diff --git a/envire.orogen b/envire.orogen
index c9684d0..dfe8c8b 100644
--- a/envire.orogen
+++ b/envire.orogen
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ task_context "SynchronizationTransmitter" do
         argument('path', 'string')
 end
 
+task_context "ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter" do
+    needs_configuration
+    
+    property "environment_path", "/std/string"
+    
+    output_port('envire_events', ro_ptr('std/vector</envire/BinaryEvent>')).
+        doc('envire binary event').
+        keep_last_written_value(true)
+end
+
 task_context "SynchronizationReceiver" do
     property('export_directory', '/std/string').
         doc "if set to a non-empty value, an envire scene will be saved for each received binary event. %1 can be used to add a counter to the generated path"
diff --git a/tasks/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.cpp b/tasks/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..913f695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* Generated from orogen/lib/orogen/templates/tasks/Task.cpp */
+
+#include "ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.hpp"
+#include "Orocos.hpp"
+#include <base/Logging.hpp>
+using namespace envire;
+
+ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter(std::string const& name)
+    : ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase(name), initial_map_sent(false),env(new envire::Environment()), envireEventDispatcher(NULL)
+{
+}
+
+ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter(std::string const& name, RTT::ExecutionEngine* engine)
+    : ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase(name, engine), initial_map_sent(false), env(new envire::Environment()), envireEventDispatcher(NULL)
+{
+}
+
+ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::~ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter()
+{
+}
+
+void ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::loadEnvironment(const std::string &path)
+{
+    env.reset(envire::Environment::unserialize(path));
+    envire::OrocosEmitter emitter(_envire_events);
+    emitter.setTime(base::Time::now());
+    emitter.attach(env.get());
+    emitter.flush();
+}
+
+
+/// The following lines are template definitions for the various state machine
+// hooks defined by Orocos::RTT. See ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.hpp for more detailed
+// documentation about them.
+
+bool ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::configureHook()
+{
+    if (! ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase::configureHook())
+        return false;
+    return true;
+}
+bool ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::startHook()
+{
+    if (! ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase::startHook())
+        return false;
+    return true;
+}
+void ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::updateHook()
+{
+    ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase::updateHook();
+    if(!initial_map_sent){
+        LOG_ERROR_S << "Waiting";
+        sleep(8);
+        LOG_ERROR_S << "sending";
+        loadEnvironment(_environment_path.get());
+        LOG_ERROR_S << "done";
+        initial_map_sent = true;
+    }    
+}
+void ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::errorHook()
+{
+    ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase::errorHook();
+}
+void ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::stopHook()
+{
+    ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase::stopHook();
+}
+void ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter::cleanupHook()
+{
+    ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase::cleanupHook();
+}
diff --git a/tasks/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.hpp b/tasks/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fab545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/* Generated from orogen/lib/orogen/templates/tasks/Task.hpp */
+
+#ifndef ENVIRE_CONFIGURABLESYNCHRONIZATIONTRANSMITTER_TASK_HPP
+#define ENVIRE_CONFIGURABLESYNCHRONIZATIONTRANSMITTER_TASK_HPP
+
+#include "envire/ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase.hpp"
+#include <envire/Core.hpp>
+
+namespace envire {
+    class OrocosEmitter;
+
+    /*! \class ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter 
+     * \brief The task context provides and requires services. It uses an ExecutionEngine to perform its functions.
+     * Essential interfaces are operations, data flow ports and properties. These interfaces have been defined using the oroGen specification.
+     * In order to modify the interfaces you should (re)use oroGen and rely on the associated workflow.
+     * 
+     * \details
+     * The name of a TaskContext is primarily defined via:
+     \verbatim
+     deployment 'deployment_name'
+         task('custom_task_name','envire::ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter')
+     end
+     \endverbatim
+     *  It can be dynamically adapted when the deployment is called with a prefix argument. 
+     */
+    class ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter : public ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase
+    {
+	friend class ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitterBase;
+    protected:
+        boost::shared_ptr<envire::Environment> env;
+        envire::OrocosEmitter* envireEventDispatcher;
+        bool initial_map_sent;
+        
+        void loadEnvironment(const std::string &path);
+
+
+
+    public:
+        /** TaskContext constructor for ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter
+         * \param name Name of the task. This name needs to be unique to make it identifiable via nameservices.
+         * \param initial_state The initial TaskState of the TaskContext. Default is Stopped state.
+         */
+        ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter(std::string const& name = "envire::ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter");
+
+        /** TaskContext constructor for ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter 
+         * \param name Name of the task. This name needs to be unique to make it identifiable for nameservices. 
+         * \param engine The RTT Execution engine to be used for this task, which serialises the execution of all commands, programs, state machines and incoming events for a task. 
+         * 
+         */
+        ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter(std::string const& name, RTT::ExecutionEngine* engine);
+
+        /** Default deconstructor of ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter
+         */
+	~ConfigurableSynchronizationTransmitter();
+
+        /** This hook is called by Orocos when the state machine transitions
+         * from PreOperational to Stopped. If it returns false, then the
+         * component will stay in PreOperational. Otherwise, it goes into
+         * Stopped.
+         *
+         * It is meaningful only if the #needs_configuration has been specified
+         * in the task context definition with (for example):
+         \verbatim
+         task_context "TaskName" do
+           needs_configuration
+           ...
+         end
+         \endverbatim
+         */
+        bool configureHook();
+
+        /** This hook is called by Orocos when the state machine transitions
+         * from Stopped to Running. If it returns false, then the component will
+         * stay in Stopped. Otherwise, it goes into Running and updateHook()
+         * will be called.
+         */
+        bool startHook();
+
+        /** This hook is called by Orocos when the component is in the Running
+         * state, at each activity step. Here, the activity gives the "ticks"
+         * when the hook should be called.
+         *
+         * The error(), exception() and fatal() calls, when called in this hook,
+         * allow to get into the associated RunTimeError, Exception and
+         * FatalError states. 
+         *
+         * In the first case, updateHook() is still called, and recover() allows
+         * you to go back into the Running state.  In the second case, the
+         * errorHook() will be called instead of updateHook(). In Exception, the
+         * component is stopped and recover() needs to be called before starting
+         * it again. Finally, FatalError cannot be recovered.
+         */
+        void updateHook();
+
+        /** This hook is called by Orocos when the component is in the
+         * RunTimeError state, at each activity step. See the discussion in
+         * updateHook() about triggering options.
+         *
+         * Call recover() to go back in the Runtime state.
+         */
+        void errorHook();
+
+        /** This hook is called by Orocos when the state machine transitions
+         * from Running to Stopped after stop() has been called.
+         */
+        void stopHook();
+
+        /** This hook is called by Orocos when the state machine transitions
+         * from Stopped to PreOperational, requiring the call to configureHook()
+         * before calling start() again.
+         */
+        void cleanupHook();
+    };
+}
+
+#endif
+