diff --git a/serialization-prototyping/Cargo.lock b/serialization-prototyping/Cargo.lock
index e11f5da..aad036d 100644
--- a/serialization-prototyping/Cargo.lock
+++ b/serialization-prototyping/Cargo.lock
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -657,9 +663,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "fern",
  "humantime",
  "log",
+ "num_enum",
  "satrs",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "strum",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -788,6 +796,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "loom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d8cec3501a5194c432b2b7976db6b7d10ec95c253208b45f83f7136aa985e29"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6cf59daf282c0a494ba14fd21610a0325f9f90ec9d1231dea26bcb1d696c946"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn 2.0.60",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
diff --git a/serialization-prototyping/python-test/main.py b/serialization-prototyping/python-test/main.py
index 395d5aa..c77ae79 100755
--- a/serialization-prototyping/python-test/main.py
+++ b/serialization-prototyping/python-test/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import enum
 from socket import AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, socket
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 import msgpack
 
 
@@ -9,10 +11,26 @@
 }
 
 
+class Devices(str, enum.Enum):
+    MGT = "Mgt"
+    MGM = "Mgm"
+
+
+class SwitchState(str, enum.Enum):
+    OFF = "Off"
+    ON = "On"
+    UNKNOWN = "Unknown"
+    FAULTY = "Faulty"
+
+
+class SwitchMap(BaseModel):
+    valid: bool
+    switch_map: dict[Devices, SwitchState]
+
+
 def msg_pack_unloading(recv_back: bytes):
     unpacked = msgpack.unpackb(recv_back)
     print(f"unpacked: {unpacked}")
-    # human_test = {:x for x in unpacked}
     loaded_back = msgpack.loads(recv_back)
     print(loaded_back)
 
@@ -25,7 +43,8 @@ def main():
     _ = server_socket.sendto(msg_pack_stuff, target_address)
     recv_back = server_socket.recv(4096)
     print(f"recv back: {recv_back}")
-    pass
+    switch_map = SwitchMap.model_validate_json(recv_back)
+    print(f"switch map: {switch_map}")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/serialization-prototyping/python-test/requirements.txt b/serialization-prototyping/python-test/requirements.txt
index 8230895..7762595 100644
--- a/serialization-prototyping/python-test/requirements.txt
+++ b/serialization-prototyping/python-test/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 msgpack==1.0.8
+pydantic==2.7
diff --git a/serialization-prototyping/src/archive.rs b/serialization-prototyping/src/archive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4c3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serialization-prototyping/src/archive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub enum Color {
+    Red = 0,
+    Green = 1,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct Human {
+    age: u16,
+    name: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct HumanAdvanced {
+    id: u32,
+    age: u16,
+    name: String,
+    fav_color: Color,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct HumanGroup {
+    humans: Vec<HumanAdvanced>,
+    bank: HashMap<u32, usize>,
+}
+
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn random_testing() {
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    let john = HumanAdvanced {
+        id: 0,
+        age: 42,
+        name: "John".into(),
+        fav_color: Color::Green,
+    };
+
+    john.serialize(&mut Serializer::new(&mut buf)).unwrap();
+
+    println!("{:?}", buf);
+    let new_val: HumanAdvanced = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf).expect("deserialization failed");
+    let rmpv_val: rmpv::Value = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf).expect("serialization into val failed");
+    println!("RMPV value: {:?}", rmpv_val);
+    let json_str = serde_json::to_string(&rmpv_val).expect("creating json failed");
+    assert_eq!(john, new_val);
+    println!("JSON str: {}", json_str);
+    let val_test: HumanAdvanced = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).expect("wild");
+    println!("val test: {:?}", val_test);
+
+    let nadine = HumanAdvanced {
+        id: 1,
+        age: 24,
+        name: "Nadine".into(),
+        fav_color: Color::Red,
+    };
+    let mut bank = HashMap::default();
+    bank.insert(john.id, 1000000);
+    bank.insert(nadine.id, 1);
+
+    let human_group = HumanGroup {
+        humans: vec![john, nadine.clone()],
+        bank,
+    };
+    let json_str = serde_json::to_string(&nadine).unwrap();
+    println!("Nadine as JSON: {}", json_str);
+
+    let nadine_is_back: HumanAdvanced = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
+    println!("nadine deserialized: {:?}", nadine_is_back);
+
+    let human_group_json = serde_json::to_string(&human_group).unwrap();
+    println!("human group: {}", human_group_json);
+    println!("human group json size: {}", human_group_json.len());
+
+    let human_group_rmp_vec = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&human_group_json).unwrap();
+    println!("human group msg pack size: {:?}", human_group_rmp_vec.len());
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn send_back_weird_stuff(buf: &[u8], received: usize, socket: &UdpSocket, src: SocketAddr) {
+    let human_from_python: rmpv::Value = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf[..received]).expect("blablah");
+    let human_attempt_2: Human = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf[..received]).expect("blhfwhfw");
+    println!("human from python: {}", human_from_python);
+    println!("human 2 from python: {:?}", human_attempt_2);
+    let send_back_human = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&human_attempt_2).expect("k32k323k2");
+    socket
+        .send_to(&send_back_human, src)
+        .expect("sending back failed");
+}
diff --git a/serialization-prototyping/src/main.rs b/serialization-prototyping/src/main.rs
index 89c22a0..ee01a03 100644
--- a/serialization-prototyping/src/main.rs
+++ b/serialization-prototyping/src/main.rs
@@ -1,97 +1,16 @@
+#![allow(unused_imports)]
 use rmp_serde::{Deserializer, Serializer};
-use satrs_minisim::eps::SwitchMap;
+use satrs_minisim::eps::{SwitchMap, SwitchMapWrapper};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     net::{SocketAddr, UdpSocket},
 };
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-pub enum Color {
-    Red = 0,
-    Green = 1,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-struct Human {
-    age: u16,
-    name: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-struct HumanAdvanced {
-    id: u32,
-    age: u16,
-    name: String,
-    fav_color: Color,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-struct HumanGroup {
-    humans: Vec<HumanAdvanced>,
-    bank: HashMap<u32, usize>,
-}
-
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-fn random_testing() {
-    let mut buf = Vec::new();
-    let john = HumanAdvanced {
-        id: 0,
-        age: 42,
-        name: "John".into(),
-        fav_color: Color::Green,
-    };
-
-    john.serialize(&mut Serializer::new(&mut buf)).unwrap();
-
-    println!("{:?}", buf);
-    let new_val: HumanAdvanced = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf).expect("deserialization failed");
-    let rmpv_val: rmpv::Value = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf).expect("serialization into val failed");
-    println!("RMPV value: {:?}", rmpv_val);
-    let json_str = serde_json::to_string(&rmpv_val).expect("creating json failed");
-    assert_eq!(john, new_val);
-    println!("JSON str: {}", json_str);
-    let val_test: HumanAdvanced = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).expect("wild");
-    println!("val test: {:?}", val_test);
-
-    let nadine = HumanAdvanced {
-        id: 1,
-        age: 24,
-        name: "Nadine".into(),
-        fav_color: Color::Red,
-    };
-    let mut bank = HashMap::default();
-    bank.insert(john.id, 1000000);
-    bank.insert(nadine.id, 1);
-
-    let human_group = HumanGroup {
-        humans: vec![john, nadine.clone()],
-        bank,
-    };
-    let json_str = serde_json::to_string(&nadine).unwrap();
-    println!("Nadine as JSON: {}", json_str);
-
-    let nadine_is_back: HumanAdvanced = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).unwrap();
-    println!("nadine deserialized: {:?}", nadine_is_back);
-
-    let human_group_json = serde_json::to_string(&human_group).unwrap();
-    println!("human group: {}", human_group_json);
-    println!("human group json size: {}", human_group_json.len());
-
-    let human_group_rmp_vec = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&human_group_json).unwrap();
-    println!("human group msg pack size: {:?}", human_group_rmp_vec.len());
-}
-
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-fn send_back_weird_stuff(buf: &[u8], received: usize, socket: &UdpSocket, src: SocketAddr) {
-    let human_from_python: rmpv::Value = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf[..received]).expect("blablah");
-    let human_attempt_2: Human = rmp_serde::from_slice(&buf[..received]).expect("blhfwhfw");
-    println!("human from python: {}", human_from_python);
-    println!("human 2 from python: {:?}", human_attempt_2);
-    let send_back_human = rmp_serde::to_vec_named(&human_attempt_2).expect("k32k323k2");
-    socket
-        .send_to(&send_back_human, src)
-        .expect("sending back failed");
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SwitchSet {
+    pub valid: bool,
+    pub switch_map: SwitchMap,
 }
 
 pub struct UdpServer {
@@ -129,9 +48,13 @@ fn main() {
             .expect("receive call failed");
         udp_server.last_sender = Some(src);
         println!("received {} bytes from {:?}", received, src);
-        let switch_map_off = SwitchMap::default();
+        let switch_map_off = SwitchMapWrapper::default();
+        let switch_set = SwitchSet {
+            valid: true,
+            switch_map: switch_map_off.0.clone(),
+        };
         let switch_map_off_json =
-            serde_json::to_string(&switch_map_off).expect("json serialization failed");
+            serde_json::to_string(&switch_set).expect("json serialization failed");
         println!("sending back reply: {}", switch_map_off_json);
         udp_server.send_back_reply(switch_map_off_json.as_bytes());
     }