diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ff438a1168a7b660dde41358f19de02165a397b7..c041b01806f917b0a2d4b113f08afa8c3170f805 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'activesupport', '<5.0.0'
 gem 'blather'
+gem 'redis'
 gem 'em-hiredis'
 gem 'em-http-request'
 gem 'eventmachine'
diff --git a/h2r-bwmsgsv2.php b/h2r-bwmsgsv2.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d5bc86ccac0ef2fdad7e8c8e3cf84830263137b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h2r-bwmsgsv2.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+/*
+  Copyright (C) 2020  Denver Gingerich <denver@ossguy.com>
+
+  This file is part of sgx-bwmsgsv2.
+
+  sgx-bwmsgsv2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+  the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+  later version.
+
+  sgx-bwmsgsv2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+  details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along
+  with sgx-bwmsgsv2.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+$time = microtime(true);
+
+$raw_data = file_get_contents('php://input');
+
+include 'settings-h2r.php';
+$redis = new Redis();
+$redis->pconnect($redis_host, $redis_port);
+
+# TODO: check for return value of FALSE and then print raw_data and return !200
+
+if (!empty($redis_auth)) {
+	# TODO: check return value to confirm login succeeded
+	$redis->auth($redis_auth);
+}
+
+# TODO: MUST add ./tai versions of $time and $time2
+
+$time2 = microtime(true);
+
+$redis->lPush('incoming_messages-'.'test1a',  # TODO: update queue name
+	'"ts_020-first_db_hit":'.$time2.',"ts_010-first_received":'.$time.',"MSG":'.$raw_data);
+
+# TODO: check for return value of FALSE and then print raw_data and return !200
+
+# TODO: test syntax error to ensure non-200 is returned
+
+print 'ok';
+
+?>
diff --git a/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb b/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c8d0a0dd2fbcadc98eaf7828fb96ce9675aad4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020  Denver Gingerich <denver@ossguy.com>
+#
+# This file is part of sgx-bwmsgsv2.
+#
+# sgx-bwmsgsv2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+# later version.
+#
+# sgx-bwmsgsv2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along
+# with sgx-bwmsgsv2.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+require 'redis'
+require 'hiredis'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'json'
+require 'time'
+
+$stdout.sync = true
+
+puts "Redis queue to SGX HTTP request translator - for Bandwidth API V2 SGX\n"\
+	"==>> last commit of this version is " + `git rev-parse HEAD` + "\n"
+
+if ARGV.size != 4
+	puts "Usage: r2s-bwmsgsv2.rb <redis_input_queue_key> "\
+		"<redis_pending_queue_key> <sgx_hostname> <sgx_http_port>"
+	exit 0
+end
+
+["INT", "TERM"].each do |sig|
+	trap(sig) do
+		puts "Translator has terminated due to SIG#{sig}."
+		exit 0
+	end
+end
+
+t = Time.now
+puts "LOG %d.%09d: starting...\n\n" % [t.to_i, t.nsec]
+
+redis = Redis.new(:driver => :hiredis)
+
+while true
+	timestamps_plus_json_blob = redis.brpoplpush(ARGV[0], ARGV[1])
+	# TODO: add timestamping here, and MUST include a ./tai call with it
+
+	# TODO: print less stuff in here
+	puts "TODO - got some stuff: " + timestamps_plus_json_blob
+
+	# add some timestamps to timestamps_plus_json_blob (our own)
+
+	# TODO: fix so sending timestamps_plus_json_blob to SGX, and via POST
+	response = Net::HTTP.get_response(
+		URI("https://#{ARGV[2]}:#{ARGV[3]}/r2tst.php")
+	)
+
+	puts "TODO - response.code = #{response.code} and body #{response.body}"
+
+	# if SGX gives back anything but response.code 200, retry 5 times-ish
+	# if SGX failed to respond after retries, email or other notify
+	#  and back off with even longer retries (can't do anything else really)
+
+	# if got HTTP 200, then:
+
+	# redis.set(...) with expiration of 3 days, including timestamps
+
+	# confirm ARGV[1] key has one element and e == timestamps_plus_json_blob
+	#  if so, then rpop ARGV[1] and discard
+	#  if not, then email or other notify, and probably exit with failure
+end