diff --git a/DCCEXParser.cpp b/DCCEXParser.cpp
index c488fc1..fd1cea0 100644
--- a/DCCEXParser.cpp
+++ b/DCCEXParser.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,10 @@ void DCCEXParser::parse(Print *stream, byte *com, bool blocking)
         return;
 
     case 'c': // READ CURRENT <c>
-        StringFormatter::send(stream, F("<a %d>"), DCCWaveform::mainTrack.get1024Current());
+        //                               <c MeterName val C/V unit min max res>
+        StringFormatter::send(stream, F("<c CurrentMAIN %d C Milli 0 %d 1>"), DCCWaveform::mainTrack.getCurrentmA(), DCCWaveform::mainTrack.getMaxmA());
+     // StringFormatter::send(stream, F("<c CurrentPROG %d C Milli 0 %d 1>"), DCCWaveform::progTrack.getCurrentmA(), DCCWaveform::progTrack.getMaxmA());        
+        StringFormatter::send(stream, F("<a %d>"), DCCWaveform::mainTrack.get1024Current()); //'a' message deprecated, remove once JMRI 4.22 is available
         return;
 
     case 'Q': // SENSORS <Q>
diff --git a/DCCWaveform.h b/DCCWaveform.h
index b51e79f..f01151b 100644
--- a/DCCWaveform.h
+++ b/DCCWaveform.h
@@ -58,9 +58,23 @@ class DCCWaveform {
     void checkPowerOverload();
     int  getLastCurrent();
     inline int get1024Current() {
-	if (powerMode == POWERMODE::ON)
-	    return (int)(lastCurrent*(long int)1024/motorDriver->getRawCurrentTripValue());
-	return 0;
+	    if (powerMode == POWERMODE::ON)
+	        return (int)(lastCurrent*(long int)1024/motorDriver->getRawCurrentTripValue());
+	    return 0;
+    }
+    inline int getCurrentmA() {
+	    if (powerMode == POWERMODE::ON)
+            return motorDriver->raw2mA(lastCurrent);
+	    return 0;
+    }
+    inline int getMaxmA() {
+        if (maxmA == 0) { //only calculate this for first request, it doesn't change
+            maxmA = motorDriver->raw2mA(motorDriver->getRawCurrentTripValue());
+        }
+        return maxmA;        
+    }
+    inline int getRawCurrentTripValue() {
+        return motorDriver->getRawCurrentTripValue();
     }
     void schedulePacket(const byte buffer[], byte byteCount, byte repeats);
     volatile bool packetPending;
@@ -112,7 +126,7 @@ class DCCWaveform {
     byte pendingLength;
     byte pendingRepeats;
     int lastCurrent;
-
+    int maxmA;
     
     // current sampling
     POWERMODE powerMode;