diff --git a/rw_core/core/adapter_request_handler.go b/rw_core/core/adapter_request_handler.go
index caedb79..0d37255 100644
--- a/rw_core/core/adapter_request_handler.go
+++ b/rw_core/core/adapter_request_handler.go
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	log.Debugw("DeviceUpdate got txn", log.Fields{"deviceId": device.Id, "transactionID": transactionID.Val})
 	if rhp.TestMode { // Execute only for test cases
 		return new(empty.Empty), nil
 	}
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@
 // ChildDeviceDetected is invoked when a child device is detected.  The following
 // parameters are expected:
 // {parent_device_id, parent_port_no, child_device_type, channel_id, vendor_id, serial_number)
-func (rhp *AdapterRequestHandlerProxy) ChildDeviceDetected(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
+func (rhp *AdapterRequestHandlerProxy) ChildDeviceDetected(args []*ic.Argument) (*voltha.Device, error) {
 	if len(args) < 5 {
 		log.Warn("invalid-number-of-args", log.Fields{"args": args})
 		err := errors.New("invalid-number-of-args")
@@ -546,12 +547,13 @@
 	if rhp.TestMode { // Execute only for test cases
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	if err := rhp.deviceMgr.childDeviceDetected(pID.Id, portNo.Val, dt.Val, chnlId.Val, vendorId.Val, serialNumber.Val, onuId.Val); err != nil {
+	device, err := rhp.deviceMgr.childDeviceDetected(pID.Id, portNo.Val, dt.Val, chnlId.Val, vendorId.Val, serialNumber.Val, onuId.Val)
+	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorw("child-detection-failed", log.Fields{"parentId": pID.Id, "onuId": onuId.Val, "error": err})
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return new(empty.Empty), nil
+	return device, nil
 }
 
 func (rhp *AdapterRequestHandlerProxy) DeviceStateUpdate(args []*ic.Argument) (*empty.Empty, error) {
diff --git a/rw_core/core/device_manager.go b/rw_core/core/device_manager.go
index 9bc723f..ad4f362 100755
--- a/rw_core/core/device_manager.go
+++ b/rw_core/core/device_manager.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Aborted, "%s", err.Error())
 	}
 	if len(childDeviceIds) == 0 {
-		log.Debugw("no-child-devices", log.Fields{"parentDeviceId": parentDevice.Id})
+		log.Debugw("no-child-devices", log.Fields{"parentDeviceId": parentDevice.Id, "serialNumber": serialNumber, "onuId": onuId})
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", parentDeviceId)
 	}
 
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@
 }
 
 func (dMgr *DeviceManager) childDeviceDetected(parentDeviceId string, parentPortNo int64, deviceType string,
-	channelId int64, vendorId string, serialNumber string, onuId int64) error {
+	channelId int64, vendorId string, serialNumber string, onuId int64) (*voltha.Device, error) {
 	log.Debugw("childDeviceDetected", log.Fields{"parentDeviceId": parentDeviceId})
 
 	// Create the ONU device
@@ -758,12 +758,12 @@
 	parent, err := dMgr.GetDevice(parentDeviceId)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("no-parent-found", log.Fields{"parentId": parentDeviceId})
-		return status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", parentDeviceId)
+		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.NotFound, "%s", parentDeviceId)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := dMgr.GetChildDevice(parentDeviceId, serialNumber, onuId, parentPortNo); err == nil {
+	if device, err := dMgr.GetChildDevice(parentDeviceId, serialNumber, onuId, parentPortNo); err == nil {
 		log.Warnw("child-device-exists", log.Fields{"parentId": parentDeviceId, "serialNumber": serialNumber})
-		return status.Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, "%s", serialNumber)
+		return device, status.Errorf(codes.AlreadyExists, "%s", serialNumber)
 	}
 
 	childDevice.ProxyAddress = &voltha.Device_ProxyAddress{DeviceId: parentDeviceId, DeviceType: parent.Type, ChannelId: uint32(channelId), OnuId: uint32(onuId)}
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
 	// Publish on the messaging bus that we have discovered new devices
 	go dMgr.kafkaICProxy.DeviceDiscovered(agent.deviceId, deviceType, parentDeviceId, dMgr.coreInstanceId)
 
-	return nil
+	return agent.lastData, nil
 }
 
 func (dMgr *DeviceManager) processTransition(previous *voltha.Device, current *voltha.Device) error {