diff --git a/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java b/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java
index a852b12..bfb1339 100644
--- a/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java
+++ b/Helpers/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/helpers/SentMessageHelper.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class SentMessageHelper {
     public static final String TYPE_SETTING_UPDATE = "settingUpdate";
     public static final String TYPE_SHOW_NOTIFICATION = "showNotification";
     public static final String TYPE_CONNECTOR_UPDATE = "connectorUpdate";
+    public static final String TYPE_TRIGGER_EVENT = "triggerEvent";
     public static final String INSTANCE_ID = "instanceId";
     public static final String ID = GenericHelper.ID;
     public static final String VALUE = GenericHelper.VALUE;
@@ -48,5 +49,7 @@ public class SentMessageHelper {
     public static final String CONNECTOR_ID = "connectorId";
     public static final String SHORT_ID = "shortId";
     public static final String PARENT_GROUP = "parentGroup";
+    public static final String EVENT_ID = "eventId";
+    public static final String STATES = "states";
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java b/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java
index 700c690..9ba6233 100644
--- a/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java
+++ b/Library/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/TouchPortalPlugin.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import com.christophecvb.touchportal.model.deserializer.TPMessageDeserializer;
 import com.google.gson.*;
 import okhttp3.*;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
@@ -1050,6 +1049,36 @@ public boolean sendShowNotification(String notificationId, String title, String
         return sent;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Send a Trigger Event message to the Touch Portal Plugin System
+     *
+     * @param eventId String
+     * @param states  Map<String, Object> Key value pair of state id and value
+     * @return Boolean sent
+     */
+    public boolean sendTriggerEvent(String eventId, Map<String, Object> states) {
+        boolean sent = false;
+        if (eventId != null && !eventId.isEmpty()) {
+            JsonObject triggerEventMessage = new JsonObject();
+            triggerEventMessage.addProperty(SentMessageHelper.TYPE, SentMessageHelper.TYPE_TRIGGER_EVENT);
+            triggerEventMessage.addProperty(SentMessageHelper.EVENT_ID, eventId);
+
+            if (states != null && !states.isEmpty()) {
+                JsonObject jsonStates = new JsonObject();
+
+                states.forEach((id, value) -> {
+                    jsonStates.addProperty(id, String.valueOf(value));
+                });
+                triggerEventMessage.add(SentMessageHelper.STATES, jsonStates);
+            }
+
+            sent = this.send(triggerEventMessage);
+            TouchPortalPlugin.LOGGER.info("Trigger Event [" + eventId + "] Sent [" + sent + "]");
+        }
+
+        return sent;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Send a Connector Update Message to the Touch Portal Plugin System
      *
diff --git a/Library/src/test/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/test/LibraryTests.java b/Library/src/test/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/test/LibraryTests.java
index d71df95..dc16d5a 100644
--- a/Library/src/test/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/test/LibraryTests.java
+++ b/Library/src/test/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/test/LibraryTests.java
@@ -395,6 +395,19 @@ public void testSendFail() {
         assertFalse(this.touchPortalPluginTest.sendRemoveState("BaseCategory", "StateId"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testTriggerEvent() {
+        LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Now");
+        assertFalse(this.touchPortalPluginTest.sendTriggerEvent(null, null));
+        assertFalse(this.touchPortalPluginTest.sendTriggerEvent("", null));
+
+        assertTrue(this.touchPortalPluginTest.sendTriggerEvent(TouchPortalPluginTestConstants.BaseCategory.Events.CustomState.ID, null));
+
+        HashMap<String, Object> states = new HashMap<>();
+        states.put(TouchPortalPluginTestConstants.BaseCategory.States.CustomState.ID, "StateValue");
+        assertTrue(this.touchPortalPluginTest.sendTriggerEvent(TouchPortalPluginTestConstants.BaseCategory.Events.CustomState.ID, states));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testReceiveActionNoId() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Now");
diff --git a/SampleJava/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/samplejava/TouchPortalSampleJavaPlugin.java b/SampleJava/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/samplejava/TouchPortalSampleJavaPlugin.java
index c7f15fc..2737b69 100644
--- a/SampleJava/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/samplejava/TouchPortalSampleJavaPlugin.java
+++ b/SampleJava/src/main/java/com/christophecvb/touchportal/samplejava/TouchPortalSampleJavaPlugin.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -155,6 +157,10 @@ public static void main(String... args) {
                     } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
                     }
                     touchPortalSampleJavaPlugin.sendConnectorUpdate(TouchPortalSampleJavaPluginConstants.ID, TouchPortalSampleJavaPluginConstants.BaseCategory.Connectors.ConnectorSimple.ID, 50, null);
+
+                    HashMap<String, Object> states = new HashMap<>();
+                    states.put(TouchPortalSampleJavaPluginConstants.BaseCategory.States.CustomStateWithEvent.ID, "Value");
+                    touchPortalSampleJavaPlugin.sendTriggerEvent(TouchPortalSampleJavaPluginConstants.BaseCategory.Events.CustomStateWithEvent.ID, states);
                 }
             }
         }