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+ebusd - eBUS daemon
+===================
+
+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
+--------
+
+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
+------------
+
+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
+-------
+For bugs and missing features use github issue system.
+
+The author can be contacted at ebusd@johnm.de .