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-# cc-master
+cc-master
+=========
 
 This is the master implementation of the Control Chain protocol.
+
+Running the control chain daemon on the MOD Duo
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+In order to debug control chain communication, you can enable debug messages in the control chain daemon running on the MOD duo:
+
+```bash
+ssh root@192.168.51.1
+systemctl stop controlchaind
+export LIBCONTROLCHAIN_DEBUG=1 # use 2 for verbose debug
+controlchaind.run
+```
+
+Local installation
+------------------
+
+Instead of using a MOD Duo, you can also run a control chain daemon on your local machine. Before installation, make sure you have Python 3, [libserialport](https://sigrok.org/wiki/Libserialport) and the [jansson](http://www.digip.org/jansson/) library installed.
+
+Then, follow these steps to install cc-master:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/moddevices/cc-master.git
+cd cc-master
+./waf configure --prefix=/usr
+./waf build
+./waf install
+```
+
+Running the control chain daemon
+--------------------------------
+
+After installation, follow these steps to run the control chain daemon in verbose debug message mode. Adapt the serial port device name as needed:
+
+```
+export LIBCONTROLCHAIN_DEBUG=2
+controlchaind /dev/ttyACM0 -f
+```