10
     # Service events
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/eventmanager.py b/openlp/core/lib/eventmanager.py
index c5f768729..0cd12862b 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/eventmanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/eventmanager.py
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ class EventManager(object):
         """
         self.endpoints = []
         log.info(u'Initialising')
+        self.processing = False
+        self.events = []
 
     def register(self, plugin):
         """
         Called by plugings who wish to receive event notifications
         """
-        log.debug(u'plugin %s registered with EventManager', plugin)
+        log.debug(u'Class %s registered with EventManager', plugin)
         self.endpoints.append(plugin)
 
     def post_event(self, event):
@@ -56,5 +58,12 @@ class EventManager(object):
 
         """
         log.debug(u'post event called for event %s', event.event_type)
-        for point in self.endpoints:
-            point.handle_event(event)
+        self.events.append(event)
+        if not self.processing:
+            self.processing = True
+            while len(self.events) > 0:
+                pEvent = self.events[0]
+                for point in self.endpoints:
+                    point.handle_event(pEvent)
+                self.events.remove(pEvent)
+            self.processing = False
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/plugin.py b/openlp/core/lib/plugin.py
index 3bb1ad0ee..4eeec4123 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/plugin.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/plugin.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
         """
         pass
 
-    def shutdown(self):
+    def finalise(self):
         """
         Called by the plugin Manager to cleanup things
         """
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py b/openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py
index 2233d3cbc..fa4e36c32 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ class PluginManager(object):
         for plugin in self.plugins:
             plugin.initialise()
 
-    def cleanup_plugins(self):
+    def finalise_plugins(self):
         """
         Loop through all the plugins and give them an opportunity to
         clean themselves up
         """
         for plugin in self.plugins:
-            plugin.cleanup()
+            plugin.finalise()
diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/renderer.py b/openlp/core/lib/renderer.py
index 55c484d5e..af4753f94 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/renderer.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/renderer.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
             The footer of the slide.
         """
         log.debug(u'format_slide - Start')
+#        print words
         verses = []
         words = words.replace(u'\r\n', u'\n')
         verses_text = words.split(u'\n\n')
@@ -152,8 +153,8 @@ class Renderer(object):
             lines = verse.split(u'\n')
             for line in lines:
                 text.append(line)
-        #print text
         split_text = self.pre_render_text(text)
+#        print split_text
         log.debug(u'format_slide - End')
         return split_text
 
@@ -162,11 +163,10 @@ class Renderer(object):
         #take the width work out approx how many characters and add 50%
         line_width = self._rect.width() - self._right_margin
         #number of lines on a page - adjust for rounding up.
-        #print self._rect.height() ,  metrics.height(),  int(self._rect.height() / metrics.height())
+#        print "Metrics ", line_width
         page_length = int(self._rect.height() / metrics.height() - 2 ) - 1
         ave_line_width = line_width / metrics.averageCharWidth()
-#        print "A", ave_line_width
-        ave_line_width = int(ave_line_width + (ave_line_width * 0.5))
+        ave_line_width = int(ave_line_width + (ave_line_width * 1))
 #        print "B", ave_line_width
         split_pages = []
         page = []
@@ -174,39 +174,36 @@ class Renderer(object):
         count = 0
         for line in text:
 #            print "C", line ,  len(line)
-            if len(line) > ave_line_width:
-                while len(line) > 0:
+            while len(line) > 0:
+#                print "C1", line ,  len(line)
+                if len(line) > ave_line_width:
                     pos = line.find(u' ', ave_line_width)
-#                    print "D2", len(line),  ave_line_width,  pos,  line[:pos]
                     split_text = line[:pos]
-#                    print "E", metrics.width(split_text,  -1), line_width
-                    while metrics.width(split_text,  -1) > line_width:
-                        #Find the next space to the left
-                        pos = line[:pos].rfind(u' ')
-#                        print "F", ave_line_width,  pos,  line[:pos]
-                        #no more spaces found
-                        if pos  == 0:
-                            split_text = line
-                            while metrics.width(split_text,  -1) > line_width:
-                                split_text = split_text[:-1]
-                            pos = len(split_text)
-                        else:
-                            split_text = line[:pos]
+                else:
+                    pos = len(line)
+                    split_text = line
+#                print "E", metrics.width(split_text,  -1), line_width
+                while metrics.width(split_text,  -1) > line_width:
+                    #Find the next space to the left
+                    pos = line[:pos].rfind(u' ')
+#                    print "F",  pos,  line[:pos]
+                    #no more spaces found
+                    if pos  == 0:
+                        split_text = line
+                        while metrics.width(split_text,  -1) > line_width:
+                            split_text = split_text[:-1]
+                        pos = len(split_text)
+                    else:
+                        split_text = line[:pos]
 #                    print "F1", split_text, line, pos
-                    split_lines.append(split_text)
-                    line = line[pos:]
-                    #Text fits in a line now
-                    if len(line) <= ave_line_width:
-                        split_lines.append(line)
-                        line = u''
-#                    count += 1
-#                    if count == 15:
-#                        a = c
-#                    print "G", split_lines
-#                    print "H", line
-            else:
-                split_lines.append(line)
-                line = u''
+                split_lines.append(split_text)
+                line = line[pos:]
+                #Text fits in a line now
+#                if len(line) <= line_width:
+#                    split_lines.append(line)
+#                    line = u''
+#                print "G", split_lines
+#                print "H", line
         #print "I", split_lines, page_length
         for line in split_lines:
             page.append(line)
@@ -397,26 +394,32 @@ class Renderer(object):
         # We draw the text to see how big it is and then iterate to make it fit
         # when we line wrap we do in in the "lyrics" style, so the second line is
         # right aligned with a "hanging indent"
-        words = line.split(u' ')
-        thisline = u' '.join(words)
-        lastword = len(words)
-        lines = []
+        #print "----------------------------"
+        #print line
+#        words = line.split(u' ')
+#        thisline = u' '.join(words)
+#        lastword = len(words)
+#        lines = []
         maxx = self._rect.width();
         maxy = self._rect.height();
-        while (len(words) > 0):
-            w , h = self._get_extent_and_render(thisline, footer)
-            rhs = w + x
-            if rhs < maxx - self._right_margin:
-                lines.append(thisline)
-                words = words[lastword:]
-                thisline = ' '.join(words)
-                lastword = len(words)
-            else:
-                lastword -= 1
-                thisline = ' '.join(words[:lastword])
+#        while (len(words) > 0):
+#            w , h = self._get_extent_and_render(thisline, footer)
+#            print "m", w, h, x, maxx
+#            rhs = w + x
+#            if rhs < maxx - self._right_margin:
+#                lines.append(thisline)
+#                words = words[lastword:]
+#                thisline = ' '.join(words)
+#                lastword = len(words)
+#            else:
+#                lastword -= 1
+#                thisline = ' '.join(words[:lastword])
+        lines = []
+        lines.append(line)
         startx = x
         starty = y
         rightextent = None
+        #print "inputs",  startx,  starty, maxx, maxy
         # dont allow alignment messing with footers
         if footer:
             align = 0
@@ -424,6 +427,7 @@ class Renderer(object):
         else:
             align = int(self._theme .display_horizontalAlign)
             shadow_offset = self._shadow_offset
+        #print lines
         for linenum in range(len(lines)):
             line = lines[linenum]
             #find out how wide line is
@@ -534,8 +538,6 @@ class Renderer(object):
         # setup defaults
         painter = QtGui.QPainter()
         painter.begin(self._frame)
-        # 'twould be more efficient to set this once when theme changes
-        # or p changes
         if footer :
             font = self.footerFont
         else:
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/alertform.py b/openlp/core/ui/alertform.py
index eeb701206..aa7623884 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/alertform.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/alertform.py
@@ -93,11 +93,5 @@ class AlertForm(QtGui.QDialog):
         self.DisplayButton.setText(translate(u'AlertForm', u'Display'))
         self.CancelButton.setText(translate(u'AlertForm', u'Cancel'))
 
-    def load_settings(self):
-        pass
-
-    def save_settings(self):
-        pass
-
     def onDisplayClicked(self):
-        self.parent.mainDisplay.alert(self.parent.settingsForm.AlertsTab, self.AlertEntryEditItem.text())
+        self.parent.mainDisplay.displayAlert(self.AlertEntryEditItem.text())
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py b/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py
index a192a6062..0476d0d97 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/maindisplay.py
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
 Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 """
-
+import logging
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 from time import sleep
-from openlp.core.lib import translate
+from openlp.core.lib import translate,  EventManager,  Event,  EventType
 
 class MainDisplay(QtGui.QWidget):
     """
     This is the form that is used to display things on the projector.
     """
+    global log
+    log=logging.getLogger(u'MainDisplay')
+    log.info(u'MainDisplay Loaded')
 
     def __init__(self, parent, screens):
         """
@@ -38,7 +41,9 @@ class MainDisplay(QtGui.QWidget):
         ``screens``
             The list of screens.
         """
-        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
+        log.debug(u'Initilisation started')
+        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, None)
+        self.parent = parent
         self.setWindowTitle(u'OpenLP Display')
         self.screens = screens
         self.layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
@@ -51,9 +56,15 @@ class MainDisplay(QtGui.QWidget):
         self.displayBlank = False
         self.blankFrame = None
         self.alertactive = False
-        self.alerttext = u''
         self.alertTab = None
         self.timer_id = 0
+        # Register the main form as an event consumer.
+        self.parent.EventManager.register(self)
+
+    def handle_event(self, event):
+        log.debug(u'MainDisplay received event %s with payload %s'%(event.event_type, event.payload))
+        if event.event_type == EventType.TriggerAlert:
+            self.displayAlert(event.payload)
 
     def setup(self, screenNumber):
         """
@@ -116,42 +127,35 @@ class MainDisplay(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.displayBlank = False
             self.frameView(self.frame)
 
-    def alert(self, alertTab, text):
+    def displayAlert(self,  text=u''):
         """
         Called from the Alert Tab to display an alert
-        ``alertTab``
-            details from AlertTab
 
         ``text``
             display text
         """
-        self.alerttext = text
-        self.alertTab = alertTab
-        if len(text) > 0:
-            self.displayAlert()
-
-    def displayAlert(self):
+        alertTab = self.parent.settingsForm.AlertsTab
         alertframe = QtGui.QPixmap.fromImage(self.frame)
         painter = QtGui.QPainter(alertframe)
         top = alertframe.rect().height() * 0.9
         painter.fillRect(
             QtCore.QRect(0, top, alertframe.rect().width(), alertframe.rect().height() - top),
-            QtGui.QColor(self.alertTab.bg_color))
+            QtGui.QColor(alertTab.bg_color))
         font = QtGui.QFont()
-        font.setFamily(self.alertTab.font_face)
+        font.setFamily(alertTab.font_face)
         font.setBold(True)
         font.setPointSize(40)
         painter.setFont(font)
-        painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor(self.alertTab.font_color))
+        painter.setPen(QtGui.QColor(alertTab.font_color))
         x, y = (0, top)
         metrics = QtGui.QFontMetrics(font)
         painter.drawText(
-            x, y + metrics.height() - metrics.descent() - 1, self.alerttext)
+            x, y + metrics.height() - metrics.descent() - 1, text)
         painter.end()
         self.display.setPixmap(alertframe)
         # check to see if we have a timer running
         if self.timer_id == 0:
-            self.timer_id = self.startTimer(int(self.alertTab.timeout) * 1000)
+            self.timer_id = self.startTimer(int(alertTab.timeout) * 1000)
 
     def timerEvent(self, event):
         if event.timerId() == self.timer_id:
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
index d63dfd494..fe5fc14ab 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         self.screenList = screens
         self.oosNotSaved = False
         self.settingsmanager = SettingsManager(screens)
-        self.mainDisplay = MainDisplay(None, screens)
         self.EventManager = EventManager()
+        self.mainDisplay = MainDisplay(self, screens)
         self.generalConfig = PluginConfig(u'General')
         self.alertForm = AlertForm(self)
         self.aboutForm = AboutForm()
@@ -476,11 +476,11 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         # Call the initialise method to setup plugins.
         log.info(u'initialise plugins')
         self.plugin_manager.initialise_plugins()
+        # Register the main form as an event consumer.
+        self.EventManager.register(self)
         # Once all components are initialised load the Themes
         log.info(u'Load Themes')
         self.ThemeManagerContents.loadThemes()
-        # Register the main form as an event consumer.
-        self.EventManager.register(self)
 
     def getMonitorNumber(self):
         """
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     def cleanUp(self):
         # Call the cleanup method to shutdown plugins.
         log.info(u'cleanup plugins')
-        self.plugin_manager.initialise_plugins()
+        self.plugin_manager.finalise_plugins()
 
     def OosChanged(self, reset=False, oosName=None):
         """
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py b/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
index 1f3c37c27..b869a96c2 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class SlideController(QtGui.QWidget):
         """
         self.toolbarList = {}
         self.previewList = {}
-        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent.mainWindow)
+        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
         self.isLive = isLive
         self.parent = parent
         self.Panel = QtGui.QWidget(parent.ControlSplitter)
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/__init__.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/__init__.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5581e75fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=80 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+"""
+OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection
+Copyright (c) 2008 Raoul Snyman
+Portions copyright (c) 2008-2009 Martin Thompson, Tim Bentley
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+"""
+
+from mediaitem import RemoteMediaItem
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/mediaitem.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/mediaitem.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f66dd6189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/mediaitem.py
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=80 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+"""
+OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection
+Copyright (c) 2008 Raoul Snyman
+Portions copyright (c) 2008-2009 Martin Thompson, Tim Bentley
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+"""
+import logging
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
+
+from openlp.core.lib import MediaManagerItem,  SongXMLParser,  ServiceItem,  translate,  BaseListWithDnD
+
+class RemoteListView(BaseListWithDnD):
+    def __init__(self, parent=None):
+        self.PluginName = u'Remote'
+        BaseListWithDnD.__init__(self, parent)
+
+class RemoteMediaItem(MediaManagerItem):
+    """
+    This is the custom media manager item for Custom Slides.
+    """
+    global log
+    log=logging.getLogger(u'RemoteMediaItem')
+    log.info(u'Remote Media Item loaded')
+
+    def __init__(self, parent, icon, title):
+        MediaManagerItem.__init__(self, parent, icon, title)
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.TranslationContext = u'RemotesPlugin'
+        self.PluginTextShort = u'Remotes'
+        self.ConfigSection = u'Remotes'
+        self.ListViewWithDnD_class = RemoteListView
+        MediaManagerItem.__init__(self, parent, icon, title)
+
+    def initialise(self):
+        pass
+
+    def setupUi(self):
+        # Add a toolbar
+        self.addToolbar()
+#        # Create buttons for the toolbar
+#        ## New Custom Button ##
+#        self.addToolbarButton(
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'New Custom Item'),
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Add a new Custom Item'),
+#            u':/custom/custom_new.png', self.onCustomNewClick, u'CustomNewItem')
+#        ## Edit Custom Button ##
+#        self.addToolbarButton(
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Edit Custom Item'),
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Edit the selected Custom Item'),
+#            u':/custom/custom_edit.png', self.onCustomEditClick, u'CustomEditItem')
+#        ## Delete Custom Button ##
+#        self.addToolbarButton(
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Delete Custom Item'),
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Delete the selected Custom Item'),
+#            u':/custom/custom_delete.png', self.onCustomDeleteClick, u'CustomDeleteItem')
+#        ## Separator Line ##
+#        self.addToolbarSeparator()
+#        ## Preview Custom Button ##
+#        self.addToolbarButton(
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Preview Custom Item'),
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Preview the selected Custom Item'),
+#            u':/system/system_preview.png', self.onCustomPreviewClick, u'CustomPreviewItem')
+#        ## Live Custom Button ##
+#        self.addToolbarButton(
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Go Live'),
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem', u'Send the selected Custom live'),
+#            u':/system/system_live.png', self.onCustomLiveClick, u'CustomLiveItem')
+#        ## Add Custom Button ##
+#        self.addToolbarButton(
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Add Custom To Service'),
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'Add the selected Custom(s) to the service'),
+#            u':/system/system_add.png', self.onCustomAddClick, u'CustomAddItem')
+#        # Add the Customlist widget
+#        self.CustomWidget = QtGui.QWidget(self)
+#        sizePolicy = QtGui.QSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+#        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
+#        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
+#        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.CustomWidget.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
+#        self.CustomWidget.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
+#        self.CustomWidget.setObjectName(u'CustomWidget')
+#        # Add the Custom widget to the page layout
+#        self.PageLayout.addWidget(self.CustomWidget)
+#        self.CustomListView = CustomList()
+#        self.CustomListView.setAlternatingRowColors(True)
+#        self.CustomListData = TextListData()
+#        self.CustomListView.setModel(self.CustomListData)
+#        self.CustomListView.setDragEnabled(True)
+#        self.PageLayout.addWidget(self.CustomListView)
+#        # Signals
+#        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.CustomListView,
+#            QtCore.SIGNAL(u'doubleClicked(QModelIndex)'), self.onCustomPreviewClick)
+#        #define and add the context menu
+#        self.CustomListView.setContextMenuPolicy(QtCore.Qt.ActionsContextMenu)
+#        self.CustomListView.addAction(self.contextMenuAction(self.CustomListView,
+#            ':/custom/custom_edit.png', translate(u'CustomMediaItem', u'&Edit Custom'),
+#            self.onCustomEditClick))
+#        self.CustomListView.addAction(self.contextMenuSeparator(self.CustomListView))
+#        self.CustomListView.addAction(self.contextMenuAction(
+#            self.CustomListView, ':/system/system_preview.png',
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'&Preview Custom'), self.onCustomPreviewClick))
+#        self.CustomListView.addAction(self.contextMenuAction(
+#            self.CustomListView, ':/system/system_live.png',
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'&Show Live'), self.onCustomLiveClick))
+#        self.CustomListView.addAction(self.contextMenuAction(
+#            self.CustomListView, ':/system/system_add.png',
+#            translate(u'CustomMediaItem',u'&Add to Service'), self.onCustomAddClick))
+
+#    def retranslateUi(self):
+#        self.ClearTextButton.setText(translate(u'CustomMediaItem', u'Clear'))
+#        self.SearchTextButton.setText(translate(u'CustomMediaItem', u'Search'))
+
+#    def initialise(self):
+#        self.loadCustomList(self.parent.custommanager.get_all_slides())
+#
+#    def loadCustomList(self, list):
+#        self.CustomListData.resetStore()
+#        for CustomSlide in list:
+#            self.CustomListData.addRow(CustomSlide.id,CustomSlide.title)
+#
+#    def onClearTextButtonClick(self):
+#        """
+#        Clear the search text.
+#        """
+#        self.SearchTextEdit.clear()
+#
+#    def onSearchTextEditChanged(self, text):
+#        # only search if > 3 characters
+#        if len(text) > 3:
+#            self.onSearchTextButtonClick()
+#
+#    def onSearchTextButtonClick(self):
+#        search_keywords = str(self.SearchTextEdit.displayText())
+#        search_results  = []
+#        search_type = self.SearchTypeComboBox.currentText()
+#        search_results = self.Custommanager.search_Custom_lyrics(search_keywords)
+#        self._display_results(search_results)
+#
+#    def onCustomNewClick(self):
+#        self.parent.edit_custom_form.loadCustom(0)
+#        self.parent.edit_custom_form.exec_()
+#        self.initialise()
+#
+#    def onCustomEditClick(self):
+#        indexes = self.CustomListView.selectedIndexes()
+#        for index in indexes:
+#            self.parent.edit_custom_form.loadCustom(self.CustomListData.getId(index))
+#            self.parent.edit_custom_form.exec_()
+#        self.initialise()
+#
+#    def onCustomDeleteClick(self):
+#        indexes = self.CustomListView.selectedIndexes()
+#        for index in indexes:
+#            id = self.CustomListData.getId(index)
+#            self.parent.custommanager.delete_custom(id)
+#            self.CustomListData.deleteRow(index)
+#
+#    def onCustomPreviewClick(self):
+#        log.debug(u'Custom Preview Requested')
+#        service_item = ServiceItem(self.parent)
+#        service_item.addIcon(u':/media/media_song.png')
+#        self.generateSlideData(service_item)
+#        self.parent.preview_controller.addServiceItem(service_item)
+#
+#    def onCustomLiveClick(self):
+#        log.debug(u'Custom Live Requested')
+#        service_item = ServiceItem(self.parent)
+#        service_item.addIcon(u':/media/media_song.png')
+#        self.generateSlideData(service_item)
+#        self.parent.live_controller.addServiceItem(service_item)
+#
+#    def onCustomAddClick(self):
+#        log.debug(u'Custom Add Requested')
+#        service_item = ServiceItem(self.parent)
+#        service_item.addIcon(u':/media/media_song.png')
+#        self.generateSlideData(service_item)
+#        self.parent.service_manager.addServiceItem(service_item)
+#
+#    def generateSlideData(self, service_item):
+#        raw_slides =[]
+#        raw_footer = []
+#        slide = None
+#        theme = None
+#        indexes = self.CustomListView.selectedIndexes()
+#        for index in indexes:
+#            id = self.CustomListData.getId(index)
+#            customSlide = self.parent.custommanager.get_custom(id)
+#            title = customSlide.title
+#            credit = customSlide.credits
+#            theme = customSlide.theme_name
+#            if len(theme) is not 0 :
+#                service_item.theme = theme
+#            songXML=SongXMLParser(customSlide.text)
+#            verseList = songXML.get_verses()
+#            for verse in verseList:
+#                raw_slides.append(verse[1])
+#            raw_footer.append(title + u' '+ credit)
+#        if theme is not None:
+#            service_item.title = title
+#            for slide in raw_slides:
+#                service_item.add_from_text(slide[:30], slide)
+#            service_item.raw_footer = raw_footer
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteclient-cli.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteclient-cli.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ff4999b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteclient-cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=80 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+"""
+OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection
+Copyright (c) 2008 Raoul Snyman
+Portions copyright (c) 2008-2009 Martin Thompson, Tim Bentley,
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+"""
+import sys
+import logging
+from PyQt4 import QtNetwork, QtGui, QtCore
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
+    format=u'%(asctime)s:%(msecs)3d %(name)-15s %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
+    datefmt=u'%m-%d %H:%M:%S', filename=u'openlp-cli.log', filemode=u'w')
+
+class OpenLPRemoteCli():
+    global log
+    log = logging.getLogger(u'OpenLP Remote Application')
+    log.info(u'Application Loaded')
+
+    def __init__(self, argv):
+        log.debug(u'Initialising')
+        try:
+            self.tcpsocket = QtNetwork.QUdpSocket()
+            self.sendData()
+        except:
+            log.error(u'Errow thrown %s', sys.exc_info()[1])
+            print u'Errow thrown ', sys.exc_info()[1]
+
+    def sendData(self):
+        text = "Alert:Wave to Zak, Superfly"
+        print self.tcpsocket
+        print self.tcpsocket.writeDatagram(text, QtNetwork.QHostAddress(QtNetwork.QHostAddress.Broadcast), 4316)
+
+    def run(self):
+        pass
+
+if __name__ == u'__main__':
+    app = OpenLPRemoteCli(sys.argv)
+    app.run()
+
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteplugin.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteplugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0d546488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/remoteplugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=80 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+"""
+OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection
+Copyright (c) 2008 Raoul Snyman
+Portions copyright (c) 2008-2009 Martin Thompson, Tim Bentley,
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+"""
+import logging
+import sys
+
+from PyQt4 import QtNetwork, QtGui, QtCore
+
+from openlp.core.lib import Plugin, Event,  EventType
+
+class RemotesPlugin(Plugin):
+
+    global log
+    log = logging.getLogger(u'RemotesPlugin')
+    log.info(u'Remote Plugin loaded')
+
+    def __init__(self, plugin_helpers):
+        # Call the parent constructor
+        Plugin.__init__(self, u'Remotes', u'1.9.0', plugin_helpers)
+        self.weight = -1
+        self.server = QtNetwork.QUdpSocket()
+        self.server.bind(4316)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.server,
+            QtCore.SIGNAL(u'readyRead()'), self.readData)
+
+    def readData(self):
+        while self.server.hasPendingDatagrams():
+            datagram,  host, port = self.server.readDatagram(self.server.pendingDatagramSize())
+            self.handle_datagram(datagram)
+
+    def handle_datagram(self, datagram):
+        pos = datagram.find(u':')
+        event = unicode(datagram[:pos])
+        payyload = unicode(datagram[pos + 1:])
+        if event == u'Alert':
+            self.event_manager.post_event(Event(EventType.TriggerAlert, payyload))
+
+
+
+