diff --git a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/Makefile.in b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/Makefile.in
index 89a5dde49..adde7e488 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 #
 #   Author   : $Author: maroy $
-#   Version  : $Revision: 1.5 $
+#   Version  : $Revision: 1.6 $
 #   Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/Makefile.in,v $
 #
 #   @configure_input@
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ STORAGE_LIB_DIR     = ${STORAGE_DIR}/lib
 STORAGE_LIB         = livesupport_storage
 STORAGE_LIB_FILE    = ${STORAGE_LIB_DIR}/lib${STORAGE_LIB}.a
 
+SCHEDULER_CLIENT_DIR         = ${MODULES_DIR}/schedulerClient
+SCHEDULER_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR = ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_DIR}/include
+SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_DIR     = ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_DIR}/lib
+SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB         = livesupport_scheduler_client
+SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_FILE = ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_DIR}/lib${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB}.a
+
 GTKMM_CFLAGS=@GTKMM_CFLAGS@
 GTKMM_LIBS=@GTKMM_LIBS@
 
@@ -118,6 +124,7 @@ CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@ @DEFS@ @COVERAGE_CXXFLAGS@ -pthread \
                              -I${CORE_INCLUDE_DIR} \
                              -I${AUTHENTICATION_INCLUDE_DIR} \
                              -I${STORAGE_INCLUDE_DIR} \
+                             -I${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_INCLUDE_DIR} \
                              -I${TMP_DIR}
 LDFLAGS  = @LDFLAGS@ -pthread \
                      ${ICU_LIBS} \
@@ -125,7 +132,8 @@ LDFLAGS  = @LDFLAGS@ -pthread \
                      -L${USR_LIB_DIR} \
                      -L${CORE_LIB_DIR} \
                      -L${AUTHENTICATION_LIB_DIR} \
-                     -L${STORAGE_LIB_DIR}
+                     -L${STORAGE_LIB_DIR} \
+                     -L${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_DIR}
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ FSDF = ${G_LIVESUPPORT_OBJS} \
                          ${TMP_DIR}/main.o
 G_LIVESUPPORT_EXE_LIBS = -l${CORE_LIB} \
                          -l${AUTHENTICATION_LIB} \
+                         -l${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB} \
                          -lboost_date_time-gcc \
                          -lxmlrpc++ -lssl -lxml++-1.0
 
@@ -178,6 +187,7 @@ docclean:
 	${RM} ${TEST_RESULTS}
 
 depclean: clean
+	${MAKE} -C ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_DIR} clean
 	${MAKE} -C ${STORAGE_DIR} clean
 	${MAKE} -C ${AUTHENTICATION_DIR} clean
 	${MAKE} -C ${CORE_DIR} clean
@@ -200,6 +210,7 @@ run: all
 ${G_LIVESUPPORT_EXE}: ${CORE_LIB_FILE} \
                       ${AUTHENTICATION_LIB_FILE} \
                       ${STORAGE_LIB_FILE} \
+                      ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_FILE} \
                       ${G_LIVESUPPORT_OBJS} ${G_LIVESUPPORT_EXE_OBJS}
 	${CXX} ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ $^ ${G_LIVESUPPORT_EXE_LIBS}
 
@@ -212,6 +223,7 @@ ${DOXYGEN_DIR}:
 ${TEST_RUNNER}: ${CORE_LIB_FILE} \
                 ${AUTHENTICATION_LIB_FILE} \
                 ${STORAGE_LIB_FILE} \
+                ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_FILE} \
                 ${TEST_RUNNER_OBJS}
 	${CXX} ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ ${TEST_RUNNER_OBJS} ${TEST_RUNNER_LIBS}
 
@@ -224,6 +236,9 @@ ${AUTHENTICATION_LIB_FILE}:
 ${STORAGE_LIB_FILE}:
 	${MAKE} -C ${STORAGE_DIR}
 
+${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_LIB_FILE}:
+	${MAKE} -C ${SCHEDULER_CLIENT_DIR}
+
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #   Pattern rules
diff --git a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/gLiveSupport.xml b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/gLiveSupport.xml
index 9c267296d..d01a3256f 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/gLiveSupport.xml
+++ b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/etc/gLiveSupport.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE gLiveSupport [
 
 <!ELEMENT gLiveSupport                (resourceBundle,
-                                       authenticationClientFactory) >
+                                       authenticationClientFactory,
+                                       schedulerClientFactory) >
 
 <!ELEMENT resourceBundle    EMPTY >
 <!ATTLIST resourceBundle    path    CDATA   #REQUIRED >
@@ -17,14 +18,31 @@
 <!ATTLIST user login        CDATA       #REQUIRED >
 <!ATTLIST user password     CDATA       #REQUIRED >
 
+<!ELEMENT schedulerClientFactory        (schedulerDaemonXmlRpcClient) >
+
+<!ELEMENT schedulerDaemonXmlRpcClient   EMPTY >
+<!ATTLIST schedulerDaemonXmlRpcClient xmlRpcHost    CDATA       #REQUIRED >
+<!ATTLIST schedulerDaemonXmlRpcClient xmlRpcPort    NMTOKEN     #REQUIRED >
+<!ATTLIST schedulerDaemonXmlRpcClient xmlRpcUri     CDATA       #REQUIRED >
+
 ]>
 <gLiveSupport>
     <resourceBundle path   = "./tmp/gLiveSupport"
                     locale = "en"
     />
+
     <authenticationClientFactory>
         <testAuthentication>
             <user login="root" password="q" />
         </testAuthentication>
     </authenticationClientFactory>
+
+    <schedulerClientFactory>
+        <schedulerDaemonXmlRpcClient    xmlRpcHost = "localhost"
+                                        xmlRpcPort = "3344"
+                                        xmlRpcUri  = "/RC2"
+        />
+    </schedulerClientFactory>
+
 </gLiveSupport>
+
diff --git a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.cxx b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.cxx
index dec99011d..a0587abf3 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.cxx
+++ b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: maroy $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.2 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.3 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.cxx,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <gtkmm/main.h>
 
 #include "LiveSupport/Authentication/AuthenticationClientFactory.h"
+#include "LiveSupport/SchedulerClient/SchedulerClientFactory.h"
 
 #include "UiTestMainWindow.h"
 #include "LoginWindow.h"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 
 using namespace LiveSupport::Core;
 using namespace LiveSupport::Authentication;
+using namespace LiveSupport::SchedulerClient;
 using namespace LiveSupport::GLiveSupport;
 
 
@@ -101,6 +103,18 @@ GLiveSupport :: configure(const xmlpp::Element    & element)
     acf->configure( *((const xmlpp::Element*) *(nodes.begin())) );
 
     authentication = acf->getAuthenticationClient();
+
+    // configure the SchedulerClientFactory
+    nodes = element.get_children(
+                                SchedulerClientFactory::getConfigElementName());
+    if (nodes.size() < 1) {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("no schedulerClientFactory element");
+    }
+    Ptr<SchedulerClientFactory>::Ref scf
+                                        = SchedulerClientFactory::getInstance();
+    scf->configure( *((const xmlpp::Element*) *(nodes.begin())) );
+
+    schedulerClient = scf->getSchedulerClient();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.h b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.h
index b3911cd23..f673c3e16 100644
--- a/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.h
+++ b/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  
  
     Author   : $Author: maroy $
-    Version  : $Revision: 1.2 $
+    Version  : $Revision: 1.3 $
     Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/products/gLiveSupport/src/GLiveSupport.h,v $
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@
 #include "LiveSupport/Core/Ptr.h"
 #include "LiveSupport/Core/Configurable.h"
 #include "LiveSupport/Core/AuthenticationClientInterface.h"
+#include "LiveSupport/SchedulerClient/SchedulerClientInterface.h"
 
 namespace LiveSupport {
 namespace GLiveSupport {
 
 using namespace LiveSupport::Core;
+using namespace LiveSupport::SchedulerClient;
 
 /* ================================================================ constants */
 
@@ -70,17 +72,20 @@ using namespace LiveSupport::Core;
  *
  *  <pre><code>
  *  <!ELEMENT gLiveSupport                (resourceBundle,
- *                                         authenticationClientFactory) >
+ *                                         authenticationClientFactory,
+ *                                         schedulerClientFactory) >
  *  </code></pre>
  *
- *  For a description of the <code>resourceBundle</code> and
- *  <code>authenticationClientFactory</code> elements see their
+ *  For a description of the <code>resourceBundle</code>,
+ *  <code>authenticationClientFactory</code> and
+ *  <code>schedulerClientFactory</code> elements see their
  *  respective documentation.
  *
  *  @author $Author: maroy $
- *  @version $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.3 $
  *  @see LocalizedObject#getBundle(const xmlpp::Element &)
  *  @see AuthenticationClientFactory
+ *  @see SchedulerClientFactory
  */
 class GLiveSupport : public Configurable,
                      public boost::enable_shared_from_this<GLiveSupport>
@@ -101,6 +106,11 @@ class GLiveSupport : public Configurable,
          */
         Ptr<AuthenticationClientInterface>::Ref     authentication;
 
+        /**
+         *  The scheduler client, used to access the scheduler daemon.
+         */
+        Ptr<SchedulerClientInterface>::Ref          schedulerClient;
+
         /**
          *  The session id for the user.
          */