diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e78e42d..a9d4c876 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ __pycache__
 src/web/current
 src/web/rascsi_interface_pb2.py
 src/oled_monitor/current
+src/oled_monitor/rascsi_interface_pb2.py
 src/raspberrypi/hfdisk/
 *~
diff --git a/src/oled_monitor/rascsi_oled_monitor.py b/src/oled_monitor/rascsi_oled_monitor.py
index 38048815..882baf09 100755
--- a/src/oled_monitor/rascsi_oled_monitor.py
+++ b/src/oled_monitor/rascsi_oled_monitor.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #   Updates to output rascsi status to an OLED display
 #   Copyright (C) 2020 Tony Kuker
 #   Author: Tony Kuker
-# Developed for: https://www.amazon.com/MakerFocus-Display-SSD1306-3-3V-5V-Arduino/dp/B079BN2J8V
+# Developed for:
+#   https://www.makerfocus.com/collections/oled/products/2pcs-i2c-oled-display-module-0-91-inch-i2c-ssd1306-oled-display-module-1
 #
 # All other code: 
 #    Copyright (c) 2017 Adafruit Industries
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import busio
 import adafruit_ssd1306
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import subprocess
+import rascsi_interface_pb2 as proto
 
 WIDTH = 128
 HEIGHT = 32  # Change to 64 if needed
@@ -87,39 +89,148 @@ font = ImageFont.load_default()
 # Some other nice fonts to try: http://www.dafont.com/bitmap.php
 # font = ImageFont.truetype('Minecraftia.ttf', 8)
 
+def device_list():
+    """
+    Sends a DEVICES_INFO command to the server.
+    Returns a list of dicts with info on all attached devices.
+    """
+    command = proto.PbCommand()
+    command.operation = proto.PbOperation.DEVICES_INFO
+    data = send_pb_command(command.SerializeToString())
+    result = proto.PbResult()
+    result.ParseFromString(data)
+
+    device_list = []
+    n = 0
+
+    while n < len(result.devices_info.devices):
+        did = result.devices_info.devices[n].id
+        dun = result.devices_info.devices[n].unit
+        dtype = proto.PbDeviceType.Name(result.devices_info.devices[n].type) 
+        dstat = result.devices_info.devices[n].status
+        dprop = result.devices_info.devices[n].properties
+
+        # Building the status string
+        dstat_msg = []
+        if dprop.read_only == True:
+            dstat_msg.append("Read-Only")
+        if dstat.protected == True and dprop.protectable == True:
+            dstat_msg.append("Write-Protected")
+        if dstat.removed == True and dprop.removable == True:
+            dstat_msg.append("No Media")
+        if dstat.locked == True and dprop.lockable == True:
+            dstat_msg.append("Locked")
+
+        from os import path
+        dpath = result.devices_info.devices[n].file.name
+        dfile = path.basename(dpath)
+        dparam = result.devices_info.devices[n].params
+        dven = result.devices_info.devices[n].vendor
+        dprod = result.devices_info.devices[n].product
+        drev = result.devices_info.devices[n].revision
+        dblock = result.devices_info.devices[n].block_size
+        dsize = int(result.devices_info.devices[n].block_count) * int(dblock)
+
+        device_list.append(
+                {
+                    "id": did,
+                    "un": dun,
+                    "device_type": dtype,
+                    "status": ", ".join(dstat_msg),
+                    "path": dpath,
+                    "file": dfile,
+                    "params": dparam,
+                    "vendor": dven,
+                    "product": dprod,
+                    "revision": drev,
+                    "block_size": dblock,
+                    "size": dsize,
+                }
+            )
+        n += 1
+
+    return device_list
+
+def send_pb_command(payload):
+    """
+    Takes a str containing a serialized protobuf as argument.
+    Establishes a socket connection with RaSCSI.
+    """
+    # Host and port number where rascsi is listening for socket connections
+    HOST = 'localhost'
+    PORT = 6868
+
+    counter = 0
+    tries = 100
+    error_msg = ""
+
+    import socket
+    while counter < tries:
+        try:
+            with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+                s.connect((HOST, PORT))
+                return send_over_socket(s, payload)
+        except socket.error as error:
+            counter += 1
+            logging.warning("The RaSCSI service is not responding - attempt " + \
+                    str(counter) + "/" + str(tries))
+            error_msg = str(error)
+
+    logging.error(error_msg)
+
+
+def send_over_socket(s, payload):
+    """
+    Takes a socket object and str payload with serialized protobuf.
+    Sends payload to RaSCSI over socket and captures the response.
+    Tries to extract and interpret the protobuf header to get response size.
+    Reads data from socket in 2048 bytes chunks until all data is received.
+    """
+    from struct import pack, unpack
+
+    # Prepending a little endian 32bit header with the message size
+    s.send(pack("<i", len(payload)))
+    s.send(payload)
+
+    # Receive the first 4 bytes to get the response header
+    response = s.recv(4)
+    if len(response) >= 4:
+        # Extracting the response header to get the length of the response message
+        response_length = unpack("<i", response)[0]
+        # Reading in chunks, to handle a case where the response message is very large
+        chunks = []
+        bytes_recvd = 0
+        while bytes_recvd < response_length:
+            chunk = s.recv(min(response_length - bytes_recvd, 2048))
+            if chunk == b'':
+                logging.error("Read an empty chunk from the socket. \
+                        Socket connection has dropped unexpectedly. \
+                        RaSCSI may have has crashed.")
+            chunks.append(chunk)
+            bytes_recvd = bytes_recvd + len(chunk)
+        response_message = b''.join(chunks)
+        return response_message
+    else:
+        logging.error("The response from RaSCSI did not contain a protobuf header. \
+                RaSCSI may have crashed.")
+
 while True:
 
     # Draw a black filled box to clear the image.
     draw.rectangle((0,0,WIDTH,HEIGHT), outline=0, fill=0)
     
-    cmd = "rasctl -l"
-    rascsi_list = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True).decode(sys.stdout.encoding)
+    rascsi_list = device_list()
 
     y_pos = top
-    # Draw all of the meaningful data to the 'image'
-    #
-    # Example rascstl -l output:
-    #    pi@rascsi:~ $ rasctl -l
-    #
-    #    +----+----+------+-------------------------------------
-    #    | ID | UN | TYPE | DEVICE STATUS
-    #    +----+----+------+-------------------------------------
-    #    |  1 |  0 | SCHD | /home/pi/harddisk.hda
-    #    |  6 |  0 | SCCD | NO MEDIA
-    #    +----+----+------+-------------------------------------
-    #    pi@rascsi:~ $ 
-    for line in rascsi_list.split('\n'):
-        # Skip empty strings, divider lines and the header line...
-        if (len(line) == 0) or line.startswith("+---") or line.startswith("| ID | UN"):
-          continue
-        else:
-          if line.startswith("|  "):
-            fields = line.split('|')
-            output = str.strip(fields[1]) + " " + str.strip(fields[3]) + " " + os.path.basename(str.strip(fields[4]))
-          else:
-            output = "No image mounted!"
-          draw.text((x, y_pos), output, font=font, fill=255)
-          y_pos += 8
+    if len(rascsi_list):
+        for line in rascsi_list:
+            output = f"{line['id']} {line['device_type']} {line['file']}"
+            draw.text((x, y_pos), output, font=font, fill=255)
+            y_pos += 8
+    else:
+        output = "No image mounted!"
+        draw.text((x, y_pos), output, font=font, fill=255)
+        y_pos += 8
 
     # If there is still room on the screen, we'll display the time. If there's not room it will just be clipped
     draw.text((x, y_pos), datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S"), font=font, fill=255)
diff --git a/src/oled_monitor/requirements.txt b/src/oled_monitor/requirements.txt
index 597db061..0a276984 100644
--- a/src/oled_monitor/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/oled_monitor/requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ pyusb==1.1.1
 rpi-ws281x==4.2.5
 RPi.GPIO==0.7.0
 sysv-ipc==1.1.0
+protobuf==3.17.3