diff --git a/pytmtc/.gitignore b/pytmtc/.gitignore
index d994678..53b730f 100644
--- a/pytmtc/.gitignore
+++ b/pytmtc/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/tmtc_conf.json
 __pycache__
 
 /venv
diff --git a/pytmtc/tmtc_conf.json.sample b/pytmtc/tmtc_conf.json.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c8afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytmtc/tmtc_conf.json.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "com_if": "tcp",
+    "tcpip_udp_ip_addr": "127.0.0.1",
+    "tcpip_udp_port": 7301,
+    "tcpip_udp_recv_max_size": 1500,
+    "tcpip_tcp_ip_addr": "127.0.0.1",
+    "tcpip_tcp_port": 7301
+}