diff --git a/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/config.cfg b/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/config.cfg
index d3b36c9..c9232cc 100644
--- a/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/config.cfg
+++ b/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/config.cfg
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ baud=9600
 server=localhost
 port=8086
 username=influxdb
-passwork=pa$$word
+password=pa$$word
 database=ambient7
 
 [metrics]
-prefix="ambient7_"
+prefix=ambient7_
diff --git a/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/serial2influxdb.py b/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/serial2influxdb.py
index e1ad21d..750fcd7 100755
--- a/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/serial2influxdb.py
+++ b/ambient7-arduino/serial2influxdb/serial2influxdb.py
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 import configparser
 import logging
 import time
+import re
+import datetime
 
 import serial
+import influxdb
 
 
 SERIAL_RETRY_DELAY = 5.0
@@ -31,7 +34,8 @@ def open_serial(config):
             return serial.Serial(
                 port=config['serial']['tty'],
                 baudrate=int(config['serial']['baud']),
-                timeout=1
+                timeout=1,
+                exclusive=True
             )
         except serial.SerialException as e:
             logger.warning('unable to open pyserial connection: {}'.format(e))
@@ -60,9 +64,35 @@ def resilient_line_generator(config):
                 pass
 
 
+def collect_data(key, value, measurement_prefix):
+    data = {
+        'time': datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'),
+        'measurement': measurement_prefix + key
+    }
+    if key == 'uptime':
+        data['fields'] = {'value': int(value.rstrip('s'))}
+    else:
+        return None
+    return [data]
+
+
+def build_influxdb_client(config):
+    opts = {
+        'host': config['influxdb']['server'],
+        'port': int(config['influxdb']['port']),
+        'database': config['influxdb']['database']
+    }
+    if 'username' in config['influxdb']:
+        opts['username'] = config['influxdb']['username']
+        opts['password'] = config['influxdb']['password']
+    return influxdb.InfluxDBClient(**opts)
+
+
 def main(args):
     cli_args, config = parse_args_and_config(args)
 
+    influxdb_client = build_influxdb_client(config)
+
     logging.basicConfig(
         level=logging.DEBUG if cli_args.verbose else logging.INFO,
         stream=sys.stderr,
@@ -70,7 +100,20 @@ def main(args):
     )
 
     for line in resilient_line_generator(config):
-        logger.debug(line)
+        if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+            logger.debug("receive line: %r", line)
+        data_match = re.match(r'DATA: (?P<key>[a-z0-9_]+)=(?P<value>.+)', line, re.IGNORECASE)
+        if data_match is not None:
+            key = data_match.group('key')
+            raw_value = data_match.group('value')
+            logging.debug('Key=%s Value=%s', key, raw_value)
+
+            data = collect_data(key, raw_value, measurement_prefix=config['metrics']['prefix'])
+            logger.info(data)
+
+            if data is not None:
+                influxdb_client.write_points(data)
+
 
     return 0