diff -r a68cd4253259 -r e8daabf2c438 connectors/__init__.py
--- a/connectors/__init__.py	Thu Feb 05 23:32:31 2015 +0100
+++ b/connectors/__init__.py	Sun Feb 08 16:50:54 2015 +0100
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 def _GetLocalConnectorClassFactory(name):
     return lambda:getattr(__import__(name,globals(),locals()), name + "_connector_factory")
 
-connectors = {name:_GetLocalConnectorClassFactory(name) 
-                  for name in listdir(_base_path) 
-                      if path.isdir(path.join(_base_path, name)) 
+connectors = {name:_GetLocalConnectorClassFactory(name)
+                  for name in listdir(_base_path)
+                      if path.isdir(path.join(_base_path, name))
                           and not name.startswith("__")}
 
 def ConnectorFactory(uri, confnodesroot):
@@ -40,15 +40,23 @@
     Return a connector corresponding to the URI
     or None if cannot connect to URI
     """
-    servicetype = uri.split("://")[0]
-    if servicetype in connectors:
-        # import module according to uri type
-        connectorclass = connectors[servicetype]()
-    elif servicetype == "LOCAL":
-        from PYRO import PYRO_connector_factory as connectorclass
-        runtime_port = confnodesroot.AppFrame.StartLocalRuntime(taskbaricon=True)
+    servicetype = uri.split("://")[0].upper()
+    if servicetype == "LOCAL":
+        # Local is special case
+        # pyro connection to local runtime
+        # started on demand, listening on random port
+        servicetype = "PYRO"
+        runtime_port = confnodesroot.AppFrame.StartLocalRuntime(
+            taskbaricon=True)
         uri="PYRO://127.0.0.1:"+str(runtime_port)
+    elif servicetype in connectors:
+        pass
+    elif servicetype[-1]=='S' and servicetype[:-1] in connectors:
+        servicetype = servicetype[:-1]
     else :
-        return None    
+        return None
+
+    # import module according to uri type
+    connectorclass = connectors[servicetype]()
     return connectorclass(uri, confnodesroot)