diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py
index 2d7c0a5..ce6e02d 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/emulator/mininetclidriver.py
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
            main.TRUE if pingall completes with no pings dropped
            otherwise main.FALSE"""
         try:
+            timeout = int( timeout )
             if self.handle:
                 main.log.info(
                     self.name +
diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
index 90267af..703e15f 100644
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
-    def sendline( self, cmdStr ):
+    def sendline( self, cmdStr, debug=False ):
         """
         Send a completely user specified string to
         the onos> prompt. Use this function if you have
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
             response = self.handle.before
             if i == 2:
                 self.handle.sendline()
-                self.handle.expect( "\$" )
+                self.handle.expect( ["\$", pexpect.TIMEOUT] )
                 response += self.handle.before
                 print response
                 try:
@@ -326,15 +326,39 @@
             # TODO: do something with i
             main.log.info( "Command '" + str( cmdStr ) + "' sent to "
                            + self.name + "." )
-            # Remove control strings from output
+            if debug:
+                main.log.debug( "Raw output" )
+                main.log.debug( repr( response ) )
+
+            # Remove ANSI color control strings from output
             ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\x1b[^m]*m' )
             response = ansiEscape.sub( '', response )
+            if debug:
+                main.log.debug( "ansiEscape output" )
+                main.log.debug( repr( response ) )
+
             # Remove extra return chars that get added
             response = re.sub(  r"\s\r", "", response )
+            if debug:
+                main.log.debug( "Removed extra returns from output" )
+                main.log.debug( repr( response ) )
+
+            # Strip excess whitespace
             response = response.strip()
+            if debug:
+                main.log.debug( "parsed and stripped output" )
+                main.log.debug( repr( response ) )
+
             # parse for just the output, remove the cmd from response
-            output = response.split( cmdStr, 1 )[1]
-            return output
+            output = response.split( cmdStr.strip(), 1 )
+            if debug:
+                main.log.debug( "split output" )
+                for r in output:
+                    main.log.debug( repr( r ) )
+            return output[1].strip()
+        except IndexError:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
+            return None
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -398,11 +422,13 @@
         try:
 
             cmdStr = "remove-node " + str( nodeId )
-            self.sendline( cmdStr )
-            # TODO: add error checking. Does ONOS give any errors?
-
-            return main.TRUE
-
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            if re.search( "Error", handle ):
+                main.log.error( "Error in removing node" )
+                main.log.error( handle )
+                return main.FALSE
+            else:
+                return main.TRUE
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -424,16 +450,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "nodes"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "nodes -j"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                parsedOutput = ansiEscape.sub( '', output )
-                return parsedOutput
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "nodes"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return output
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return output
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -455,10 +476,9 @@
             topology = current ONOS topology
         """
         try:
-            # either onos:topology or 'topology' will work in CLI
             cmdStr = "topology -j"
             handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-            main.log.info( "topology -j returned: " + str( handle ) )
+            main.log.info( cmdStr + " returned: " + str( handle ) )
             return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
@@ -475,14 +495,20 @@
 
     def featureInstall( self, featureStr ):
         """
-        Installs a specified feature
-        by issuing command: 'onos> feature:install <feature_str>'
+        Installs a specified feature by issuing command:
+            'feature:install <feature_str>'
+        NOTE: This is now deprecated, you should use the activateApp method
+              instead
         """
         try:
             cmdStr = "feature:install " + str( featureStr )
-            self.sendline( cmdStr )
-            # TODO: Check for possible error responses from karaf
-            return main.TRUE
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            if re.search( "Error", handle ):
+                main.log.error( "Error in installing feature" )
+                main.log.error( handle )
+                return main.FALSE
+            else:
+                return main.TRUE
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -502,20 +528,28 @@
 
     def featureUninstall( self, featureStr ):
         """
-        Uninstalls a specified feature
-        by issuing command: 'onos> feature:uninstall <feature_str>'
+        Uninstalls a specified feature by issuing command:
+            'feature:uninstall <feature_str>'
+        NOTE: This is now deprecated, you should use the deactivateApp method
+              instead
         """
         try:
             cmdStr = 'feature:list -i | grep "' + featureStr + '"'
             handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
             if handle != '':
                 cmdStr = "feature:uninstall " + str( featureStr )
-                self.sendline( cmdStr )
+                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
                 # TODO: Check for possible error responses from karaf
             else:
                 main.log.info( "Feature needs to be installed before " +
                                "uninstalling it" )
-            return main.TRUE
+                return main.TRUE
+            if re.search( "Error", output ):
+                main.log.error( "Error in uninstalling feature" )
+                main.log.error( output )
+                return main.FALSE
+            else:
+                return main.TRUE
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -536,9 +570,14 @@
         TODO: refactor this function
         """
         try:
-            cmdStr = "device-remove "+str(deviceId)
-            self.sendline( cmdStr )
-            return main.TRUE
+            cmdStr = "device-remove " + str( deviceId )
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            if re.search( "Error", handle ):
+                main.log.error( "Error in removing device" )
+                main.log.error( handle )
+                return main.FALSE
+            else:
+                return main.TRUE
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -559,29 +598,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "devices"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "devices -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                """
-                handle variable here contains some ANSI escape color code
-                sequences at the end which are invisible in the print command
-                output. To make that escape sequence visible, use repr()
-                function. The repr( handle ) output when printed shows the
-                ANSI escape sequences. In json.loads( somestring ), this
-                somestring variable is actually repr( somestring ) and
-                json.loads would fail with the escape sequence. So we take off
-                that escape sequence using:
-
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                """
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                return handle1
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "devices"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return handle
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -603,9 +624,13 @@
         """
         try:
             cmdStr = "onos:balance-masters"
-            self.sendline( cmdStr )
-            # TODO: Check for error responses from ONOS
-            return main.TRUE
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            if re.search( "Error", handle ):
+                main.log.error( "Error in balancing masters" )
+                main.log.error( handle )
+                return main.FALSE
+            else:
+                return main.TRUE
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -626,29 +651,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "links"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "links -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                """
-                handle variable here contains some ANSI escape color code
-                sequences at the end which are invisible in the print command
-                output. To make that escape sequence visible, use repr()
-                function. The repr( handle ) output when printed shows the ANSI
-                escape sequences. In json.loads( somestring ), this somestring
-                variable is actually repr( somestring ) and json.loads would
-                fail with the escape sequence. So we take off that escape
-                sequence using:
-
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                """
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                return handle1
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "links"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return handle
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -669,30 +676,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "ports"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "ports -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                """
-                handle variable here contains some ANSI escape color code
-                sequences at the end which are invisible in the print command
-                output. To make that escape sequence visible, use repr()
-                function. The repr( handle ) output when printed shows the ANSI
-                escape sequences. In json.loads( somestring ), this somestring
-                variable is actually repr( somestring ) and json.loads would
-                fail with the escape sequence. So we take off that escape
-                sequence using the following commands:
-
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                """
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                return handle1
-
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "ports"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return handle
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -713,32 +701,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "roles"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "roles -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                """
-                handle variable here contains some ANSI escape color code
-                sequences at the end which are invisible in the print command
-                output. To make that escape sequence visible, use repr()
-                function. The repr( handle ) output when printed shows the ANSI
-                escape sequences. In json.loads( somestring ), this somestring
-                variable is actually repr( somestring ) and json.loads would
-                fail with the escape sequence.
-
-                So we take off that escape sequence using the following
-                commads:
-
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                """
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                return handle1
-
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "roles"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return handle
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -853,29 +820,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "hosts"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "hosts -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                """
-                handle variable here contains some ANSI escape color code
-                sequences at the end which are invisible in the print command
-                output. To make that escape sequence visible, use repr()
-                function. The repr( handle ) output when printed shows the ANSI
-                escape sequences. In json.loads( somestring ), this somestring
-                variable is actually repr( somestring ) and json.loads would
-                fail with the escape sequence. So we take off that escape
-                sequence using:
-
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                """
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                return handle1
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "hosts"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return handle
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -1287,12 +1236,14 @@
                         return main.FALSE
             else:
                 if len( ingressDeviceList ) == len( portIngressList ):
-                    for ingressDevice, portIngress in zip( ingressDeviceList, portIngressList ):
+                    for ingressDevice, portIngress in zip( ingressDeviceList,
+                                                           portIngressList ):
                         cmd += " " + \
                             str( ingressDevice ) + "/" +\
                             str( portIngress ) + " "
                 else:
-                    main.log.error( "Device list and port list does not have the same length" )
+                    main.log.error( "Device list and port list does not " +
+                                    "have the same length" )
                     return main.FALSE
             if "/" in egressDevice:
                 cmd += " " + str( egressDevice )
@@ -1305,8 +1256,6 @@
                 cmd += " " +\
                     str( egressDevice ) + "/" +\
                     str( portEgress )
-
-            print "cmd= ", cmd
             handle = self.sendline( cmd )
             # If error, return error message
             if re.search( "Error", handle ):
@@ -1424,7 +1373,7 @@
 
             # Check whether the user appended the port
             # or provided it as an input
-            
+
             if "/" in ingressDevice:
                 cmd += " " + str( ingressDevice )
             else:
@@ -1448,15 +1397,15 @@
                         return main.FALSE
             else:
                 if len( egressDeviceList ) == len( portEgressList ):
-                    for egressDevice, portEgress in zip( egressDeviceList, portEgressList ):
+                    for egressDevice, portEgress in zip( egressDeviceList,
+                                                         portEgressList ):
                         cmd += " " + \
                             str( egressDevice ) + "/" +\
                             str( portEgress )
                 else:
-                    main.log.error( "Device list and port list does not have the same length" )
+                    main.log.error( "Device list and port list does not " +
+                                    "have the same length" )
                     return main.FALSE
-
-            print "cmd= ", cmd
             handle = self.sendline( cmd )
             # If error, return error message
             if re.search( "Error", handle ):
@@ -1635,7 +1584,7 @@
             cli output otherwise
         """
         try:
-            cmdStr = "remove-intent "
+            cmdStr = "remove-intent"
             if purge:
                 cmdStr += " -p"
             if sync:
@@ -1672,14 +1621,10 @@
             Obtain all routes in the system
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "routes"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "routes -j"
-                handleTmp = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handleTmp )
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "routes"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
             return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
@@ -1702,14 +1647,10 @@
             Obtain intents currently installed
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "intents"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "intents -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "intents"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
             return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
@@ -1838,14 +1779,10 @@
             Obtain flows currently installed
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "flows"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "flows -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "flows"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
             if re.search( "Error:", handle ):
                 main.log.error( self.name + ".flows() response: " +
                                 str( handle ) )
@@ -1926,8 +1863,6 @@
                 if appId:
                     cmd += " " + str( appId )
             handle = self.sendline( cmd )
-            ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-            handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
             if report:
                 latResult = []
                 main.log.info( handle )
@@ -1964,15 +1899,10 @@
             * jsonFormat: enable json formatting of output
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "intents-events-metrics"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "intents-events-metrics -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                # Some color thing that we want to escape
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "intents-events-metrics"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
             return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
@@ -1994,20 +1924,17 @@
             * jsonFormat: enable json formatting of output
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "topology-events-metrics"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "topology-events-metrics -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                # Some color thing that we want to escape
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "topology-events-metrics"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
             if handle:
                 return handle
-            else:
+            elif jsonFormat:
                 # Return empty json
                 return '{}'
+            else:
+                return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -2305,29 +2232,11 @@
             * jsonFormat - boolean indicating if you want output in json
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "clusters"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "clusters -j"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                """
-                handle variable here contains some ANSI escape color code
-                sequences at the end which are invisible in the print command
-                output. To make that escape sequence visible, use repr()
-                function. The repr( handle ) output when printed shows the ANSI
-                escape sequences. In json.loads( somestring ), this somestring
-                variable is actually repr( somestring ) and json.loads would
-                fail with the escape sequence. So we take off that escape
-                sequence using:
-
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                """
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                handle1 = ansiEscape.sub( '', handle )
-                return handle1
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "clusters"
-                handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return handle
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            handle = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return handle
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -2558,10 +2467,10 @@
         """
         try:
             intents = self.intents( )
-            intentStates = []
+            states = []
             for intent in json.loads( intents ):
-                intentStates.append( intent.get( 'state', None ) )
-            out = [ (i, intentStates.count( i ) ) for i in set( intentStates ) ]
+                states.append( intent.get( 'state', None ) )
+            out = [ ( i, states.count( i ) ) for i in set( states ) ]
             main.log.info( dict( out ) )
             return dict( out )
         except TypeError:
@@ -2592,16 +2501,11 @@
         #     "topic": "intent-partition-3"
         #  },
         try:
+            cmdStr = "onos:leaders"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "onos:leaders -j"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                cleanedOutput = ansiEscape.sub( '', output )
-                return cleanedOutput
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "onos:leaders"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return output
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return output
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -2620,16 +2524,11 @@
         Returns the output of the intent Pending map.
         """
         try:
+            cmdStr = "onos:intents -p"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "onos:intents -p -j"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                cleanedOutput = ansiEscape.sub( '', output )
-                return cleanedOutput
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "onos:intents -p"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return output
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return output
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -2659,16 +2558,11 @@
         #     "term": 3
         # },
         try:
+            cmdStr = "onos:partitions"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "onos:partitions -j"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                cleanedOutput = ansiEscape.sub( '', output )
-                return cleanedOutput
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "onos:partitions"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                return output
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            return output
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
             return None
@@ -2693,18 +2587,12 @@
         # "origin":"ON.Lab","permissions":"[]","featuresRepo":"",
         # "features":"[onos-openflow]","state":"ACTIVE"}]
         try:
+            cmdStr = "onos:apps"
             if jsonFormat:
-                cmdStr = "onos:apps -j"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                assert "Error executing command" not in output
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                cleanedOutput = ansiEscape.sub( '', output )
-                return cleanedOutput
-            else:
-                cmdStr = "onos:apps"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                assert "Error executing command" not in output
-                return output
+                cmdStr += " -j"
+            output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            assert "Error executing command" not in output
+            return output
         # FIXME: look at specific exceptions/Errors
         except AssertionError:
             main.log.error( "Error in processing onos:app command: " +
@@ -2816,7 +2704,7 @@
                                 str( output ) )
             # NOTE: we may need to add more checks here
             # else: Command was successful
-            #main.log.debug( "app response: " + repr( output ) )
+            # main.log.debug( "app response: " + repr( output ) )
             return main.TRUE
         except TypeError:
             main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
@@ -3009,15 +2897,9 @@
             cmdStr = "app-ids"
             if jsonFormat:
                 cmdStr += " -j"
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                assert "Error executing command" not in output
-                ansiEscape = re.compile( r'\r\r\n\x1b[^m]*m' )
-                cleanedOutput = ansiEscape.sub( '', output )
-                return cleanedOutput
-            else:
-                output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
-                assert "Error executing command" not in output
-                return output
+            output = self.sendline( cmdStr )
+            assert "Error executing command" not in output
+            return output
         except AssertionError:
             main.log.error( "Error in processing onos:app-ids command: " +
                             str( output ) )
@@ -3109,3 +2991,108 @@
             main.cleanup()
             main.exit()
 
+    def getCfg( self, component=None, propName=None, short=False,
+                jsonFormat=True ):
+        """
+        Get configuration settings from onos cli
+        Optional arguments:
+            component - Optionally only list configurations for a specific
+                        component. If None, all components with configurations
+                        are displayed. Case Sensitive string.
+            propName - If component is specified, propName option will show
+                       only this specific configuration from that component.
+                       Case Sensitive string.
+            jsonFormat - Returns output as json. Note that this will override
+                         the short option
+            short - Short, less verbose, version of configurations.
+                    This is overridden by the json option
+        returns:
+            Output from cli as a string or None on error
+        """
+        try:
+            baseStr = "cfg"
+            cmdStr = " get"
+            componentStr = ""
+            if component:
+                componentStr += " " + component
+                if propName:
+                    componentStr += " " + propName
+            if jsonFormat:
+                baseStr += " -j"
+            elif short:
+                baseStr += " -s"
+            output = self.sendline( baseStr + cmdStr + componentStr )
+            assert "Error executing command" not in output
+            return output
+        except AssertionError:
+            main.log.error( "Error in processing 'cfg get' command: " +
+                            str( output ) )
+            return None
+        except TypeError:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
+            return None
+        except pexpect.EOF:
+            main.log.error( self.name + ": EOF exception found" )
+            main.log.error( self.name + ":    " + self.handle.before )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+        except Exception:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Uncaught exception!" )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+
+    def setCfg( self, component, propName, value=None, check=True ):
+        """
+        Set/Unset configuration settings from ONOS cli
+        Optional arguments:
+            component - The case sensitive name of the component whose
+                        property is to be set
+            propName - The case sensitive name of the property to be set/unset
+            value - The value to set the property to. If None, will unset the
+                    property and revert it to it's default value(if applicable)
+            check - Boolean, Check whether the option was successfully set this
+                    only applies when a value is given.
+        returns:
+            main.TRUE on success or main.FALSE on failure. If check is False,
+            will return main.TRUE unless there is an error
+        """
+        try:
+            baseStr = "cfg"
+            cmdStr = " set " + str( component ) + " " + str( propName )
+            if value is not None:
+                cmdStr += " " + str( value )
+            output = self.sendline( baseStr + cmdStr )
+            assert "Error executing command" not in output
+            if value and check:
+                results = self.getCfg( component=str( component ),
+                                       propName=str( propName ),
+                                       jsonFormat=True )
+                # Check if current value is what we just set
+                try:
+                    jsonOutput = json.loads( results )
+                    current = jsonOutput[ 'value' ]
+                except ( ValueError, TypeError ):
+                    main.log.exception( "Error parsing cfg output" )
+                    main.log.error( "output:" + repr( results ) )
+                    return main.FALSE
+                if current == str( value ):
+                    return main.TRUE
+                return main.FALSE
+            return main.TRUE
+        except AssertionError:
+            main.log.error( "Error in processing 'cfg set' command: " +
+                            str( output ) )
+            return main.FALSE
+        except TypeError:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Object not as expected" )
+            return main.FALSE
+        except pexpect.EOF:
+            main.log.error( self.name + ": EOF exception found" )
+            main.log.error( self.name + ":    " + self.handle.before )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+        except Exception:
+            main.log.exception( self.name + ": Uncaught exception!" )
+            main.cleanup()
+            main.exit()
+