diff --git a/examples/jupyter/va_notebook_example.ipynb b/examples/jupyter/va_notebook_example.ipynb
index bcbc074c3e1e3b793e7c6a6694fdc832945a4458..7536198be2971cf6eef4abdbbce93464c3ff3bd5 100644
--- a/examples/jupyter/va_notebook_example.ipynb
+++ b/examples/jupyter/va_notebook_example.ipynb
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true,
     "scrolled": false
    },
    "outputs": [],
@@ -37,21 +36,9 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 3,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "ename": "ImportError",
-     "evalue": "DLL load failed: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.",
-     "output_type": "error",
-     "traceback": [
-      "\u001b[1;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
-      "\u001b[1;31mImportError\u001b[0m                               Traceback (most recent call last)",
-      "\u001b[1;32m<ipython-input-3-9508d0d3eded>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[1;34m()\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m----> 1\u001b[1;33m \u001b[1;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mva\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
-      "\u001b[1;31mImportError\u001b[0m: DLL load failed: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden."
-     ]
-    }
-   ],
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import va"
    ]
@@ -73,9 +60,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "connection_status = va.connect()"
@@ -91,9 +76,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "connected = va.is_connected()\n",
@@ -113,9 +96,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "if not connected :\n",
@@ -125,9 +106,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import os\n",
@@ -145,9 +124,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "va.add_search_path( current_working_dir )"
@@ -156,23 +133,32 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "vamods = va.enumerate_modules()\n",
+    "vamods = va.get_modules()\n",
     "print( vamods )"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {
-    "collapsed": true
-   },
+   "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
+   "source": [
+    "hw = va.get_hardware_configuration()\n",
+    "print( hw )"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "core_conf = va.get_core_configuration()\n",
+    "print( core_conf )"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
diff --git a/src/vasingleton.cpp b/src/vasingleton.cpp
index 492254930730ccfcb89e71266d361c133de1ade6..3155c41db8f5e8fe40de41bf790618af3781e1c6 100644
--- a/src/vasingleton.cpp
+++ b/src/vasingleton.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static struct PyMethodDef va_methods[] =
 	{ "set_core_clock", ( PyCFunction ) set_core_clock, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
 	{ "substitute_macro", ( PyCFunction ) substitute_macro, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
 	{ "find_file_path", ( PyCFunction ) find_file_path, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
+	{ "get_core_configuration", ( PyCFunction ) get_core_configuration, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
+	{ "get_hardware_configuration", ( PyCFunction ) get_hardware_configuration, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
+	{ "get_file_list", ( PyCFunction ) get_file_list, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
 	{ "get_log_level_str", ( PyCFunction ) get_log_level_str, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
 	{ "parse_auralization_mode_str", ( PyCFunction ) parse_auralization_mode_str, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
 	{ "get_auralization_mode_str", ( PyCFunction ) get_auralization_mode_str, METH_FASTCALL, no_doc },
diff --git a/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp b/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
index 8cd0fce6770ffc650939cc2c958060c87ba2988b..396bdf73a729ae3227e03bf1a9bcf307e81ddf36 100644
--- a/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
+++ b/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
@@ -2153,6 +2153,50 @@ static PyObject* find_file_path( PyObject*, PyObject** ppArgs, Py_ssize_t nArgs,
 	VAPY_CATCH_RETURN;
 };
 
+static PyObject* get_core_configuration( PyObject*, PyObject** ppArgs, Py_ssize_t nArgs, PyObject* pKeywordNames )
+{
+	VAPY_REQUIRE_CONN_TRY;
+
+	static const char * const _keywords[] = { "filter_enabled", NULL };
+	static _PyArg_Parser _parser = { "|b:get_core_configuration", _keywords, 0 };
+	bool bFilterEnabled = true;
+	if( !_PyArg_ParseStack( ppArgs, nArgs, pKeywordNames, &_parser, &bFilterEnabled ) )
+		return NULL;
+
+	CVAStruct oCoreConfig = g_pVANetClient->GetCoreInstance()->GetCoreConfiguration( bFilterEnabled );
+	return ConvertVAStructToPythonDict( oCoreConfig );
+
+	VAPY_CATCH_RETURN;
+};
+
+static PyObject* get_hardware_configuration( PyObject*, PyObject**, Py_ssize_t, PyObject* )
+{
+	VAPY_REQUIRE_CONN_TRY;
+
+	CVAStruct oHWConfig = g_pVANetClient->GetCoreInstance()->GetHardwareConfiguration();
+	return ConvertVAStructToPythonDict( oHWConfig );
+
+	VAPY_CATCH_RETURN;
+};
+
+static PyObject* get_file_list( PyObject*, PyObject** ppArgs, Py_ssize_t nArgs, PyObject* pKeywordNames )
+{
+	VAPY_REQUIRE_CONN_TRY;
+
+	static const char * const _keywords[] = { "recursive", "filter_suffix_mask", NULL };
+	static _PyArg_Parser _parser = { "|bs:get_file_list", _keywords, 0 };
+	bool bFilterEnabled = true;
+	char* pcFilterSuffixMask = nullptr;
+	if( !_PyArg_ParseStack( ppArgs, nArgs, pKeywordNames, &_parser, &bFilterEnabled, &pcFilterSuffixMask ) )
+		return NULL;
+
+	std::string sFilterSuffixMask = pcFilterSuffixMask ? std::string( pcFilterSuffixMask ) : "*";
+	CVAStruct oFileList = g_pVANetClient->GetCoreInstance()->GetFileList( bFilterEnabled, sFilterSuffixMask );
+	return ConvertVAStructToPythonDict( oFileList );
+
+	VAPY_CATCH_RETURN;
+};
+
 
 static PyObject* get_log_level_str( PyObject*, PyObject** ppArgs, Py_ssize_t nArgs, PyObject* pKeywordNames )
 {