diff --git a/app/wits_sender.py b/app/wits_sender.py
index c3f9475..491c2b9 100644
--- a/app/wits_sender.py
+++ b/app/wits_sender.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ def run_wits_sender(args, deps):
                     packet = load_packet_from_file(source_file)
                 else:
                     packet = build_wits_packet(build_random_wits_data(deps.config.tms.device_code))
+                    # logging.info(f"packet: {packet}")
                 send_packet(sock, packet)
                 logger.info("TX WITS #%s -> %s:%s", seq, host, port)
                 if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
diff --git a/model/wits.py b/model/wits.py
index 5ab6d05..0aa5841 100644
--- a/model/wits.py
+++ b/model/wits.py
@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ class WitsData:
     def __post_init__(self):
         validate_required_wits_fields(self)
 
+    def to_string(self) -> str:
+        parts = []
+
+        for channel, field_name, field_type in WITS_CHANNEL_MAPPING:
+            value = getattr(self, field_name, None)
+
+            if value is None:
+                continue
+
+            if field_type == "string":
+                formatted = str(value)
+
+            elif field_type == "int":
+                formatted = str(int(value))
+
+            elif field_type == "float6":
+                formatted = f"{float(value):.6f}"
+
+            else:
+                formatted = str(value)
+
+            parts.append(f"{channel}{formatted}")
+
+        return "".join(parts)
+
+
 
 WITS_CHANNEL_MAPPING = [
     ("0101", "wellid", "string"),