diff --git a/asibfm700/CMakeLists.txt b/asibfm700/CMakeLists.txt
index e9dc4b4..1890fe6 100644
--- a/asibfm700/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/asibfm700/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ set(ASIBFM700_LIB_SRC asibfm700_common.h asibfm700_servocontroller.h asibfm700_s
 
 set(ASIBFM700_LIB asibfm700mount)
 add_library(${ASIBFM700_LIB} STATIC ${ASIBFM700_LIB_SRC}
-    asibfm700_mount.h asibfm700_mount.cpp)
+    asibfm700_mount.h asibfm700_mount.cpp
+    asibfm700_configfile.h)
 target_link_libraries(${ASIBFM700_LIB} PRIVATE mcc)
diff --git a/asibfm700/asibfm700_configfile.h b/asibfm700/asibfm700_configfile.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5446646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asibfm700/asibfm700_configfile.h
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/**/
+
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <mcc_utils.h>
+
+namespace asibfm700
+{
+
+
+// configuration record:
+//     keyword
+//     value
+//     conversion function (deserializer)
+template <typename T>
+concept config_record_c = requires(T t) {
+    requires std::same_as<decltype(t.key), std::string_view>;  // keyword
+    t.value;                                                   // value
+    // method to convert from string to value
+    { t.cnv_func(std::declval<std::string_view>(), std::declval<decltype(t.value)&>()) } -> std::convertible_to<bool>;
+};
+
+
+//  table of records (std::tuple<config_record_c...>)
+//
+template <typename T>
+concept config_table_c = requires(T t) { []<config_record_c... Ts>(std::tuple<Ts...>) {}(t); };
+
+
+template <config_table_c TabT>
+class ConfigTable
+{
+protected:
+    TabT _cfgTable;
+
+    std::array<size_t, std::tuple_size_v<TabT>> _keyHashes{};
+
+    bool keyExists(size_t hash)
+    {
+        for (auto& h : _keyHashes) {
+            if (h == hash) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+public:
+    static constexpr char COMMENT_SYMBOL = '#';
+    static constexpr char KEY_VALUE_DELIM = '=';
+    static constexpr char VALUE_VALUE_DELIM = ',';
+
+    ConfigTable(const TabT& init_cfg) : _cfgTable(init_cfg)
+    {
+        _keyHashes = [this]<size_t... Is>(std::index_sequence<Is...>) {
+            return std::array{mcc::utils::FNV1aHash(std::get<Is>(_cfgTable).key)...};
+        }(std::make_index_sequence<std::tuple_size_v<TabT>>());
+    }
+
+    virtual ~ConfigTable() = default;
+
+
+    std::error_code parse(std::ranges::contiguous_range auto const& buffer)
+        requires std::same_as<std::remove_cvref_t<std::ranges::range_value_t<decltype(buffer)>>, char>
+    {
+        std::string_view sv, curr_buffer{buffer.begin(), buffer.end()};
+
+        do {
+            auto r = std::ranges::find(curr_buffer, '\n');
+
+            sv = mcc::utils::trimSpaces(std::string_view(curr_buffer.begin(), r), mcc::utils::TrimType::TRIM_LEFT);
+
+            if (sv.size()) {
+                if (sv[0] == COMMENT_SYMBOL) {  // comment string
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                auto it = std::ranges::find(sv, KEY_VALUE_DELIM);
+                if (it == sv.begin()) {  // empty key! skip!
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                auto key = mcc::utils::trimSpaces(std::string_view{sv.begin(), it}, mcc::utils::TrimType::TRIM_RIGHT);
+                if (!keyExists(mcc::utils::FNV1aHash(key))) {
+                }
+
+            }  // only spaces
+
+            curr_buffer = {++r, buffer.end()};
+        } while (!curr_buffer.empty());
+
+        return {};
+    }
+
+
+    template <typename T>
+    bool value(mcc::traits::mcc_input_char_range auto const& key, T& val)
+    {
+        const auto* kptr = &key;
+        const auto* vptr = &val;
+
+        return [kptr, vptr, this]<size_t... Is>(std::index_sequence<Is...>) {
+            return ([&kptr, vptr, this]() {
+                if constexpr (std::convertible_to<decltype(std::get<Is>(_cfgTable).value), T>) {
+                    if (keyExists(mcc::utils::FNV1aHash(*kptr))) {
+                        *vptr = std::get<Is>(_cfgTable).value;
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }() || ...);
+        }(std::make_index_sequence<std::tuple_size_v<TabT>>());
+    }
+};
+
+
+}  // namespace asibfm700