+The upstream source assumes you will use a traditional hard-wired serial
+port, but those are getting rare. Rather than refactor the code, I've just
+made the Debian package always open the device /dev/REG. All you need to
+do is symlink this to whatever your actual serial port is with something like:
+
+ cd /dev
+ ln -s ttyUSB0 REG
+
+The 'port' field in the REG line of the eggrc file will be ignored, so just
+leave it set to '0'.
+
+ - - - - -
+
If the EGG computer is behind a firewall, it must be programmed
to allow UDP packets on port 2510 outgoing packet and UDP port
1105 for an incoming connection.
responds with a "data request" packet, and then the EGG program
will send the data.
- - - - - -
-
-This package is known to compile but not run successfully on at
-least the amd64 architecture. The only architecture it has really
-been tested on is i386... If anyone is sufficiently motivated
-to chase down and fix whatever the problem is, patches would be
-welcomed!