diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85f455a..5d7e393 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,5 +62,7 @@ daq_add_plugin(HSIController duneDAQModule LINK_LIBRARIES hsilibs timing::timing
 
 ##############################################################################
 
+daq_add_unit_test(HSITypeAdapters_test LINK_LIBRARIES hsilibs ${BOOST_LIBS})
+
 ##############################################################################
 daq_install()
diff --git a/include/hsilibs/Types.hpp b/include/hsilibs/Types.hpp
index a27347c..aee2cf8 100644
--- a/include/hsilibs/Types.hpp
+++ b/include/hsilibs/Types.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ class HSI_FRAME_STRUCT
     frame.set_timestamp(ts);
   }
 
+  void fake_timestamps(uint64_t first_timestamp, uint64_t /*offset*/= 0 ) // NOLINT(build/unsigned)
+  {
+    frame.set_timestamp(first_timestamp);
+  }
+
   FrameType* begin() { return this; }
 
   FrameType* end() { return (this + 1); } // NOLINT
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ class HSI_FRAME_STRUCT
   static const constexpr daqdataformats::SourceID::Subsystem subsystem =
     daqdataformats::SourceID::Subsystem::kHwSignalsInterface;
   static const constexpr daqdataformats::FragmentType fragment_type = daqdataformats::FragmentType::kHardwareSignal;
-  static const constexpr uint64_t expected_tick_difference = 0; // NOLINT(build/unsigned)
+  static const constexpr uint64_t expected_tick_difference = 1; // NOLINT(build/unsigned)
 };
 
 static_assert(sizeof(struct HSI_FRAME_STRUCT) == HSI_FRAME_STRUCT_SIZE,
diff --git a/unittest/HSITypeAdapters_test.cxx b/unittest/HSITypeAdapters_test.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea20c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittest/HSITypeAdapters_test.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * @file HSITypeAdapters_test.cxx
+ *
+ * Unittest for testing lower bound and request handling on HSI_FRAME_STRUCT
+ *
+ * This is part of the DUNE DAQ Application Framework, copyright 2022.
+ * Licensing/copyright details are in the COPYING file that you should have
+ * received with this code.
+ */
+
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE HSITypeAdapters_test // NOLINT
+
+#include "hsilibs/Types.hpp"
+
+#include "datahandlinglibs/testutils/TestUtilities.hpp"
+#include "datahandlinglibs/models/BinarySearchQueueModel.hpp"
+
+#include "boost/test/unit_test.hpp"
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(HSITypeAdapters_test)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TBinarySearchQueueModel_HSI_FRAME_STRUCT_TestQueue)
+{
+    dunedaq::datahandlinglibs::test::test_queue_model<
+            dunedaq::datahandlinglibs::BinarySearchQueueModel,
+            dunedaq::hsilibs::HSI_FRAME_STRUCT>();
+}
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TBinarySearchQueueModel_HSI_FRAME_STRUCT_TestRequest)
+{
+    dunedaq::datahandlinglibs::test::test_request_model<
+            dunedaq::datahandlinglibs::BinarySearchQueueModel,
+            dunedaq::hsilibs::HSI_FRAME_STRUCT>();
+}
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+