diff --git a/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-checks.class.php b/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-checks.class.php
index 9211230d973897ab696e911f2b5cea21325ee5c5..198a4ded3a3bde05894e53979584a3b7da2c025c 100644
--- a/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-checks.class.php
+++ b/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-checks.class.php
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ define("RESULT_ERROR", 3);
  * <br>
  * --- HISTORY:<br>
  * 2014-10-24  0.5  axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch<br>
+ * 2015-04-08  0.9  axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch  added sochket test: checkPortTcp<br>
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
- * @version 0.5
+ * @version 0.9
  * @author Axel Hahn
  * @link TODO
  * @license GPL
@@ -283,7 +284,43 @@ class appmonitorcheck {
         }
     }
 
+    
+    /**
+     * check if system is listening to a given port
+     * @param array $aParams
+     * array(
+     *     "port" 
+     *     "host"  (optional: 127.0.0.1 is default)
+     * )
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    private function checkPortTcp($aParams) {
+        $this->_checkArrayKeys($aParams, "port");
+        
+        $sHost=array_key_exists('host',$aParams)?$aParams['host']:'127.0.0.1';
+        $iPort=(int)$aParams['port'];
+        
+        // from http://php.net/manual/de/sockets.examples.php
+        
+        $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
+        if ($socket === false) {
+            $this->_setReturn(RESULT_UNKNOWN, "ERROR: $sHost:$iPort was not checked. socket_create() failed: " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error()));
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        $result = socket_connect($socket, $sHost, $iPort);
+        if ($result === false) {
+            $this->_setReturn(RESULT_ERROR, "ERROR: $sHost:$iPort failed. " . socket_strerror(socket_last_error($socket)));
+            socket_close($socket);
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            $this->_setReturn(RESULT_OK, "OK: $sHost:$iPort was connected.");
+            socket_close($socket);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }    
     /**
+     * DEPRECATED - use checkPortTcp instead
      * check if system is listening to a given port
      * @param array $aParams
      * array(
diff --git a/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-client.class.php b/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-client.class.php
index a468e240963accd75c6efde22e52419b5a6355b4..a800565fb8e0d01fbc2954b3da9b3baefaf8d06d 100644
--- a/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-client.class.php
+++ b/public_html/appmonitor/appmonitor-client.class.php
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
  * <br>
  * --- HISTORY:<br>
  * 2014-10-24  0.5  axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch<br>
+ * 2014-11-21  0.6  axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch  removed meta::ts <br>
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
- * @version 0.5
+ * @version 0.6
  * @author Axel Hahn
  * @link TODO
  * @license GPL
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ class appmonitor {
             "host" => false,
             "website" => false,
             "ttl" => false,
-            "ts" => (int) date("U"),
             "result" => false
         );
 
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ class appmonitor {
             if ($bHighlight) {
                 $aMsg=array(
                     0=>"OK",
-                    1=>"WARNING",
-                    2=>"ERROR",
-                    255=>"UNKNOWN"
+                    1=>"UNKNOWN",
+                    2=>"WARNING",
+                    3=>"ERROR"
                 );
                 foreach(array_keys($aMsg) as $iCode){
                     $sOut = preg_replace('/(\"result\":\ '.$iCode.')/', '$1 <span class="result'.$iCode.'"> &lt;--- '.$aMsg[$iCode].' </span>', $sOut);
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class appmonitor {
                 
                 $sOut = preg_replace('/:\ \"(.*)\"/U', ': "<span style="color:#66e;">$1</span>"', $sOut);
                 $sOut = preg_replace('/:\ ([0-9]*)/', ': <span style="color:#3a3; font-weight: bold;">$1</span>', $sOut);
-                $sOut = preg_replace('/\"(.*)\":/U', '"<span style="color:#e90;">$1</span>":', $sOut);
+                $sOut = preg_replace('/\"(.*)\":/U', '"<span style="color:#840;">$1</span>":', $sOut);
 
                 $sOut = preg_replace('/([{\[])/', '$1<blockquote>', $sOut);
                 $sOut = preg_replace('/([}\]])/', '</blockquote>$1', $sOut);
@@ -257,15 +257,17 @@ class appmonitor {
                 
                 $sOut = '<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>'
                 . '<style>'
-                . 'body{background:#282830; color:#9ac; font-family: verdana,arial;}'
-                . 'blockquote{background:rgba(215,180,255,0.03); border-left: 5px solid #222; margin-top: 0; padding: 0; ;}'
-                . 'blockquote blockquote:hover{border-color: #345; }'
+                        
+                . 'body{background:#e0e8f8; color:#235; font-family: verdana,arial;}'
+                . 'blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.03); border-left: 0px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.06); margin: 0 0 0 3em; padding: 0; border-radius: 1em; border-top-left-radius: 0;}'
+                . 'blockquote blockquote:hover{; }'
                 . 'blockquote blockquote blockquote:hover{border-color: #808;}'
-                . 'pre{background:#222; padding: 1em; border-radius: 1em;}'
-                . '.result0{background:#080; border-right: 1em solid #0f0;}'
-                . '.result1{background:#860; border-right: 1em solid #fc0;}'
-                . '.result2{background:#800; border-right: 1em solid #f00;}'
-                . '.result255{background:#666; border-right: 1em solid #ccc;}'
+                . 'pre{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.05); padding: 1em; border-radius: 1em;}'
+                . '.result0{background:#aca; border-right: 0em solid #080;}'
+                . '.result1{background:#666; border-right: 0em solid #ccc;}'
+                . '.result2{background:#fc9; border-right: 0em solid #860;}'
+                . '.result3{background:#800; border-right: 0em solid #f00;}'
+
                 . '</style>'
                 . '<title>'.__CLASS__.'</title>'
                 . '</head><body>'