diff --git a/SRG-3/createImages b/SRG-3/createImages
index 7c54190582064c96359f9d8a577197e218b325de..bbfc69cd3086f50e231e5793b781e462ba962039 100755
--- a/SRG-3/createImages
+++ b/SRG-3/createImages
@@ -1,9 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk@ptb.de>, 2017-04-03
+#
+# neue Messgeräte-Bilder mit zufälliger Anzeige
+#
+# Parameter1 = Anzahl der erzeugten Bilddateien
+# Parameter2 entfällt!
+
 MAIN="SRG-3" # device name
 IMAGE_DIR=./images
+MAX_DIGITS=5 # do not edit!
+MAX_FILES=10 # do not edit!
+NUMBER_OF_DIGITS=$MAX_DIGITS
+
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  MAX_FILES=$1
+  if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+    NUMBER_OF_DIGITS=$2
+  fi  
+fi
+
+if (( $NUMBER_OF_DIGITS > $MAX_DIGITS )); then
+  NUMBER_OF_DIGITS=$MAX_DIGITS
+else 
+  if (( $NUMBER_OF_DIGITS < 1 )); then
+    NUMBER_OF_DIGITS=1
+  fi
+fi 
 
 rm -rf "$IMAGE_DIR"
 mkdir -p "$IMAGE_DIR"
-MAX_FILES=10 
 
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