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+# bt-mqtt-gateway
+
+Python script which creates a Bluetooth to MQTT gateway. Includes example config for a Bluetooth thermostat.
+
+## Supported devices
+
+* [EQ3 Bluetooth smart thermostat](http://www.eq-3.com/products/eqiva/bluetooth-smart-radiator-thermostat.html) via [python-eq3bt](https://github.com/rytilahti/python-eq3bt)
+* [Xiaomi Mi Scale](http://www.mi.com/en/scale/)
+
+## Getting Started
+
+These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+```
+python
+```
+
+### Installing
+
+Clone repo
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/zewelor/bt-mqtt-gateway.git
+```
+
+Install requirements
+
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Run
+
+```
+gateway.py
+```
+
+---
+
+As an example, we can use use [python-eq3bt](https://github.com/rytilahti/python-eq3bt) with the example config included here.
+
+Install python-eq3bt
+
+```
+pip install python-eq3bt
+```
+
+Copy config file
+
+```
+cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
+```
+
+Run
+
+```
+./gateway.py
+```
+
+
+## Deployment
+
+This project includes an example Systemd service unit. In order to use it, copy `bt-mqtt-gateway.service` to `/etc/systemd/system/`. Edit the new file to use the correct absolute script paths and enable/start it.
+
+```
+sudo systemctl enable bt-mqtt-gateway
+```
+
+```
+sudo systemctl start bt-mqtt-gateway
+```
+
+## Built With
+
+* [Python](https://www.python.org/) - The high-level programming language for general-purpose programming
+
+
+## Versioning
+
+We use [SemVer](http://semver.org/) for versioning. For the versions available, see the [tags on this repository](https://github.com/your/project/tags). 
+
+## Authors
+
+* [**zewelor**](https://github.com/zewelor) - *Initial work*
+* [**bbbenji**](https://github.com/bbbenji) - *Minor contributions*
+
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details