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+This is the S2SS, a Simulator 2 Simulator Server
+to connect realtime simulators of TCP/UDP/IP or raw 801.3 Ethernet.
+
+###############################################################################
+#                                                                             #
+#   Use Doxygen to build the documentation by calling "doxygen" in this dir.  #
+#     If you are at the EONERC, you can use the prebuild documentation at:    #
+#                      https://134.130.169.2/doc/s2ss/                        #
+#                                                                             #
+###############################################################################   
+
+Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS)
+EON Energy Research Center (EONERC)
+RWTH University Aachen, Germany
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+Author: Steffen Vogel <steffen.vogel@rwth-aachen.de>
+Date: February 2015
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