diff --git a/Examples.WPF/Views/PlcDataView.xaml b/Examples.WPF/Views/PlcDataView.xaml
index 4d84bda..0de5a41 100644
--- a/Examples.WPF/Views/PlcDataView.xaml
+++ b/Examples.WPF/Views/PlcDataView.xaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>
             <RowDefinition Height="auto"/>
             <RowDefinition/>
-            <RowDefinition/>
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
 
         <StackPanel>
@@ -71,6 +70,17 @@
             </ItemsControl>
 
         </StackPanel>
-        
+
+        <DataGrid Grid.Row="1"
+                  AutoGenerateColumns="False"
+                  IsReadOnly="True"
+                  ItemsSource="{Binding Plc.Registers, Mode=OneWay}">
+            <DataGrid.Columns>
+                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Address" Binding="{Binding PLCAddressName}"/>
+                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Binding UnderlyingSystemType.Name}"/>
+                <DataGridTextColumn Header="Value" Binding="{Binding ValueStr}"/>
+            </DataGrid.Columns>
+        </DataGrid>
+
     </Grid>
 </UserControl>
diff --git a/MewtocolNet/IPlc.cs b/MewtocolNet/IPlc.cs
index 22dd3e7..9416f9a 100644
--- a/MewtocolNet/IPlc.cs
+++ b/MewtocolNet/IPlc.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// </summary>
         int ConnectTimeout { get; set; }
 
+        IEnumerable<IRegister> Registers { get; }   
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Tries to establish a connection with the device asynchronously
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/IRegister.cs b/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/IRegister.cs
index 1eedbf5..9c78d5f 100644
--- a/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/IRegister.cs
+++ b/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/IRegister.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
         /// </summary>
         object ValueObj { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The current value of the register as a string
+        /// </summary>
+        string ValueStr { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The system (.NET) type of the underlying value thats held inside the register
+        /// </summary>
+        Type UnderlyingSystemType { get; }  
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The plc memory address of the register
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/Register.cs b/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/Register.cs
index ced697c..3edc0aa 100644
--- a/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/Register.cs
+++ b/MewtocolNet/Registers/Base/Register.cs
@@ -39,14 +39,20 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
         internal bool wasOverlapFitted = false;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public RegisterCollection ContainedCollection => containedCollection;
+        internal RegisterCollection ContainedCollection => containedCollection;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public MewtocolInterface AttachedInterface => attachedInterface;
+        internal MewtocolInterface AttachedInterface => attachedInterface;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public Type UnderlyingSystemType => underlyingSystemType;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public object ValueObj => lastValue;
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public string ValueStr => GetValueString();
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public RegisterPrefix RegisterType { get; internal set; }
 
@@ -63,7 +69,12 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
 
-        public void TriggerNotifyChange() => PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(nameof(ValueObj)));
+        public void TriggerNotifyChange() {
+
+            PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(nameof(ValueObj)));
+            PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(nameof(ValueStr)));
+
+        }
 
         #endregion
 
diff --git a/MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/DTArea.cs b/MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/DTArea.cs
index 6c36a90..ad8c675 100644
--- a/MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/DTArea.cs
+++ b/MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/DTArea.cs
@@ -64,19 +64,17 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         internal async Task<bool> RequestByteReadAsync(ulong addStart, ulong addEnd) {
 
-            var station = mewInterface.GetStationNumber();
+            var byteCount = (addEnd - addStart + 1) * 2;
+            var result = await mewInterface.ReadByteRangeNonBlocking((int)addStart, (int)byteCount);
 
-            string requeststring = $"%{station}#RD{GetMewtocolIdent(addStart, addEnd)}";
-            var result = await mewInterface.SendCommandAsync(requeststring);
+            if (result != null) {
 
-            if (result.Success) {
-
-                var resBytes = result.Response.ParseDTRawStringAsBytes();
-                SetUnderlyingBytes(resBytes, addStart);
+                SetUnderlyingBytes(result, addStart);
+                return true;
 
             }
 
-            return result.Success;
+            return false;
 
         }