Issue #199: One way communication and broadcast action [WIP]

[Mark2000]

Description

Closes #199

WIP

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

How should this pull request be reviewed?

• By commit
• All changes at once

How Has This Been Tested?

Please describe how tests have been updated to verify your changes.

Future Work

What future tasks are needed, if any?

Checklist

• I have performed a self-review of my code
• I have commented my code in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation and release notes
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• If I changed an example ipynb, I have locally rebuilt the documentation

[Mark2000]

TODO add example script, tests, and clean up