diff --git a/measurement.html b/measurement.html
index 27e393d..5026783 100644
--- a/measurement.html
+++ b/measurement.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
-<script src="/measurement/menu.js"></script>
+<script src="/measurement/menu.js"></script> <!-- Load the menu script for dynamic dropdowns --> 
+<script src="/measurement/configData.js"></script> <!-- Load the config script for node information --> 
 
 <script>
   RED.nodes.registerType("measurement", {
diff --git a/measurement.js b/measurement.js
index 286268d..d18ce47 100644
--- a/measurement.js
+++ b/measurement.js
@@ -1,170 +1,47 @@
-console.log('Loading measurement.js module...');
-// load helper modules from the generalFunctions folder
-const { outputUtils, MenuManager } = require('generalFunctions');
+/**
+ * Thin wrapper that registers a node with Node-RED and exposes HTTP endpoints. and loads EVOLV in a standard way
+ */
 
-//internal node-red node dependencies this is the class that will handle the measurement
-const Measurement = require("./dependencies/measurement/measurement");
-console.log('All dependencies loaded successfully');
+const nodeClass = require('./src/nodeClass.js');
+const { MenuManager, configManager } = require('generalFunctions');
+const nameOfNode = 'measurement';
 
-module.exports = function (RED) {
-  function measurement(config) {
-    //create node
+module.exports = function(RED) {
+  // Register the node type
+  RED.nodes.registerType(nameOfNode, function(config) {
+    // Initialize the Node-RED node first
     RED.nodes.createNode(this, config);
-    //call this => node so whenver you want to call a node function type node and the function behind it
-    var node = this;
     
-    try{
-      //load user defined config in the node-red UI
-      const mConfig={
-        general: {
-          name: config.name,
-          id: node.id,
-          unit: config.unit,
-          logging:{
-            logLevel: config.logLevel,
-            enabled: config.enableLog,
-          },
-        },
-        asset: {
-          tagCode: config.assetTagCode, 
-          supplier: config.supplier,
-          subType: config.subType,
-          model: config.model,
-        },
-        scaling:{
-          enabled:  config.scaling,
-          inputMin: config.i_min,
-          inputMax: config.i_max,
-          absMin:   config.o_min,
-          absMax:   config.o_max,
-          offset:   config.i_offset
-        },
-        smoothing: {
-          smoothWindow: config.count,
-          smoothMethod: config.smooth_method,
-        },
-        simulation: {
-          enabled: config.simulator,
-        },
-      }
-    
-      //make new measurement on creation to work with.
-      const m = new Measurement(mConfig);
-
-      // put m on node memory as source
-      node.source = m;
-
-      //load output utils
-      const output = new outputUtils();
-
-      function updateNodeStatus(val) {
-        //display status
-        node.status({ fill: "green", shape: "dot", text: val + " " + mConfig.general.unit });
-      }
-      
-      //Update status only on event change
-      m.emitter.on('mAbs', (val) => {
-        updateNodeStatus(val);
-      });
-
-      //never ending functions
-      function tick(){
-        
-        //kick class ticks for time move
-        m.tick();
-
-        //get output
-        const classOutput = m.getOutput();
-        const dbOutput = output.formatMsg(classOutput, m.config, "influxdb");
-        const pOutput = output.formatMsg(classOutput, m.config, "process");
-
-        //only send output on values that changed
-        let msgs = [];
-        msgs[0] = pOutput;
-        msgs[1] = dbOutput;
-
-        node.send(msgs);
-
-      }
-
-      // register child on first output this timeout is needed because of node - red stuff
-      setTimeout(
-        () => {
-          
-          /*---execute code on first start----*/
-          let msgs = [];
-
-          msgs[2] = { topic : "registerChild" , payload: node.id, positionVsParent: "upstream" };
-          msgs[3] = { topic : "registerChild" , payload: node.id, positionVsParent: "downstream" };
-          
-          //send msg
-          this.send(msgs);
-        }, 
-        100
-      );
-
-      //declare refresh interval internal node
-      setTimeout(
-        () => {
-          /*---execute code on first start----*/
-          this.intervalId = setInterval(function(){ tick() },1000)
-        }, 
-        1000
-      );
-    
-      //-------------------------------------------------------------------->>what to do on input
-      node.on("input", function (msg,send,done) {
-
-        if(msg.topic == "simulator" ){
-          m.toggleSimulation();
-        }
-
-        if(msg.topic == "outlierDetection" ){
-          m.toggleOutlierDetection();
-        }
-
-        if(msg.topic == "calibrate" ){
-          m.calibrate();
-        }
-
-        if(msg.topic == "measurement" && typeof msg.payload == "number"){
-          //feed input into the measurement node and calculate output
-          m.inputValue = parseFloat(msg.payload);
-        }
-
-        done();
-
-      });
-
-      // tidy up any async code here - shutdown connections and so on.
-      node.on('close', function(done) {
-        if (node.intervalId) clearTimeout(node.intervalId);
-        if (node.tickInterval) clearInterval(node.tickInterval);
-        if (done) done();
-      });
-      
-    }catch(e){
-      console.log(e);
-    }
-  }
-  
-  RED.nodes.registerType("measurement", measurement);
-
-
-  const menuManager = new MenuManager();
-
-  RED.httpAdmin.get("/measurement/menu.js", (req, res) => {
-      try {
-          const script = menuManager.createEndpoint('measurement', ['asset']);
-          res.set('Content-Type', 'application/javascript').send(script);
-      } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Error creating measurement menu script:", error);
-          res.status(500).send(`// Failed to generate menu data: ${error.message}`);
-      }
+    // Then create your custom class and attach it
+    this.nodeClass = new nodeClass(config, RED, this);
   });
 
+  // Setup admin UIs
+  const menuMgr = new MenuManager();
+  const cfgMgr = new configManager();
 
-    console.log('Measurement node and its menu data endpoint are registered.');
+  console.log(`Loading endpoint for ${nameOfNode} menu...`);
+  // Register the menu for the measurement node
+  RED.httpAdmin.get('/measurement/menu.js', (req, res) => {
+    try {
+      const script = menuMgr.createEndpoint(nameOfNode, ['asset']);
+      res.type('application/javascript').send(script);
+    } catch (err) {
+      res.status(500).send(`// Error generating menu: ${err.message}`);
+    }
+  });
 
+  console.log(`Loading endpoint for ${nameOfNode} config...`);
+  // Endpoint to get the configuration data for the measurement node
+  RED.httpAdmin.get(`/measurement/configData.js`, (req, res) => {
+    try {
+      const script = cfgMgr.createEndpoint(nameOfNode);
+      // Send the configuration data as JSON response
+      res.type('application/javascript').send(script);
+    } catch (err) {
+      res.status(500).send(`// Error generating configData: ${err.message}`);
+    }
+  });
 
+  console.log(`Measurement node '${nameOfNode}' registered.`);
 };
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diff --git a/measurementOLD.js b/measurementOLD.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eef57e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/measurementOLD.js
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+console.log('Loading measurement.js module...');
+// load helper modules from the generalFunctions folder
+const { outputUtils, MenuManager, configManager } = require('generalFunctions');
+
+//internal node-red node dependencies this is the class that will handle the measurement
+const Measurement = require("./dependencies/measurement/measurement");
+console.log('All dependencies loaded successfully');
+const nameOfNode = "measurement";
+
+module.exports = function (RED) {
+    //load the config manager to get the default configs
+    this.configManager = new configManager(); 
+    this.defaultConfig = this.configManager.getConfig('measurement');
+
+  function measurement(config) {
+    //create node
+    RED.nodes.createNode(this, config);
+    //call this => node so whenver you want to call a node function type node and the function behind it
+    var node = this;
+    
+    try{
+      //load user defined config in the node-red UI
+      const mConfig={
+        general: {
+          name: config.name,
+          id: node.id,
+          unit: config.unit,
+          logging:{
+            logLevel: config.logLevel,
+            enabled: config.enableLog,
+          },
+        },
+        asset: {
+          tagCode: config.assetTagCode, 
+          supplier: config.supplier,
+          subType: config.subType,
+          model: config.model,
+        },
+        scaling:{
+          enabled:  config.scaling,
+          inputMin: config.i_min,
+          inputMax: config.i_max,
+          absMin:   config.o_min,
+          absMax:   config.o_max,
+          offset:   config.i_offset
+        },
+        smoothing: {
+          smoothWindow: config.count,
+          smoothMethod: config.smooth_method,
+        },
+        simulation: {
+          enabled: config.simulator,
+        },
+      }
+    
+      //make new measurement on creation to work with.
+      const m = new Measurement(mConfig);
+
+      // put m on node memory as source
+      node.source = m;
+
+      //load output utils
+      const output = new outputUtils();
+
+      function updateNodeStatus(val) {
+        //display status
+        node.status({ fill: "green", shape: "dot", text: val + " " + mConfig.general.unit });
+      }
+      
+      //Update status only on event change
+      m.emitter.on('mAbs', (val) => {
+        updateNodeStatus(val);
+      });
+
+      //never ending functions
+      function tick(){
+        
+        //kick class ticks for time move
+        m.tick();
+
+        //get output
+        const classOutput = m.getOutput();
+        const dbOutput = output.formatMsg(classOutput, m.config, "influxdb");
+        const pOutput = output.formatMsg(classOutput, m.config, "process");
+
+        //only send output on values that changed
+        let msgs = [];
+        msgs[0] = pOutput;
+        msgs[1] = dbOutput;
+
+        node.send(msgs);
+
+      }
+
+      // register child on first output this timeout is needed because of node - red stuff
+      setTimeout(
+        () => {
+          
+          /*---execute code on first start----*/
+          let msgs = [];
+
+          msgs[2] = { topic : "registerChild" , payload: node.id, positionVsParent: "upstream" };
+          msgs[3] = { topic : "registerChild" , payload: node.id, positionVsParent: "downstream" };
+          
+          //send msg
+          this.send(msgs);
+        }, 
+        100
+      );
+
+      //declare refresh interval internal node
+      setTimeout(
+        () => {
+          /*---execute code on first start----*/
+          this.intervalId = setInterval(function(){ tick() },1000)
+        }, 
+        1000
+      );
+    
+      //-------------------------------------------------------------------->>what to do on input
+      node.on("input", function (msg,send,done) {
+
+        if(msg.topic == "simulator" ){
+          m.toggleSimulation();
+        }
+
+        if(msg.topic == "outlierDetection" ){
+          m.toggleOutlierDetection();
+        }
+
+        if(msg.topic == "calibrate" ){
+          m.calibrate();
+        }
+
+        if(msg.topic == "measurement" && typeof msg.payload == "number"){
+          //feed input into the measurement node and calculate output
+          m.inputValue = parseFloat(msg.payload);
+        }
+
+        done();
+
+      });
+
+      // tidy up any async code here - shutdown connections and so on.
+      node.on('close', function(done) {
+        if (node.intervalId) clearTimeout(node.intervalId);
+        if (node.tickInterval) clearInterval(node.tickInterval);
+        if (done) done();
+      });
+      
+    }catch(e){
+      console.log(e);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  RED.nodes.registerType("measurement", measurement);
+
+
+  const menuManager = new MenuManager();
+
+  // Register the measurement menu handler
+  RED.httpAdmin.get("/measurement/menu.js", (req, res) => {
+      try {
+          const script = menuManager.createEndpoint('measurement', ['asset']);
+          res.set('Content-Type', 'application/javascript').send(script);
+      } catch (error) {
+          console.error("Error creating measurement menu script:", error);
+          res.status(500).send(`// Failed to generate menu data: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+  });
+
+  //register the measurement specific configs so the browser can access them
+  RED.httpAdmin.get("/measurement/configData", (req, res) => {
+    // load the config data from the JSON file and send it
+      try {
+          const configData = require('./dependencies/measurement/measurementConfig.json');
+          res.json(configData);
+      } catch (error) {
+          console.error("Error loading measurement config data:", error);
+          res.status(500).send(`// Failed to load config data: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+  });
+
+  // Register the measurement node and its menu data endpoint
+    console.log('Measurement node and its menu data endpoint are registered.');
+
+
+};
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diff --git a/src/nodeClass.js b/src/nodeClass.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5fc689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nodeClass.js
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/**
+ * measurement.class.js
+ *
+ * Encapsulates all Measurement node logic in a reusable class.
+ */
+const { outputUtils, configManager } = require('generalFunctions');
+const Measurement = require("../dependencies/measurement/measurement");
+
+/**
+ * Class representing a Measurement Node-RED node.
+ */
+class MeasurementNode {
+  /**
+   * Create a MeasurementNode.
+   * @param {object} config - Node-RED node configuration.
+   * @param {object} RED    - Node-RED runtime API.
+   */
+  constructor(config, RED, nodeInstance) {
+
+    // Preserve RED reference for HTTP endpoints if needed
+    this.node = nodeInstance;
+    this.RED = RED;
+
+    // Load default & UI config
+    this._loadConfig(config);
+
+    // Instantiate core Measurement class
+    this._setupMeasurementClass();
+
+    // Wire up event and lifecycle handlers
+    this._bindEvents();
+    this._registerChild();
+    this._startTickLoop();
+    this._attachInputHandler();
+    this._attachCloseHandler();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load and merge default config with user-defined settings.
+   * @param {object} uiConfig - Raw config from Node-RED UI.
+   */
+  _loadConfig(uiConfig) {
+    const cfgMgr = new configManager();
+    this.defaultConfig = cfgMgr.getConfig("measurement");
+
+    // Merge UI config over defaults
+    this.config = {
+      general: {
+        name: uiConfig.name,
+        id: this.id,
+        unit: uiConfig.unit,
+        logging: {
+          enabled: uiConfig.enableLog,
+          logLevel: uiConfig.logLevel
+        }
+      },
+      asset: {
+        tagCode: uiConfig.assetTagCode,
+        supplier: uiConfig.supplier,
+        subType: uiConfig.subType,
+        model: uiConfig.model
+      },
+      scaling: {
+        enabled: uiConfig.scaling,
+        inputMin: uiConfig.i_min,
+        inputMax: uiConfig.i_max,
+        absMin: uiConfig.o_min,
+        absMax: uiConfig.o_max,
+        offset: uiConfig.i_offset
+      },
+      smoothing: {
+        smoothWindow: uiConfig.count,
+        smoothMethod: uiConfig.smooth_method
+      },
+      simulation: {
+        enabled: uiConfig.simulator
+      }
+    };
+
+    // Utility for formatting outputs
+    this._output = new outputUtils();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiate the core Measurement logic and store as source.
+   */
+  _setupMeasurementClass() {
+    this.source = new Measurement(this.config);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Bind Measurement events to Node-RED status updates.
+   */
+  _bindEvents() {
+    this.source.emitter.on('mAbs', (val) => {
+      this.node.status({ fill: 'green', shape: 'dot', text: `${val} ${this.config.general.unit}` });
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register this node as a child upstream and downstream.
+   * Delayed to avoid Node-RED startup race conditions.
+   */
+  _registerChild() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.node.send([
+        null,
+        null,
+        { topic: 'registerChild', payload: this.id, positionVsParent: 'upstream' }
+      ]);
+    }, 100);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start the periodic tick loop to drive the Measurement class.
+   */
+  _startTickLoop() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this._tickInterval = setInterval(() => this._tick(), 1000);
+    }, 1000);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Execute a single tick: update measurement, format and send outputs.
+   */
+  _tick() {
+    this.source.tick();
+
+    const raw = this.source.getOutput();
+    const processMsg = this._output.formatMsg(raw, this.config, 'process');
+    const influxMsg  = this._output.formatMsg(raw, this.config, 'influxdb');
+
+    // Send only updated outputs on ports 0 & 1
+    this.node.send([processMsg, influxMsg]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Attach the node's input handler, routing control messages to the Measurement class.
+   */
+  _attachInputHandler() {
+    this.node.on('input', (msg, send, done) => {
+      switch (msg.topic) {
+        case 'simulator':           this.source.toggleSimulation();      break;
+        case 'outlierDetection':    this.source.toggleOutlierDetection(); break;
+        case 'calibrate':           this.source.calibrate();             break;
+        case 'measurement':
+          if (typeof msg.payload === 'number') {
+            this.source.inputValue = parseFloat(msg.payload);
+          }
+          break;
+      }
+      done();
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clean up timers and intervals when Node-RED stops the node.
+   */
+  _attachCloseHandler() {
+    this.node.on('close', (done) => {
+      clearInterval(this._tickInterval);
+      done();
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = MeasurementNode;