diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index f408138..231b8a0 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ opts = {
     'streamname': 'testing',
     'port': 6990,
     'bps': 0,
-    'channel': 3
 }
 
 vbanrs = {kind.id: vbancmd.connect(_kind, **opts) for kind in kinds.all}
diff --git a/tests/tests_higher.py b/tests/tests_higher.py
index 3085638..6d325f4 100644
--- a/tests/tests_higher.py
+++ b/tests/tests_higher.py
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ class TestSetAndGetBoolHigher(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(retval, bool))
         assert_equal(retval, self.val)
 
+    """ bus mode tests, physical and virtual """
+    @parameterized.expand([
+    (0, 'amix'), (0, 'tvmix'), (2, 'composite'), (2, 'upmix41'), 
+    (7, 'upmix21'), (7, 'rearonly'), (6, 'lfeonly'), (6, 'repeat')
+    ])
+    def test_it_sets_and_gets_bus_mode_bool_params(self, index, param):
+        setattr(tests.bus[index].mode, param, self.val)
+        retval = getattr(tests.bus[index].mode, param)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(retval, bool))
+        assert_equal(retval, self.val)
+
 
 #@nottest
 @parameterized_class([