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@@ -580,8 +580,15 @@ The OBSW supports sending PUS TM packets via TCP or the PDEC IP Core which trans
 CADU frames. To make the CADU frames receivabel by the
 [TMTC porgram](https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/eive/eive-tmtc), a python script is running as
 `systemd` service named `tmtc_bridge` on the flatsat PC which forwards TCP commands to the TCP
-server of the OBC and reads CADU frames from a serial interface. The PUS packets transported with
-the CADU frames are extracted
+server of the OBC and reads CADU frames from a serial interface.
+
+You can check whether the service is running with
+
+```sh
+systemctl status tmtc_bridge
+```
+
+The PUS packets transported with the CADU frames are extracted
 and forwared to the TMTC program's TCP client. The code of the TMTC bridge can be found
 [here](https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/eive/tmtc-bridge). To connect the TMTC program to the
 TMTC-bridge a port forwarding from a host must be set up with the following command: