Index: .gitignore
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diff -u -rc6596d42d995bed3789849bd85c83da5a3837fac -rd66e924d16e5b5f62570f57a483acd3f10c50dcc
--- .gitignore	(.../.gitignore)	(revision c6596d42d995bed3789849bd85c83da5a3837fac)
+++ .gitignore	(.../.gitignore)	(revision d66e924d16e5b5f62570f57a483acd3f10c50dcc)
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
 docs/source/dialin.protocols.rst
 docs/source/dialin.rst
 docs/source/dialin.utils.rst
+docs/source/dialin.squish.rst
 docs/source/modules.rst
 
Index: dialin/dg/valves.py
===================================================================
diff -u -re7bfc1b61892db0518f21a1bfde98e0400e83ab3 -rd66e924d16e5b5f62570f57a483acd3f10c50dcc
--- dialin/dg/valves.py	(.../valves.py)	(revision e7bfc1b61892db0518f21a1bfde98e0400e83ab3)
+++ dialin/dg/valves.py	(.../valves.py)	(revision d66e924d16e5b5f62570f57a483acd3f10c50dcc)
@@ -123,6 +123,56 @@
             self.valve_state_VPD.get("state", None)
             ]
 
+    def sort_by_id(self, observation):
+        """
+        Converts a published dictionary of valve state information to an ordered list
+        of tuples.
+
+        For example:
+            >>> dg = DG()
+            >>> observation = {'datetime': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 13, 10, 43, 27, 433357),
+             'valve_state_VBF': {'id': 5, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VDR': {'id': 7, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VPD': {'id': 12, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VPI': {'id': 8, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VPO': {'id': 4, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VR1': {'id': 10, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VR2': {'id': 11, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VRC': {'id': 6, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VRD': {'id': 2, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VRF': {'id': 0, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VRI': {'id': 1, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VRO': {'id': 3, 'state': True},
+             'valve_state_VSP': {'id': 9, 'state': True},
+             'valve_states_all': 8191}
+            >>> print(dg.valves.sort_by_id(observation))
+            ('valve_state_VRF', 0, True)
+            ('valve_state_VRI', 1, True)
+            ('valve_state_VRD', 2, True)
+            ('valve_state_VRO', 3, True)
+            ('valve_state_VPO', 4, True)
+            ('valve_state_VBF', 5, True)
+            ('valve_state_VRC', 6, True)
+            ('valve_state_VDR', 7, True)
+            ('valve_state_VPI', 8, True)
+            ('valve_state_VSP', 9, True)
+            ('valve_state_VR1', 10, True)
+            ('valve_state_VR2', 11, True)
+            ('valve_state_VPD', 12, True)
+
+        @param observation: dictionary of the observed valve states
+        @return: a list of tuples of the valve states
+        """
+
+        result = []
+        for key, value in observation.items():
+            if isinstance(value, dict):
+                result.append((key, value.get("id", None), value.get("state", None)))
+
+        result = sorted(result, key=lambda each: each[1])
+        return result
+
+
     def _binary_to_valve_state(self, binary):
         """
         @param binary: binary value
Index: tests/unit_tests.py
===================================================================
diff -u
--- tests/unit_tests.py	(revision 0)
+++ tests/unit_tests.py	(revision d66e924d16e5b5f62570f57a483acd3f10c50dcc)
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+###########################################################################
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Diality Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#  THIS CODE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM, IN PART OR IN
+#  WHOLE, WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.
+#
+#  @file test_imports.py
+#
+#  @date 29-Apr-2020
+#  @author P. Lucia
+#
+#  @brief Tests imports of all available modules
+#
+############################################################################
+import unittest
+import sys
+sys.path.append("..")
+from datetime import datetime
+from dialin.dg.dialysate_generator import DG
+
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    # @unittest.skip("Skipping test_imports")
+    def test_dg_valves_conversion(self):
+        dg = DG()
+        observation = {'datetime': datetime(2020, 7, 13, 10, 43, 27, 433357),
+                'valve_state_VBF': {'id': 5, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VDR': {'id': 7, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VPD': {'id': 12, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VPI': {'id': 8, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VPO': {'id': 4, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VR1': {'id': 10, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VR2': {'id': 11, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VRC': {'id': 6, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VRD': {'id': 2, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VRF': {'id': 0, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VRI': {'id': 1, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VRO': {'id': 3, 'state': True},
+                'valve_state_VSP': {'id': 9, 'state': True},
+                'valve_states_all': 8191}
+
+        assert(dg.valves.sort_by_id(observation) == [('valve_state_VRF', 0, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VRI', 1, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VRD', 2, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VRO', 3, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VPO', 4, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VBF', 5, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VRC', 6, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VDR', 7, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VPI', 8, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VSP', 9, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VR1', 10, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VR2', 11, True),
+                                                       ('valve_state_VPD', 12, True)])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)