diff --git a/light9/zmqtransport.py b/light9/zmqtransport.py
--- a/light9/zmqtransport.py
+++ b/light9/zmqtransport.py
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 import json
-from rdflib import URIRef, Literal
+import logging
+from typing import Tuple
+
+from rdflib import Literal, URIRef
 from txzmq import ZmqEndpoint, ZmqFactory, ZmqPullConnection
+
+from light9.effect.settings import DeviceSettings
 from light9.metrics import metrics
-import logging
+from light9.newtypes import ClientSessionType, ClientType, UnixTime
+from rdfdb.syncedgraph.syncedgraph import SyncedGraph
 
 log = logging.getLogger('zmq')
 
 
-def parseJsonMessage(msg):
+def parseJsonMessage(graph: SyncedGraph, msg) -> Tuple[ClientType, ClientSessionType, DeviceSettings, UnixTime]:
     body = json.loads(msg)
     settings = []
     for device, attr, value in body['settings']:
@@ -16,10 +22,10 @@ def parseJsonMessage(msg):
         else:
             value = Literal(value)
         settings.append((URIRef(device), URIRef(attr), value))
-    return body['client'], body['clientSession'], settings, body['sendTime']
+    return body['client'], body['clientSession'], DeviceSettings(graph, settings), body['sendTime']
 
 
-def startZmq(port, collector):
+def startZmq(graph, port, collector):
     zf = ZmqFactory()
     addr = 'tcp://*:%s' % port
     log.info('creating zmq endpoint at %r', addr)
@@ -32,8 +38,7 @@ def startZmq(port, collector):
                 # todo: new compressed protocol where you send all URIs up
                 # front and then use small ints to refer to devices and
                 # attributes in subsequent requests.
-                client, clientSession, settings, sendTime = parseJsonMessage(
-                    message[0])
+                client, clientSession, settings, sendTime = parseJsonMessage(graph, message[0])
                 collector.setAttrs(client, clientSession, settings, sendTime)
 
     Pull(zf, e)