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-# homebridge-smarthomeng
+#Attention: This software is not yet ready, it is in alpha state !!! Do not use it yet !!!
+
+#homebridge-smarthomeng
 Homebridge plugin for SmartHomeNG
+##Requirements
+SmartHomeNG: https://github.com/smarthomeNG/smarthome
+homebridge: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge
+##Installation
+Install nodejs >= 0.12. You have to find out the right way for your OS. The following commands have been tested on Debian Jessie.
+<pre>
+curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo bash -
+sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
+</pre>
+Install homebridge from NPM repository
+<pre>
+npm install -g homebridge
+</pre>
+Install this plugin from NPM repository
+*** ATTENTION: NOT YET PUBLISHED ***
+<pre>
+npm install -g homebridge-smarthomeng
+</pre>
+##Configuration
+You have to create a config.json in .homebridge directory. You'll find that directory in your home folder.
+This is an example config file which just uses this plugin and some example SmartHomeNG items.
+<pre>
+{
+    "bridge": {
+        "name": "HomebridgeSH",
+        "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:32",
+        "port": 51826,
+        "pin": "031-45-154"
+    },
+
+    "platforms": [
+        {
+            "platform": "SmartHomeNG",
+             
+            "name": "SmartHomeNG",
+            "host": "myshngserver.mydomain",
+            "accessories": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Bureaulicht",
+                    "type": "Lightbulb",
+                    "onoff": "EG.Buero.Licht"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Stubenlicht",
+                    "type": "Lightbulb",
+                    "onoff": "EG.Stube.Licht"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Schlafzimmerlicht",
+                    "type": "Lightbulb",
+                    "onoff": "OG.SZSS.Licht",
+                    "brightness": "OG.SZSS.Licht.dimmen"
+                }
+
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "description": "This is my development config file."
+}
+</pre>
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