diff --git a/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/Port.kt b/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/Port.kt
index 4fad1db..db19817 100644
--- a/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/Port.kt
+++ b/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/Port.kt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPort(
     /**
      * Raw flow of incoming data chunks. The chunks are not guaranteed to be complete phrases.
      * In order to form phrases, some condition should be used on top of it.
-     * For example [delimitedIncoming] generates phrases with fixed delimiter.
+     * For example [stringsDelimitedIncoming] generates phrases with fixed delimiter.
      */
     override fun receiving(): Flow<ByteArray> = incoming.receiveAsFlow()
 
diff --git a/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/phrases.kt b/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/phrases.kt
index 21afa8d..1214d01 100644
--- a/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/phrases.kt
+++ b/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/ports/phrases.kt
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ public fun Flow<ByteArray>.withStringDelimiter(delimiter: String): Flow<String>
  * A flow of delimited phrases
  */
 public fun Port.delimitedIncoming(delimiter: ByteArray): Flow<ByteArray> = receiving().withDelimiter(delimiter)
+
+/**
+ * A flow of delimited phrases with string content
+ */
+public fun Port.stringsDelimitedIncoming(delimiter: String): Flow<String> = receiving().withStringDelimiter(delimiter)
diff --git a/controls-pi/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/pi/PiSerialPort.kt b/controls-pi/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/pi/PiSerialPort.kt
index 0437698..4924b8d 100644
--- a/controls-pi/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/pi/PiSerialPort.kt
+++ b/controls-pi/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/pi/PiSerialPort.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package space.kscience.controls.pi
 
 import com.pi4j.Pi4J
+import com.pi4j.io.serial.Baud
 import com.pi4j.io.serial.Serial
 import com.pi4j.io.serial.SerialConfigBuilder
 import com.pi4j.ktx.io.serial
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Context
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.error
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.logger
 import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.enum
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.get
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.string
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
 
@@ -54,10 +58,16 @@ public class PiSerialPort(
         override val type: String get() = "pi"
 
         public fun open(context: Context, device: String, block: SerialConfigBuilder.() -> Unit): PiSerialPort =
-            PiSerialPort(context) { Pi4J.newAutoContext().serial(device, block) }
+            PiSerialPort(context) {
+                Pi4J.newAutoContext().serial(device, block)
+            }
 
         override fun build(context: Context, meta: Meta): Port = PiSerialPort(context) {
-            Pi4J.newAutoContext().serial()
+            val device: String = meta["device"].string ?: error("Device name not defined")
+            val baudRate: Baud = meta["baudRate"].enum<Baud>() ?: Baud._9600
+            Pi4J.newAutoContext().serial(device) {
+                baud8N1(baudRate)
+            }
         }
 
     }