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-pvAccessCPP
-==========
+# pvAccessCPP
 
-pvAccess is a computer communications protocol for control systems, and is a central 
-component of the EPICS software toolkit. pvAccessCPP is the name of the software 
-module which contains the C++ implementation of pvAccess.
+**pvAccess** is a network communications protocol designed for distributed control systems, and is a component of the EPICS software toolkit.
+It is designed to transport serialized data formatted as **pvData** data structures.
+
+The pvAccessCPP module which contains the C++ implementation of pvAccess.
+The pvDataCPP module implements pvData structures as C++ class objects.
 
 
-Further Info
-------------
+## Links
 
-Consult the documents in the documentation directory, in particular
-
-* pvAccessCPP.html
-* RELEASE_NOTES.md
-
-Also see the [EPICS Version 4 website](http://epics-pvdata.sourceforge.net)
-
-Prerequisites
--------------
-
-The pvAccessCPP  requires recent versions of the following software:
-
-1. EPICS Base (v3.14.12.3 or later)
-2. EPICS4 pvCommonCPP (4.1.1 or later)
-3. EPICS4 pvDataCPP (5.0.2 or later)
-
-
-Building
---------
-
-Building uses the make utility and the EPICS base build system.
-
-The build system needs the location of the prerequisites, e.g. by placing the
-lines of the form
-
-    PVCOMMON = /home/install/epicsV4/pvCommonCPP
-    PVDATA = /home/install/epicsV4/pvDataCPP
-    EPICS_BASE = /home/install/epics/base
-
-pointing to the locations in a file called RELEASE.local
-in the configure directory or the parent directory of pvAccessCPP.
-
-With this in place, to build type make
-
-    make
-
-To perform a clean build type
-
-    make clean uninstall
-
-To run the unit tests type
-
-    make runtests
-
-For more information on the EPICS build system consult the
-[Application Development guide](http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/base/R3-14/12-docs/AppDevGuide.pdf).
-
-
-Example Usage
--------------
-This section describes how you can test and demo pvAccess.
-
-A test server is shipped with pvAccessCPP. See the file pvAccessCPP/DEMO for
-examples of usage. To run the server, write a setup script like that above, and
-then use it prior to executing "runTestServer":
-
-    $ ./runTestServer 
-    Starting pvAccess C++ test server...
-    VERSION : pvAccess Server v4.1.1
-    PROVIDER_NAMES : local
-    BEACON_ADDR_LIST : 
-    AUTO_BEACON_ADDR_LIST : 1
-    BEACON_PERIOD : 15
-    BROADCAST_PORT : 5076
-    SERVER_PORT : 5075
-    RCV_BUFFER_SIZE : 16384
-    IGNORE_ADDR_LIST: 
-    STATE : INITIALIZED
-
-Then, another window, you can go through the demos in pvAccessCPP/DEMO. For
-example:
-
-    $ ./bin/$EPICS_HOST_ARCH/pvget testValue
-    testValue                     0
+- General iformation about EPICS can be found at the
+  [EPICS Controls website](https://epics-controls.org).
+- API documentation for this module can be found on its
+  [Github Pages website](https://epics-base.github.io/pvAccessCPP/)