diff --git a/obmc/dbuslib/__init__.py b/obmc/dbuslib/__init__.py
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+++ b/obmc/dbuslib/__init__.py
diff --git a/obmc/dbuslib/bindings.py b/obmc/dbuslib/bindings.py
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+# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2016
+# [+] International Business Machines Corp.
+#
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+import dbus
+
+BUS_PREFIX = 'org.openbmc'
+OBJ_PREFIX = "/org/openbmc"
+BUS = "system"
+
+
+def is_unique(connection):
+    return connection[0] == ':'
+
+
+def get_system_name():
+    #use filename as system name, strip off path and ext
+    parts = __file__.replace('.pyc', '').replace('.py', '').split('/')
+    return parts[len(parts)-1]
+
+
+def get_dbus():
+    bus = None
+    if (BUS == "session"):
+        bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+    else:
+        bus = dbus.SystemBus()
+    return bus
+
+
+class DbusProperties(dbus.service.Object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        dbus.service.Object.__init__(self)
+        self.properties = {}
+        self.object_path = ""
+
+    @dbus.service.method(
+        dbus.PROPERTIES_IFACE,
+        in_signature='ss', out_signature='v')
+    def Get(self, interface_name, property_name):
+        d = self.GetAll(interface_name)
+        try:
+            v = d[property_name]
+            return v
+        except:
+            raise dbus.exceptions.DBusException(
+                "org.freedesktop.UnknownProperty: "+property_name)
+
+    @dbus.service.method(
+        dbus.PROPERTIES_IFACE,
+        in_signature='s', out_signature='a{sv}')
+    def GetAll(self, interface_name):
+        try:
+            d = self.properties[interface_name]
+            return d
+        except:
+            raise dbus.exceptions.DBusException(
+                "org.freedesktop.UnknownInterface: "+interface_name)
+
+    @dbus.service.method(
+        dbus.PROPERTIES_IFACE,
+        in_signature='ssv')
+    def Set(self, interface_name, property_name, new_value):
+        if (interface_name not in self.properties):
+            self.properties[interface_name] = {}
+        try:
+            old_value = self.properties[interface_name][property_name]
+            if (old_value != new_value):
+                self.properties[interface_name][property_name] = new_value
+                self.PropertiesChanged(
+                    interface_name, {property_name: new_value}, [])
+
+        except:
+            self.properties[interface_name][property_name] = new_value
+            self.PropertiesChanged(
+                interface_name, {property_name: new_value}, [])
+
+    @dbus.service.method(
+        "org.openbmc.Object.Properties", in_signature='sa{sv}')
+    def SetMultiple(self, interface_name, prop_dict):
+        if (interface_name in self.properties):
+            self.properties[interface_name] = {}
+
+        value_changed = False
+        for property_name in prop_dict:
+            new_value = prop_dict[property_name]
+            try:
+                old_value = self.properties[interface_name][property_name]
+                if (old_value != new_value):
+                    self.properties[interface_name][property_name] = new_value
+                    value_changed = True
+
+            except:
+                self.properties[interface_name][property_name] = new_value
+                value_changed = True
+        if (value_changed is True):
+            self.PropertiesChanged(interface_name, prop_dict, [])
+
+    @dbus.service.signal(
+        dbus.PROPERTIES_IFACE, signature='sa{sv}as')
+    def PropertiesChanged(
+            self, interface_name, changed_properties, invalidated_properties):
+        pass
+
+
+class DbusObjectManager(dbus.service.Object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        dbus.service.Object.__init__(self)
+        self.objects = {}
+
+    def add(self, object_path, obj):
+        self.objects[object_path] = obj
+        self.InterfacesAdded(object_path, obj.properties)
+
+    def remove(self, object_path):
+        obj = self.objects.pop(object_path, None)
+        obj.remove_from_connection()
+        self.InterfacesRemoved(object_path, obj.properties.keys())
+
+    def get(self, object_path, default=None):
+        return self.objects.get(object_path, default)
+
+    @dbus.service.method(
+        "org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager",
+        in_signature='', out_signature='a{oa{sa{sv}}}')
+    def GetManagedObjects(self):
+        data = {}
+        for objpath in self.objects.keys():
+            data[objpath] = self.objects[objpath].properties
+        return data
+
+    @dbus.service.signal(
+        "org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager", signature='oa{sa{sv}}')
+    def InterfacesAdded(self, object_path, properties):
+        self.ObjectAdded(object_path, "")
+
+    @dbus.service.signal(
+        "org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager", signature='oas')
+    def InterfacesRemoved(self, object_path, interfaces):
+        pass
+
+    ## Legacy support, need to eventually refactor out
+    @dbus.service.signal(
+        "org.openbmc.Object.ObjectMapper", signature='ss')
+    def ObjectAdded(self, object_path, interface_name):
+        pass
+
+    ## flattens interfaces
+    @dbus.service.method(
+        'org.openbmc.Object.Enumerate', in_signature='',
+        out_signature='a{sa{sv}}')
+    def enumerate(self):
+        data = {}
+        for objpath in self.objects.keys():
+            props = self.objects[objpath].properties
+            data[objpath] = {}
+            for iface in props.keys():
+                data[objpath].update(props[iface])
+
+        return data
diff --git a/obmc/dbuslib/enums.py b/obmc/dbuslib/enums.py
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+# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2016
+# [+] International Business Machines Corp.
+#
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+import dbus
+
+DBUS_OBJMGR_IFACE = dbus.BUS_DAEMON_IFACE + '.ObjectManager'
+DBUS_UNKNOWN_INTERFACE = 'org.freedesktop.UnknownInterface'
+DBUS_UNKNOWN_PROPERTY = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownProperty'
+DBUS_UNKNOWN_METHOD = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod'
+DBUS_INVALID_ARGS = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs'
+DBUS_TYPE_ERROR = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.TypeError'
+OBMC_ASSOCIATIONS_IFACE = 'org.openbmc.Associations'
+OBMC_ASSOC_IFACE = 'org.openbmc.Association'
+OBMC_DELETE_IFACE = 'org.openbmc.Object.Delete'
+OBMC_PROPERTIES_IFACE = "org.openbmc.Object.Properties"
+OBMC_ENUMERATE_IFACE = "org.openbmc.Object.Enumerate"
diff --git a/obmc/dbuslib/introspection.py b/obmc/dbuslib/introspection.py
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+# Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2016
+# [+] International Business Machines Corp.
+#
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+import dbus
+
+
+class IntrospectionNodeParser:
+    def __init__(self, data, tag_match=bool, intf_match=bool):
+        self.data = data
+        self.cache = {}
+        self.tag_match = tag_match
+        self.intf_match = intf_match
+
+    def parse_args(self):
+        return [x.attrib for x in self.data.findall('arg')]
+
+    def parse_children(self):
+        return [x.attrib['name'] for x in self.data.findall('node')]
+
+    def parse_method_or_signal(self):
+        name = self.data.attrib['name']
+        return name, self.parse_args()
+
+    def parse_interface(self):
+        iface = {}
+        iface['method'] = {}
+        iface['signal'] = {}
+
+        for node in self.data:
+            if node.tag not in ['method', 'signal']:
+                continue
+            if not self.tag_match(node.tag):
+                continue
+            p = IntrospectionNodeParser(
+                node, self.tag_match, self.intf_match)
+            n, element = p.parse_method_or_signal()
+            iface[node.tag][n] = element
+
+        return iface
+
+    def parse_node(self):
+        if self.cache:
+            return self.cache
+
+        self.cache['interfaces'] = {}
+        self.cache['children'] = []
+
+        for node in self.data:
+            if node.tag == 'interface':
+                p = IntrospectionNodeParser(
+                    node, self.tag_match, self.intf_match)
+                name = p.data.attrib['name']
+                if not self.intf_match(name):
+                    continue
+                self.cache['interfaces'][name] = p.parse_interface()
+            elif node.tag == 'node':
+                self.cache['children'] = self.parse_children()
+
+        return self.cache
+
+    def get_interfaces(self):
+        return self.parse_node()['interfaces']
+
+    def get_children(self):
+        return self.parse_node()['children']
+
+    def recursive_binding(self):
+        return any('/' in s for s in self.get_children())
+
+
+class IntrospectionParser:
+    def __init__(self, name, bus, tag_match=bool, intf_match=bool):
+        self.name = name
+        self.bus = bus
+        self.tag_match = tag_match
+        self.intf_match = intf_match
+
+    def _introspect(self, path):
+        try:
+            obj = self.bus.get_object(self.name, path, introspect=False)
+            iface = dbus.Interface(obj, dbus.INTROSPECTABLE_IFACE)
+            data = iface.Introspect()
+        except dbus.DBusException:
+            return None
+
+        return IntrospectionNodeParser(
+            ElementTree.fromstring(data),
+            self.tag_match,
+            self.intf_match)
+
+    def _discover_flat(self, path, parser):
+        items = {}
+        interfaces = parser.get_interfaces().keys()
+        if interfaces:
+            items[path] = {}
+            items[path]['interfaces'] = interfaces
+
+        return items
+
+    def introspect(self, path='/', parser=None):
+        items = {}
+        if not parser:
+            parser = self._introspect(path)
+        if not parser:
+            return {}
+        items.update(self._discover_flat(path, parser))
+
+        if path != '/':
+            path += '/'
+
+        if parser.recursive_binding():
+            callback = self._discover_flat
+        else:
+            callback = self.introspect
+
+        for k in parser.get_children():
+            parser = self._introspect(path + k)
+            if not parser:
+                continue
+            items.update(callback(path + k, parser))
+
+        return items