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-ebusd - eBUS daemon
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-
-ebusd is a daemon for handling communication with eBUS devices connected to a
-2-wire bus system ("energy bus" used by numerous heating systems).
-
-
-Features
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-
-The main features of the daemon are:
-
- * actively send messages to and receive answers from the eBUS
- * passively listen to messages sent on the eBUS
- * regularly poll for messages
- * scan for bus participants
- * cache all data
- * log messages and problems to a log file
- * dump sent/received bytes to the log file
- * dump received bytes to binary files for later playback/analysis
- * listen for client connections on a dedicated TCP port
-
-
-Installation
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-
-Building ebusd from the source requires the following packages:
- * autoconf (>=2.65)
- * g++
- * make
-
-To start the build process, run these commands:
-./autogen.sh
-make install
-
-
-Documentation
--------------
-
-Usage instructions and further information can be found here:
-https://github.com/john30/ebusd/wiki
-
-
-Contact
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-For bugs and missing features use github issue system.
-
-The author can be contacted at ebusd@johnm.de .