From 6171f1af27832b2b5886564422b21c20de1216c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ch3 <ch3@mailbox.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:48:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] readme: add comment on version and repl

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 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be712ef99d..87a7f8170c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Please transfer all .py files in python_payload/ for using the demo payload.
 
 ## How to install dependencies
 
+Pay attention to install version 4.4. Other versions (specifically 5.x) did not work. To be sure follow the generic instructions below.
+
 ### Generic
 
 1. install esp-idf v4.4:
@@ -108,8 +110,12 @@ $ # or
 $ screen /dev/ttyACM0
 $ # or (will eat newlines in REPL, though)
 $ idf.py -p /dev/ttyACM0 monitor
+$ # or
+$ mpremote repl /dev/ttyACM0
 ```
 
+and press Ctrl-C (potentially twice) to exit the debug output.
+
 ### Use CMake
 
 `idf.py` calls cmake under the hood for most operations. If you dislike using wrappers you can do the same work yourself:
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