diff --git a/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput.cs b/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput.cs
index 755220ac9..b98f47d23 100644
--- a/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput.cs
+++ b/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ public class VariableOutput
     {
         public MobiFlightVariable Variable { get; set; }
 
-        internal void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
+        public VariableOutput()
+        {
+            Variable = new MobiFlightVariable();
+        }
+
+        public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
         {
             if (reader["varType"] != null && reader["varType"] != "" &&
                 reader["varName"] != null && reader["varName"] != "")
@@ -21,14 +26,14 @@ internal void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
             }
         }
 
-        internal void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
+        public void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
         {
             writer.WriteAttributeString("type", "VariableOutput");
             writer.WriteAttributeString("varType", Variable.TYPE);
             writer.WriteAttributeString("varName", Variable.Name);
         }
 
-        internal object Clone()
+        public object Clone()
         {
             MobiFlightVariable clone = Variable.Clone() as MobiFlightVariable;
 
diff --git a/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutputTests.cs b/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutputTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e26624d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutputTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using MobiFlight.OutputConfig;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace MobiFlight.OutputConfig.Tests
+{
+    [TestClass()]
+    public class VariableOutputTests
+    {
+        [TestMethod()]
+        public void VariableOutputTest()
+        {
+            VariableOutput o = new VariableOutput();
+            Assert.IsNotNull(o, "Object is null");
+
+            Assert.IsNotNull(o.Variable, "Variable is not null");
+            Assert.IsNotNull(o.Variable.Name, "Variable.Name is null");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod()]
+        public void CloneTest()
+        {
+            VariableOutput o = new VariableOutput();
+            o.Variable.Name = "Test";
+            VariableOutput c = o.Clone() as VariableOutput;
+            Assert.IsNotNull(c, "Clone is null");
+            Assert.AreEqual(o.Variable.Name, c.Variable.Name, "Address are not the same");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod()]
+        public void GetSchemaTest()
+        {
+            LcdDisplay o = new LcdDisplay();
+
+            Assert.IsNull(o.GetSchema(), "Schema not null");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod()]
+        public void ReadXmlTest()
+        {
+            VariableOutput o = new VariableOutput();
+
+            String s = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"assets\MobiFlight\OutputConfig\VariableOutput\ReadXmlTest.1.xml");
+            StringReader sr = new StringReader(s);
+            XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
+            settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
+
+            System.Xml.XmlReader xmlReader = System.Xml.XmlReader.Create(sr, settings);
+            xmlReader.ReadToDescendant("display");
+            o.ReadXml(xmlReader);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("ReadXMLTest", o.Variable.Name, "Variable.Name does not match.");
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod()]
+        public void WriteXmlTest()
+        {
+            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+            settings.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
+            settings.Indent = true;
+            //settings.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Entitize;
+            System.Xml.XmlWriter xmlWriter = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(sw, settings);
+
+            VariableOutput o = new VariableOutput();
+            o.Variable.Name = "WriteXMLTest";
+
+            xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("display");
+            o.WriteXml(xmlWriter);
+            xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
+            xmlWriter.Flush();
+            string s = sw.ToString();
+
+            String result = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"assets\MobiFlight\OutputConfig\VariableOutput\WriteXmlTest.1.xml");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(s, result, "The both strings are not equal");
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlightUnitTests.csproj b/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlightUnitTests.csproj
index 88477faa5..63140be2f 100644
--- a/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlightUnitTests.csproj
+++ b/MobiFlightUnitTests/MobiFlightUnitTests.csproj
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     <Compile Include="MobiFlight\MobiFlightLcdDisplayTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MobiFlight\MobiFlightModuleTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MobiFlight\OutputConfigItemTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="MobiFlight\OutputConfig\VariableOutputTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MobiFlight\OutputConfig\LcdDisplayTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MobiFlight\TransformationTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="mock\Base\KeyboardInputMock.cs" />
@@ -214,6 +215,14 @@
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
+    <Content Include="assets\MobiFlight\OutputConfig\VariableOutput\ReadXmlTest.1.xml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="assets\MobiFlight\OutputConfig\VariableOutput\WriteXmlTest.1.xml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="assets\MobiFlight\OutputConfig\OutputConfigItem\ReadXmlTest.6.xml">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
diff --git a/MobiFlightUnitTests/assets/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput/ReadXmlTest.1.xml b/MobiFlightUnitTests/assets/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput/ReadXmlTest.1.xml
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diff --git a/MobiFlightUnitTests/assets/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput/WriteXmlTest.1.xml b/MobiFlightUnitTests/assets/MobiFlight/OutputConfig/VariableOutput/WriteXmlTest.1.xml
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