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+XION Arcade WEMO-Enabled Control Panel
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+
+This is an iPad application designed for remote control of XION Arcade devices.
+The app is designed for XION but could work with any WEMO-enabled household by
+changing only one line of code.
+
+The control panel is powered by the server-side client application called
+[Ouimeaux](http://ouimeaux.readthedocs.org). The application talks to any
+Ouimeaux server instance that is running and uses this to retrieve device
+information and to toggle devices on the network.
+