diff --git a/lgxtypes/counter.go b/lgxtypes/counter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f6363e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lgxtypes/counter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package lgxtypes
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"io"
+)
+
+type COUNTER struct {
+	PRE int32
+	ACC int32
+	CU  bool // bit 31
+	CD  bool // bit 30
+	DN  bool // bit 29
+	OV  bool // bit 28 - set if we wrap over 2,147,483,648 to -2,147,483,648
+	UN  bool // bit 27 - set if we wrap over -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,648
+}
+
+func (t COUNTER) Pack(w io.Writer) int {
+
+	var CtrlWord uint32
+	if t.CU {
+		CtrlWord |= 1 << 31
+	}
+	if t.CD {
+		CtrlWord |= 1 << 30
+	}
+	if t.DN {
+		CtrlWord |= 1 << 29
+	}
+	if t.OV {
+		CtrlWord |= 1 << 28
+	}
+	if t.UN {
+		CtrlWord |= 1 << 27
+	}
+
+	err := binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, CtrlWord)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	err = binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, t.PRE)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 4
+	}
+	err = binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, t.ACC)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 8
+	}
+
+	return 12
+}
+
+func (t *COUNTER) Unpack(r io.Reader) (int, error) {
+	var CtrlWord uint32
+	err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &CtrlWord)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	t.CU = CtrlWord&(1<<31) != 0
+	t.CD = CtrlWord&(1<<30) != 0
+	t.DN = CtrlWord&(1<<29) != 0
+	t.OV = CtrlWord&(1<<28) != 0
+	t.UN = CtrlWord&(1<<27) != 0
+
+	err = binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &(t.PRE))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 4, err
+	}
+
+	err = binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &(t.ACC))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 8, err
+	}
+
+	return 12, nil
+}
diff --git a/tests/readcounter_test.go b/tests/readcounter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9eab7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/readcounter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package gologix_tests
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/danomagnum/gologix"
+	"github.com/danomagnum/gologix/lgxtypes"
+)
+
+func TestCounterRead(t *testing.T) {
+	var cnt lgxtypes.COUNTER
+
+	client := gologix.NewClient("192.168.2.241")
+	err := client.Connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err := client.Disconnect()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("problem disconnecting. %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	//have, err := gologix.ReadPacked[udt2](client, "Program:gologix_tests.ReadUDT2")
+	err = client.Read("Program:gologix_tests.TestCounter", &cnt)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("problem reading counter data: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if cnt.PRE != 562855 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected preset of 2,345 but got %d ", cnt.PRE)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.ACC != 632 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected ACC of 0 but got %d", cnt.ACC)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.DN {
+		t.Error("Expected counter !DN")
+	}
+
+	if cnt.CU {
+		t.Error("Expected counter !CU")
+	}
+
+	if cnt.CD {
+		t.Error("Expected counter !CD")
+	}
+
+	// make sure we can go the other way and recover it.
+	b := bytes.Buffer{}
+	_ = gologix.Pack(&b, gologix.CIPPack{}, cnt)
+	var cnt2 lgxtypes.COUNTER
+	_, err = gologix.Unpack(&b, gologix.CIPPack{}, &cnt2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("problem unpacking timer: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.ACC != cnt2.ACC {
+		t.Errorf("ACC didn't recover properly.  %d != %d", cnt.ACC, cnt2.ACC)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.PRE != cnt2.PRE {
+		t.Errorf("PRE didn't recover properly.  %d != %d", cnt.PRE, cnt2.PRE)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.DN != cnt2.DN {
+		t.Errorf("DN didn't recover properly.  %v != %v", cnt.DN, cnt2.DN)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.CU != cnt2.CU {
+		t.Errorf("CU didn't recover properly.  %v != %v", cnt.CU, cnt2.CU)
+	}
+
+	if cnt.CD != cnt2.CD {
+		t.Errorf("CD didn't recover properly.  %v != %v", cnt.CD, cnt2.CD)
+	}
+
+}