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@@ -4,16 +4,75 @@ External control of an Enervent Pingvin
 Kotilämpö residential heating/ventilation
 unit via RS485 bus using the Modbus protocol.
 
-Readme will be updated in the near future.
+Provides a REST API for integration into Home Assistant,
+with measurements and basic control over Pingvin functions.
 
-Work part of my Bachelor's Thesis at Oulu University
-of Applied Sciences.
+Template YAML configurations for Home Assistant are included
+in the `homeassistant` folder, intended to be simple to copy-paste
+into Home Assistant's `configuration.yaml` with minimal necessary
+modifications.
 
 The daemon is designed to run on a Linux host
 that has some sort of RS-485 connector attached.
 For development a RPi Zero W 1 with a
 connected [Zihatec RS 485 HAT](https://www.hwhardsoft.de/english/projects/rs485-shield/?mobile=1)
-has been used to make sure the daemon stays as
-lightweight as possible.
+has been used.
+
+### Building
+- clone or download the repo
+- `static/html/index.html` is symlinked to `coils` and `registers`
+  for development purposes, the symlinks need to be dereferenced before
+  building the binary on filesystems that support symlinks
+  - Replace symlinks with copies of the files or use e.g. `tar -h`
+- Build for the correct architecture, e.g. for Linux 32-bit ARM (Rpi Zero W 1):
+  ```
+  cd /path/to/repo
+  env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go build -o BUILD/enervent-ctrl-linux-arm32
+  ```
+
+### Configuration:
+- CLI flags:
+```
+  -cert string
+        Path to SSL public key to use for HTTPS (default "/home/jarno/.config/enervent-ctrl/certificate.pem")
+  -debug
+        Enable debug logging
+  -enable-metrics
+        Enable the built-in Prometheus exporter (default true)
+  -httplog
+        Enable HTTP access logging
+  -interval int
+        Set the interval of background updates (default 4)
+  -key string
+        Path to SSL private key to use for HTTPS (default "/home/jarno/.config/enervent-ctrl/privatekey.pem")
+  -logfile string
+        Path to log file. Default is empty string, log to stdout
+  -password string
+        Password for HTTP Basic Authentication (default "enervent")
+  -regenerate-certs ~/.config/enervent-ctrl/server.crt
+        Generate a new SSL certificate. A new one is generated on startup as ~/.config/enervent-ctrl/server.crt if it doesn't exist.
+  -serial string
+        Path to serial console for RS-485 connection. Defaults to /dev/ttyS0 (default "/dev/ttyS0")
+  -username string
+        Username for HTTP Basic Authentication (default "pingvin")
+```
+On first run, the daemon generates `~/.config/enervent-ctrl/configuration.yaml` with default values.
+Configuration options are the same as with CLI flags. CLI flags take precedenence over the config file.
+- `serial_address:` Path to RS-485 serial device
+- `port:` TCP port for the REST API to listen on
+- `ssl_certificate:` Path to SSL certificate for HTTPS
+- `ssl_privatekey:` Path to SSL private key for HTTPS
+- `username:` Username for REST API HTTP Basic Auth
+- `password:` Password for REST API HTTP Basic Auth
+- `interval:` Interval of background updates from Modbus
+- `enable_metrics:` Enable the built-in Prometheus exporter
+- `log_file:` Path to log file, default logging is to STDOUT
+- `log_access:` Enable HTTP Access logging to logfile/STDOUT
+- `debug:` Enable debug logging
+
+Readme will be updated in the near future.
+
+Work part of my Bachelor's Thesis at Oulu University
+of Applied Sciences.
 
 Pingvin and Kotilämpö are registered trademarks of Enervent Zehnder Oy.