diff --git a/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/functions.sh b/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/functions.sh
index acfb7a2..f847a83 100644
--- a/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/functions.sh
@@ -61,3 +61,23 @@ sync_config() {
     sync
 }
 
+# Read settings from EEPROM.
+# Defines variables $eeprom_ethaddr and $eeprom_hw_rev.
+read_eeprom() {
+
+    tmpfile=$(mktemp -t eeprom.XXXXXX)
+
+    dd if=/sys/bus/i2c/devices/0-0050/eeprom bs=1k skip=6 count=1 status=none | tr '\000' '\n' > $tmpfile
+
+    while read -r eeprom_item eeprom_rest ; do
+        if [ "${eeprom_item}" != "${eeprom_item#ethaddr=}" ]; then
+            eeprom_ethaddr="${eeprom_item#ethaddr=}"
+        fi
+        if [ "${eeprom_item}" != "${eeprom_item#hw_rev=}" ]; then
+            eeprom_hw_rev="${eeprom_item#hw_rev=}"
+        fi
+    done < $tmpfile
+
+    rm -f $tmpfile
+}
+
diff --git a/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/run-remotectl b/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/run-remotectl
index b8725b7..125be47 100755
--- a/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/run-remotectl
+++ b/sw/buildroot_overlay/opt/puzzlefw/lib/run-remotectl
@@ -3,24 +3,17 @@
 # Script to run the remote control server.
 #
 
+. /opt/puzzlefw/lib/functions.sh
+
 PIDFILE=/var/run/puzzlefw_remotectl.pid
 
 # Redirect output to console.
 exec &> /dev/console
 
 # Read model and serial number from EEPROM.
-model=unknown
-serialnr=0
-dd if=/sys/bus/i2c/devices/0-0050/eeprom bs=1k skip=6 count=1 status=none | tr '\000' '\n' > /tmp/run_remotectl_eeprom
-while read -r cfgitem cfgrest ; do
-    if [ "$cfgitem" != "${cfgitem#hw_rev=}" ]; then
-        model="${cfgitem#hw_rev=}"
-    fi
-    if [ "$cfgitem" != "${cfgitem#ethaddr=}" ]; then
-        serialnr="${cfgitem#ethaddr=}"
-    fi
-done < /tmp/run_remotectl_eeprom
-
+read_eeprom
+model="${eeprom_hw_rev:-unknown}"
+serialnr="${eeprom_ethaddr:-0}"
 echo "model=$model"
 echo "serialnr=$serialnr"