diff --git a/velserv-setup.sh b/velserv-setup.sh
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+mkdir /opt/velserv
+cd /opt/velserv
+wget http://www.mdar.co.uk/dl/velserv1.5.zip
+apt install gcc unzip
+unzip velserv1.5.zip
+ln -s /opt/velserv/velserv.service /etc/systemd/system/velserv.service
+
+gcc -o velserv velserv.c -lpthread
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl enable velsev.service
+systemctl start velserv.service
+systemctl status velserv
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/velserv.service b/velserv.service
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+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This unit gets pulled automatically into multi-user.target by
+# systemd-rc-local-generator if /etc/rc.local is executable.
+[Unit]
+Description=Velserv
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=/opt/velserv/velserv
+After=network.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+ExecStart=/opt/velserv/velserv -d /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Velleman_Projects_VMB1USB_Velbus_USB_interface-if00 -p 6000
+#ExecStart=/opt/velserv/velserv -d /dev/ttyACM0 -p 6000
+ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "/bin/touch /var/log/velserv.log"
+ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "/bin/echo Velserv Started $(date) >> /var/log/velserv.log"
+ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c "/bin/pidof velserv >> /var/log/velserv.log"
+ExecStop=/bin/kill $MAINPID
+TimeoutSec=0
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+StandardOutput=journal+console
+StandardError=journal+console
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/velserv.sh b/velserv.sh
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+cd /opt/velserv
+./velserv -d /dev/ttyACM0 -p 6000
+
+# verbose output, add or remove v at end for different levels of output
+# can be run without any switches. ./velserv
+#sudo sh ./velserv -d /dev/ttyACM0 -p 6000 -vvvvvv
diff --git a/velserv_setup.sh b/velserv_setup.sh
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+sudo mkdir /opt/velserv
+cd /opt/velserv
+sudo wget http://www.mdar.co.uk/dl/velserv1.5.zip
+sudo apt-get install gcc unzip build-essential
+sudo unzip velserv1.5.zip
+sudo gcc -o velserv velserv.c -lpthread
+sudo ln -s /opt/velserv/velserv.service /etc/systemd/system/velserv.service
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable velserv.service
+sudo systemctl start velserv.service
+systemctl status velserv
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