diff --git a/fact/__init__.py b/fact/__init__.py
index 2775ca2..42ae1f7 100644
--- a/fact/__init__.py
+++ b/fact/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from .time import fjd, iso2dt, run2dt, facttime, night, night_integer, datestr
+from . import plotting
 
 __all__ = [
     'fjd',
diff --git a/fact/credentials/__init__.py b/fact/credentials/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..250d32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fact/credentials/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from functools import lru_cache
+try:
+    from configparser import SafeConfigParser
+except ImportError:
+    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+from getpass import getpass
+from simplecrypt import decrypt
+from io import StringIO
+from pkg_resources import resource_stream
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+
+
+__all__ = ['get_credentials']
+
+
+@lru_cache(1)
+def get_credentials():
+    '''
+    Get a SafeConfigParser instance with FACT credentials
+    On the first call, you will be prompted for the FACT password
+
+    The folling credentials are stored:
+    - telegram
+        - token
+
+    - database
+        - user
+        - password
+        - host
+        - database
+
+    - twilio
+        - sid
+        - auth_token
+        - number
+
+    use get_credentials().get(group, element) to retrieve elements
+    '''
+    with resource_stream('fact', 'credentials/credentials.encrypted') as f:
+        print('Please enter the current, universal FACT password')
+        passwd = getpass()
+        decrypted = decrypt(passwd, f.read()).decode('utf-8')
+
+    config = SafeConfigParser()
+    config.readfp(StringIO(decrypted))
+
+    return config
+
+@lru_cache(2)
+def rundb(isdc=False):
+
+    creds = get_credentials()
+    if isdc:
+        spec = 'mysql+pymysql://{user}:{password}@lp-fact/{database}'
+    else:
+        spec = 'mysql+pymysql://{user}:{password}@{host}/{database}'
+    
+    return create_engine(spec.format(**creds['database']))
+
diff --git a/fact/credentials/credentials.encrypted b/fact/credentials/credentials.encrypted
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d8a7e7
Binary files /dev/null and b/fact/credentials/credentials.encrypted differ
diff --git a/fact/encrypt_credentials.py b/fact/encrypt_credentials.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10215d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fact/encrypt_credentials.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from getpass import getpass
+from simplecrypt import encrypt
+
+
+with open('credentials.ini', 'rb') as infile:
+    config = infile.read()
+
+with open('fact_credentials/credentials.encrypted', 'wb') as outfile:
+    password = getpass()
+    outfile.write(encrypt(password, config))
diff --git a/fact/pixels.py b/fact/pixels.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..719e1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fact/pixels.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import pkg_resources as res
+import numpy as np
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+
+pixel_mapping = np.genfromtxt(
+    res.resource_filename('fact', 'resources/FACTmap111030.txt'),
+    names=[
+        'softID', 'hardID', 'geom_i', 'geom_j',
+        'G-APD', 'V_op', 'HV_B', 'HV_C',
+        'pos_X', 'pos_Y', 'radius'
+    ],
+    dtype=None,
+)
+
+GEOM_2_SOFTID = {
+    (i, j): soft for i, j, soft in zip(
+        pixel_mapping['geom_i'], pixel_mapping['geom_j'], pixel_mapping['softID']
+    )}
+
+
+@np.vectorize
+def geom2soft(i, j):
+    return GEOM_2_SOFTID[(i, j)]
+
+
+def softid2chid(softid):
+    return hardid2chid(pixel_mapping['hardID'])[softid]
+
+
+def softid2hardid(softid):
+    return pixel_mapping['hardID'][softid]
+
+
+def hardid2chid(hardid):
+    crate = hardid // 1000
+    board = (hardid // 100) % 10
+    patch = (hardid // 10) % 10
+    pixel = (hardid % 10)
+    return pixel + 9 * patch + 36 * board + 360 * crate
+
+
+CHID_2_SOFTID = np.empty(1440, dtype=int)
+for softid in range(1440):
+    hardid = pixel_mapping['hardID'][softid]
+    chid = hardid2chid(hardid)
+    CHID_2_SOFTID[chid] = softid
+
+
+def chid2softid(chid):
+    return CHID_2_SOFTID[chid]
+
+
+def hardid2softid(hardid):
+    return chid2softid(hardid2chid(hardid))
+
+
+def get_pixel_coords(mapfile=None,
+                     rotate=True,
+                     columns=[0, 9, 10, 11],
+                     skip_header=1,
+                     skip_footer=0,
+                     delimiter=',',
+                     unpack=True,
+                     ):
+    '''
+    Calculate the pixel coordinates from the standard pixel-map file
+    by default it gets rotated by 90 degrees clockwise to show the same
+    orientation as MARS and fact-tools
+
+    Arguments
+    ---------
+    mapfile : str
+        path/to/pixelmap.csv, if None than the package resource is used
+        [defailt: None]
+    rotate : bool
+        if True the view is rotated by 90 degrees counter-clockwise
+        [default: True]
+    colums : list-like
+        the columns in the file for softID, chid, x, y
+        default: [0, 9, 10, 11]
+    '''
+
+    if mapfile is None:
+        mapfile = res.resource_filename('fact', 'resources/pixel-map.csv')
+
+    softID, chid, pixel_x_soft, pixel_y_soft = np.genfromtxt(
+        mapfile,
+        skip_header=skip_header,
+        skip_footer=skip_footer,
+        delimiter=delimiter,
+        usecols=columns,
+        unpack=unpack,
+    )
+
+    pixel_x_soft *= 9.5
+    pixel_y_soft *= 9.5
+
+    pixel_x_chid = pixel_x_soft[chid2softid(np.arange(1440))]
+    pixel_y_chid = pixel_y_soft[chid2softid(np.arange(1440))]
+
+    # rotate by 90 degrees to show correct orientation
+    if rotate is True:
+        pixel_x = - pixel_y_chid
+        pixel_y = pixel_x_chid
+    else:
+        pixel_x = pixel_x_chid
+        pixel_y = pixel_y_chid
+
+    return pixel_x, pixel_y
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def bias_to_trigger_patch_map():
+    by_chid = pixel_mapping['hardID'].argsort()
+
+    bias_channel = pixel_mapping[by_chid]['HV_B'] * 32 + pixel_mapping[by_chid]['HV_C']
+
+    _, idx = np.unique(bias_channel, return_index=True)
+
+    return bias_channel[np.sort(idx)]
diff --git a/fact/plotting/__init__.py b/fact/plotting/__init__.py
index 65c10a6..a00efc9 100755
--- a/fact/plotting/__init__.py
+++ b/fact/plotting/__init__.py
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
 on a pixel bases
 '''
 import warnings
-from .utils import get_pixel_coords
+from .utils import calc_text_size, calc_linewidth
 from .core import mark_pixel, camera, pixelids
-
+from ..pixels import get_pixel_coords, bias_to_trigger_patch_map
 
 __all__ = [
     'camera',
     'mark_pixel',
     'pixelids',
-    'get_pixel_coords',
 ]
 
 try:
diff --git a/fact/plotting/core.py b/fact/plotting/core.py
index 23f799e..fc06ed0 100644
--- a/fact/plotting/core.py
+++ b/fact/plotting/core.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-from .utils import get_pixel_coords, calc_linewidth, calc_text_size
+from ..pixels import get_pixel_coords
+from .utils import calc_linewidth, calc_text_size
 
 lastpixel = -1
 
diff --git a/fact/plotting/utils.py b/fact/plotting/utils.py
index 3f84aa8..62d977e 100644
--- a/fact/plotting/utils.py
+++ b/fact/plotting/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import numpy as np
-import pkg_resources as res
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-__all__ = ['get_pixel_coords', 'calc_linewidth', 'calc_text_size']
+__all__ = ['calc_linewidth', 'calc_text_size']
 
 
 def calc_linewidth(ax=None):
@@ -46,62 +44,3 @@ def calc_text_size(ax=None):
     textsize = linewidth*5
 
     return textsize
-
-
-def get_pixel_coords(mapfile=None,
-                     rotate=True,
-                     columns=[0, 9, 10, 11],
-                     skip_header=1,
-                     skip_footer=0,
-                     delimiter=",",
-                     unpack=True,
-                     ):
-    """
-    Calculate the pixel coordinates from the standard pixel-map file
-    by default it gets rotated by 90 degrees clockwise to show the same
-    orientation as MARS and fact-tools
-
-    Arguments
-    ---------
-    mapfile : str
-        path/to/pixelmap.csv, if None than the package resource is used
-        [defailt: None]
-    rotate : bool
-        if True the view is rotated by 90 degrees counter-clockwise
-        [default: True]
-    colums : list-like
-        the columns in the file for softID, chid, x, y
-        default: [0, 9, 10, 11]
-    """
-
-    if mapfile is None:
-        mapfile = res.resource_filename("fact", "resources/pixel-map.csv")
-
-    softID, chid, pixel_x_soft, pixel_y_soft = np.genfromtxt(
-        mapfile,
-        skip_header=skip_header,
-        skip_footer=skip_footer,
-        delimiter=delimiter,
-        usecols=columns,
-        unpack=unpack,
-    )
-
-    pixel_x_chid = np.zeros(1440)
-    pixel_y_chid = np.zeros(1440)
-
-    pixel_x_soft *= 9.5
-    pixel_y_soft *= 9.5
-
-    for i in range(1440):
-        pixel_x_chid[chid[i]] = pixel_x_soft[i]
-        pixel_y_chid[chid[i]] = pixel_y_soft[i]
-
-    # rotate by 90 degrees to show correct orientation
-    if rotate is True:
-        pixel_x = - pixel_y_chid
-        pixel_y = pixel_x_chid
-    else:
-        pixel_x = pixel_x_chid
-        pixel_y = pixel_y_chid
-
-    return pixel_x, pixel_y
diff --git a/fact/plotting/viewer.py b/fact/plotting/viewer.py
index a670850..08106d0 100644
--- a/fact/plotting/viewer.py
+++ b/fact/plotting/viewer.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
 import numpy as np
 import os
-from .utils import get_pixel_coords, calc_linewidth
+from .utils import calc_linewidth
+from ..pixels import get_pixel_coords
 from . import camera
 
 # tkinter is named differently in python2 and python3
diff --git a/resources/FACTmap111030.txt b/fact/resources/FACTmap111030.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/FACTmap111030.txt
rename to fact/resources/FACTmap111030.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d75abb5..f0f1fd7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,13 +50,17 @@
     author_email='maximilian.noethe@tu-dortmund.de',
     license='MIT',
     packages=packages,
-    package_data={'': ['resources/*']},
+    package_data={
+        '': ['resources/*', 'credentials/credentials.encrypted']},
     install_requires=[
         'numpy',
         'scipy',
         'matplotlib>=1.4',
         'python-dateutil',
         'pymongo>=2.7',
+        'simple-crypt',
+        'setuptools',
+        'sqlalchemy',
     ],
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
     scripts=[],