diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/commands.tex b/mote/v2/docs/manual/commands.tex
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/mote/v2/docs/manual/commands.tex
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+% Alter some LaTeX defaults for better treatment of figures:
+    % See p.105 of "TeX Unbound" for suggested values.
+    % See pp. 199-200 of Lamport's "LaTeX" book for details.
+    %   General parameters, for ALL pages:
+    \renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.9}	% max fraction of floats at top
+    \renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8}	% max fraction of floats at bottom
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+    \setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
+    \setcounter{totalnumber}{2}     % 2 may work better
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+    \renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.07}	% allow minimal text w. figs
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diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/installing.tex b/mote/v2/docs/manual/installing.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b73360f
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+++ b/mote/v2/docs/manual/installing.tex
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+\chapter{Installing}
+
+This is a placeholder for a real, yet-to-be-written installation guide.
diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/makefile b/mote/v2/docs/manual/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b077aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v2/docs/manual/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+BOOK=manual
+
+pdf:
+	pdflatex -halt-on-error $(BOOK).tex
+	pdflatex -halt-on-error $(BOOK).tex
+
+view: pdf
+	evince $(BOOK).pdf	
+
+clean:
+	rm *.aux *.out *.toc *.log *.pdf
diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/manual.tex b/mote/v2/docs/manual/manual.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..954f675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v2/docs/manual/manual.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+\include{preamble}
+\include{commands}
+
+\title{
+    The Fluksometer Manual\\
+    \textit{Installing, Troubleshooting, Hacking}
+}
+\author{Bart Van Der Meerssche}
+\date{May 2011}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\frontmatter
+
+\maketitle
+
+\tableofcontents
+
+\include{preface}
+
+\mainmatter
+
+%\include{introduction}
+\include{installing}
+%\include{troubleshooting}
+%\include{hacking}
+%\include{contributing}
+
+\appendix
+
+\end{document}
diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/pastie.sty b/mote/v2/docs/manual/pastie.sty
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8cf041
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+
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diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/preamble.tex b/mote/v2/docs/manual/preamble.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..892956f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v2/docs/manual/preamble.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+\documentclass{book}
+\usepackage{iwona,palatino}
+\usepackage{pastie}
+\usepackage[
+    pdftitle={The Fluksometer Manual: Installing, Troubleshooting, Hacking},
+    pdfauthor={Bart Van Der Meerssche},
+    pdfsubject={The Fluksometer Bible.},
+    pdfkeywords={Flukso, monitoring, energy},
+    bookmarks, bookmarksopen,
+    pdfstartview=FitH,
+    colorlinks,linkcolor=blue,citecolor=blue,
+    urlcolor=red,
+]{hyperref}
+\usepackage{float}
+\usepackage{fancybox}
+\usepackage{fancyvrb}
+\usepackage{color}
+\usepackage{parskip}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage{listings}
+\parskip 7.2pt
+
+\lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily,
+upquote=true,
+breaklines=true,
+postbreak=\raisebox{0ex}[0ex][0ex]{\ensuremath{\hookrightarrow}},
+breakatwhitespace=true
+}
+
+% taken from http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/bibliog/latex/floats.html
+% Alter some LaTeX defaults for better treatment of figures:
+% See p.105 of "TeX Unbound" for suggested values.
+% See pp. 199-200 of Lamport's "LaTeX" book for details.
+%   General parameters, for ALL pages:
+\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.9}	% max fraction of floats at top
+\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8}	% max fraction of floats at bottom
+%   Parameters for TEXT pages (not float pages):
+\setcounter{topnumber}{2}
+\setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
+\setcounter{totalnumber}{4}     % 2 may work better
+\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{2}    % for 2-column pages
+\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{0.9}	% fit big float above 2-col. text
+\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.07}	% allow minimal text w. figs
+%   Parameters for FLOAT pages (not text pages):
+\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}	% require fuller float pages
+% N.B.: floatpagefraction MUST be less than topfraction !!
+\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{0.7}	% require fuller float pages
+
+% remember to use [htp] or [htpb] for placement
diff --git a/mote/v2/docs/manual/preface.tex b/mote/v2/docs/manual/preface.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f6fd1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v2/docs/manual/preface.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+\chapter{Preface}
+
+This is a placeholder for a real, yet-to-be-written preface.