diff --git a/src/cbmclient.cpp b/src/cbmclient.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dc4b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cbmclient.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//
+//  cbmclient.cpp
+//  xlxd
+//
+//  Created by Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL) on 20/01/2017.
+//  Copyright © 2015 Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL). All rights reserved.
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//    This file is part of xlxd.
+//
+//    xlxd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    xlxd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//    GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//    along with Foobar.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "main.h"
+#include "cbmclient.h"
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// constructors
+
+CBmClient::CBmClient()
+{
+}
+
+CBmClient::CBmClient(const CCallsign &callsign, const CIp &ip, char reflectorModule)
+    : CClient(callsign, ip, reflectorModule)
+{
+}
+
+CBmClient::CBmClient(const CBmClient &client)
+    : CClient(client)
+{
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// status
+
+bool CBmClient::IsAlive(void) const
+{
+    return (m_LastKeepaliveTime.DurationSinceNow() < XLX_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/cbmclient.h b/src/cbmclient.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc47778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cbmclient.h
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+//
+//  cbmclient.h
+//  xlxd
+//
+//  Created by Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL) on 20/01/2017.
+//  Copyright © 2015 Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL). All rights reserved.
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//    This file is part of xlxd.
+//
+//    xlxd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    xlxd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//    GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//    along with Foobar.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef cbmclient_h
+#define cbmclient_h
+
+
+#include "cclient.h"
+#include "cxlxclient.h"
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// define
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// class
+
+class CBmClient : public CClient
+{
+public:
+    // constructors
+    CBmClient();
+    CBmClient(const CCallsign &, const CIp &, char = ' ');
+    CBmClient(const CBmClient &);
+    
+    // destructor
+    virtual ~CBmClient() {};
+    
+    // identity
+    int GetProtocol(void) const                 { return PROTOCOL_XLX; }
+    int GetProtocolRevision(void) const         { return XLX_PROTOCOL_REVISION_2; }
+    const char *GetProtocolName(void) const     { return "XLX"; }
+    int GetCodec(void) const                    { return CODEC_AMBE2PLUS; }
+    bool IsPeer(void) const                     { return true; }
+    
+    // status
+    bool IsAlive(void) const;
+    
+    // reporting
+    void WriteXml(std::ofstream &) {}
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#endif /* cbmclient_h */
diff --git a/src/cbmpeer.cpp b/src/cbmpeer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c38fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cbmpeer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+//
+//  cbmpeer.cpp
+//  xlxd
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//    This file is part of xlxd.
+//
+//    xlxd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    xlxd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//    GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//    along with Foobar.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include "main.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include "creflector.h"
+#include "cbmpeer.h"
+#include "cbmclient.h"
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// constructor
+
+
+CBmPeer::CBmPeer()
+{
+}
+
+CBmPeer::CBmPeer(const CCallsign &callsign, const CIp &ip, char *modules, const CVersion &version)
+: CPeer(callsign, ip, modules, version)
+{
+    std::cout << "Adding BM peer" << std::endl;
+    
+    // and construct all xlx clients
+    for ( int i = 0; i < ::strlen(modules); i++ )
+    {
+        // create
+        CBmClient *client = new CBmClient(callsign, ip, modules[i]);
+        // and append to vector
+        m_Clients.push_back(client);
+    }
+}
+
+CBmPeer::CBmPeer(const CBmPeer &peer)
+: CPeer(peer)
+{
+    for ( int i = 0; i < peer.m_Clients.size(); i++ )
+    {
+        CBmClient *client = new CBmClient((const CBmClient &)*(peer.m_Clients[i]));
+        // grow vector capacity if needed
+        if ( m_Clients.capacity() == m_Clients.size() )
+        {
+            m_Clients.reserve(m_Clients.capacity()+10);
+        }
+        // and append
+        m_Clients.push_back(client);
+        
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// destructors
+
+CBmPeer::~CBmPeer()
+{
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// status
+
+bool CBmPeer::IsAlive(void) const
+{
+    return (m_LastKeepaliveTime.DurationSinceNow() < XLX_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// revision helper
+
+int CBmPeer::GetProtocolRevision(const CVersion &version)
+{
+    return XLX_PROTOCOL_REVISION_2;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/cbmpeer.h b/src/cbmpeer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b92d238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cbmpeer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//
+//  cbmpeer.h
+//  xlxd
+//
+//  Created by Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL) on 20/01/2017.
+//  Copyright © 2016 Jean-Luc Deltombe (LX3JL). All rights reserved.
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//    This file is part of xlxd.
+//
+//    xlxd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//    (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//    xlxd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//    GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//    along with Foobar.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef cbmpeer_h
+#define cbmpeer_h
+
+
+#include "cpeer.h"
+#include "cbmclient.h"
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// define
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// class
+
+class CBmPeer : public CPeer
+{
+public:
+    // constructors
+    CBmPeer();
+    CBmPeer(const CCallsign &, const CIp &, char *, const CVersion &);
+    CBmPeer(const CBmPeer &);
+    
+    // destructor
+    ~CBmPeer();
+    
+    // status
+    bool IsAlive(void) const;
+    
+    // identity
+    int GetProtocol(void) const                 { return PROTOCOL_XLX; }
+    const char *GetProtocolName(void) const     { return "XLX"; }
+    
+    // revision helper
+    static int GetProtocolRevision(const CVersion &);
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#endif /* cbmpeer_h */
diff --git a/src/cxlxprotocol.cpp b/src/cxlxprotocol.cpp
index 0a6dd7c..f01fb9a 100644
--- a/src/cxlxprotocol.cpp
+++ b/src/cxlxprotocol.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "main.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include "cxlxpeer.h"
+#include "cbmpeer.h"
 #include "cxlxprotocol.h"
 #include "creflector.h"
 #include "cgatekeeper.h"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ void CXlxProtocol::Task(void)
             {
                 // acknowledge connecting request
                 // following is version dependent
-                switch ( CXlxPeer::GetProtocolRevision(Version) )
+                switch ( GetConnectingPeerProtocolRevision(Callsign, Version) )
                 {
                     case XLX_PROTOCOL_REVISION_0:
                         {
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ void CXlxProtocol::Task(void)
                 {
                     // create the new peer
                     // this also create one client per module
-                    CXlxPeer *peer = new CXlxPeer(Callsign, Ip, Modules, Version);
+                    CPeer *peer = CreateNewPeer(Callsign, Ip, Modules, Version);
 
                     // append the peer to reflector peer list
                     // this also add all new clients to reflector client list
@@ -722,3 +723,44 @@ bool CXlxProtocol::EncodeDvLastFramePacket(const CDvLastFramePacket &Packet, CBu
     
     return true;
 }
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// protocol revision helper
+
+int CXlxProtocol::GetConnectingPeerProtocolRevision(const CCallsign &Callsign, const CVersion &Version)
+{
+    int protrev;
+    
+    // BM ?
+    if ( Callsign.HasSameCallsignWithWildcard(CCallsign("BM*")) )
+    {
+        protrev = CBmPeer::GetProtocolRevision(Version);
+    }
+    // otherwise, assume native xlx
+    else
+    {
+        protrev = CXlxPeer::GetProtocolRevision(Version);
+    }
+    
+    // done
+    return protrev;
+}
+
+CPeer *CXlxProtocol::CreateNewPeer(const CCallsign &Callsign, const CIp &Ip, char *Modules, const CVersion &Version)
+{
+    CPeer *peer = NULL;
+    
+    // BM ?
+    if ( Callsign.HasSameCallsignWithWildcard(CCallsign("BM*")) )
+    {
+        peer = new CBmPeer(Callsign, Ip, Modules, Version);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        peer = new CXlxPeer(Callsign, Ip, Modules, Version);
+    }
+   
+    // done
+    return peer;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/cxlxprotocol.h b/src/cxlxprotocol.h
index 1d23c50..1b8d8d9 100644
--- a/src/cxlxprotocol.h
+++ b/src/cxlxprotocol.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+class CPeer;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // class
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ protected:
     bool EncodeDvFramePacket(const CDvFramePacket &, CBuffer *) const;
     bool EncodeDvLastFramePacket(const CDvLastFramePacket &, CBuffer *) const;
     
+    // protocol revision helper
+    int GetConnectingPeerProtocolRevision(const CCallsign &, const CVersion &);
+    CPeer *CreateNewPeer(const CCallsign &, const CIp &, char *, const CVersion &);
+    
 protected:
     // time
     CTimePoint          m_LastKeepaliveTime;
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index ac77c96..fa7acab 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR                   2
 #define VERSION_MINOR                   2
-#define VERSION_REVISION                1
+#define VERSION_REVISION                2
 
 // global ------------------------------------------------------