diff --git a/readref.c b/readref.c
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include "network.h"
+
+struct dref_struct_in {
+	int32_t dref_freq;
+	int32_t dref_sender_index;	// the index the customer is using to define this dataref
+	char dref_string[400];
+};
+
+struct dref_struct_out {
+	int32_t dref_sender_index;
+	float dref_flt_value;
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	int xPlaneSocket;
+	char *wtf;
+
+	// check argument
+	if (argc != 1 && (argc - 1) % 3 != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [<dataref> <frequency> <id> [<dataref> <frequency> <id> ... ]]\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	// network
+	xPlaneSocket = createSocket(SRC_PORT);
+	if (xPlaneSocket < 0) {
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+//	char drefsToRead[413 * ((argc - 1) / 3)];
+//	memset(drefsToRead, 0, sizeof(drefsToRead));
+	for (int i = 1; i < argc; i = i + 3) {
+		// prepare struct to send, make sure padding is with NULL bytes
+		struct dref_struct_in drefToRead = {
+			.dref_freq = strtoimax(argv[i + 1], &wtf, 10),
+			.dref_sender_index = strtoimax(argv[i + 2], &wtf, 10)
+		};
+		memset(drefToRead.dref_string, 0, sizeof(drefToRead.dref_string));
+		strcpy(drefToRead.dref_string, argv[i]);
+
+		// send payload
+		if (sendToXPlane(xPlaneSocket, DEST_SERVER, DEST_PORT, "RREF", (char *)&drefToRead, sizeof(drefToRead)) < 0) {
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+//		memcpy(&drefsToRead[((i - 1) / 3) * 413], &drefToRead, sizeof(drefToRead));
+	}
+
+	// read from network
+	char msg[DGRAM_MSG_LENGTH + 1];
+	char payload[RECV_BUFFER];
+	while (1) {
+		int payloadBytes = recvFromXPlane(xPlaneSocket, msg, payload, RECV_BUFFER);
+		if (payloadBytes > 0) {
+			printf("Received message type %s\n", msg);
+			printf("Received message data (%d) ", payloadBytes);
+			for (int i = 0; i < payloadBytes; i++) {
+				printf("%02x", payload[i]);
+			}
+			printf("\n");
+			if (strcmp(msg, "RREF") == 0) {
+				if ((payloadBytes - 1) % 8 == 0) {
+					// XXX: loop
+					struct dref_struct_out drefRead;
+					memcpy(&drefRead, &payload[1], 8);
+
+					printf("%d: %f\n", drefRead.dref_sender_index, drefRead.dref_flt_value);
+				} else {
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+			} else {
+				// unknown to me
+			}
+		} else {
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// bye bye (and no, I don't care about error anymore; I'll exit anyway?!)
+	closeSocket(xPlaneSocket);
+	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}