diff --git a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php
index 975ccbe4..01b8f15e 100644
--- a/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php
+++ b/www-api/app/Controllers/WrenchApi.php
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ class WrenchApi extends BaseController
         $in["pid"] = 100;
         $out = array();
         if ( $call_backend ==  true){
-         //   $ret = $wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
+            $wrenchboard = new  \App\Models\BackendModel();
+            $ret = $wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
             $out['internal_return'] = 0; // $ret; // this is reserved array parameter - to be captured and received before you use the out array()
         }
         else
diff --git a/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php b/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31d8746b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-api/app/Models/BackendModel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use CodeIgniter\Model;
+class BackendModel extends Model
+{
+
+    var $thisUser = 'oameye';
+    var $USER = '';
+    var $wrenchboard;
+    const DEBUG_API_CALLS = true;
+
+    function __construct() {
+
+        $this->USER = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
+        $this->USER = str_replace('/home', '', $this->USER);
+        $this->USER = strtok($this->USER, '/');
+        if ($this->USER == 'opt') {
+            $this->USER = 'root';
+        }
+        $this->thisUser = $this->USER;
+    }
+
+    public function wrenchboard_api($in, $out = array()) {
+        $this->wrenchboard_load();
+        if (!is_array($in)) {
+            $in = array();
+        }
+        if (!is_array($out)) {
+            $out = array();
+        }
+        if (self::DEBUG_API_CALLS) {
+            $stack = debug_backtrace();
+            $log = json_encode($stack);
+            error_log($log);
+            error_log(json_encode($in));
+        }
+        $ret = $this->wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    public function wrenchboard_api2($in, $out) {
+        $this->wrenchboard_load();
+        $ret = $this->wrenchboard->wrenchboard_api($in, $out);
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    public function logMessage($str) {
+        $this->wrenchboard_load();
+        if ($str == NULL || trim($str) == '') {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (self::DEBUG_API_CALLS) {
+            $stack = debug_backtrace();
+            $log = json_encode($stack);
+            error_log($log);
+            error_log($str);
+        }
+        $ret = $this->wrenchboard->logMessage($str);
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    public function cfgReadChar($str) {
+        $this->wrenchboard_load();
+        if ($str == NULL || trim($str) == '') {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        if (self::DEBUG_API_CALLS) {
+            $stack = debug_backtrace();
+            $log = json_encode($stack);
+            error_log($log);
+            error_log($str);
+        }
+        $ret = $this->wrenchboard->cfgReadChar($str);
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    public function cfgReadLong($str) {
+        $this->wrenchboard_load();
+        if ($str == NULL || trim($str) == '') {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (self::DEBUG_API_CALLS) {
+            $stack = debug_backtrace();
+            $log = json_encode($stack);
+            error_log($log);
+            error_log($str);
+        }
+        $ret = $this->wrenchboard->cfgReadLong($str);
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    private function wrenchboard_load() {
+        $wrenchboard_class = 'wrenchboard_api_' . $this->USER . '\\WrenchBoard';
+        if (!is_object($this->wrenchboard)) {
+            $this->wrenchboard = new $wrenchboard_class();
+        }
+    }
+}