diff --git a/schainpy/VERSION b/schainpy/VERSION
index a836a21..a19b1a9 100644
--- a/schainpy/VERSION
+++ b/schainpy/VERSION
@@ -81,4 +81,5 @@ properly but the next days did not.
 2.2.5:
 -splitProfiles and combineProfiles modules were added to VoltageProc and Signal Chain GUI.
 -nProfiles of USRP data (hdf5) is the number of profiles thera are in one second.
--jroPlotter works directly with data objects instead of dictionaries
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+-jroPlotter works directly with data objects instead of dictionaries
+-script "schain" was added to Signal Chain installer
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diff --git a/schainpy/controller.py b/schainpy/controller.py
index 5582929..36d8ad8 100644
--- a/schainpy/controller.py
+++ b/schainpy/controller.py
@@ -1000,11 +1000,15 @@ class Project():
         return 1
 
     def readXml(self, filename = None):
-            
+        
+        if not filename:
+            print "filename is not defined"
+            return 0
+        
         abs_file = os.path.abspath(filename)
         
         if not os.path.isfile(abs_file):
-            print "%s does not exist" %abs_file
+            print "%s file does not exist" %abs_file
             return 0
         
         self.projectElement = None
diff --git a/schainpy/scripts/readSchainFile.py b/schainpy/scripts/readSchainFile.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aaf825b..0000000
--- a/schainpy/scripts/readSchainFile.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-'''
-Created on Jul 7, 2014
-
-@author: roj-idl71
-'''
-import os, sys
-
-schainpy_path = os.path.dirname(os.getcwd())
-source_path = os.path.dirname(schainpy_path)
-sys.path.insert(0, source_path)
-
-from schainpy.controller_api import ControllerThread
-    
-def main():
-    desc = "Segundo Test"
-    filename = "/Users/miguel/Downloads/mst_blocks.xml"
-    
-    controllerObj = ControllerThread()
-    controllerObj.readXml(filename)
-    
-    #Configure use of external plotter before start
-    plotterObj = controllerObj.useExternalPlotter()
-    ########################################
-    
-    controllerObj.start()
-    plotterObj.start()
-    
-    
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import time
-    start_time = time.time()
-    main()
-    print("--- %s seconds ---" % (time.time() - start_time))
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diff --git a/schainpy/scripts/schain b/schainpy/scripts/schain
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..820a401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schainpy/scripts/schain
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+'''
+Created on Jul 7, 2014
+
+@author: roj-idl71
+'''
+import os, sys
+
+from schainpy import controller_api
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+USAGE = """This script executes Signal Chain using parameters stored in [filename].
+
+$ schain --file=[filename]
+"""
+    
+def main(filename):
+    
+    controllerObj = controller_api.ControllerThread()
+    if not controllerObj.readXml(filename):
+        return
+    
+    #Configure use of external plotter before start
+    plotterObj = controllerObj.useExternalPlotter()
+    ########################################
+    
+    controllerObj.start()
+    plotterObj.start()
+    
+    print "Finishing all processes ..."
+    
+    controllerObj.join(5)
+    
+    print "End of script"
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    
+    parser = OptionParser(usage=USAGE)
+
+    parser.add_option("-f", "--file", type="string", default="",
+                      help="File containing schain parameters")
+    
+    (op, args) = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    if not op.file:
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(0)
+        
+    main(op.file)
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ac6fcb..46a06dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ setup(name="schainpy",
                       'schainpy.gui.figures': ['*.png','*.jpg'],
                       },
         include_package_data=False,
-        scripts =['schainpy/gui/schainGUI'],
+        scripts =['schainpy/gui/schainGUI',
+                  'schainpy/scripts/schain'],
         install_requires=["numpy >= 1.6.0",
                           "scipy >= 0.9.0",
-                          "h5py >= 2.0.1",
                           "matplotlib >= 1.0.0",
-#                           "pyfits >= 2.0.0",
                           ],
       )
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