Update README and docs

Author: dhoomakethu

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ requirements_file: requirements-docs.txt
 python:
     extra_requirements:
         - twisted
+        - torndo
         - documents
     version: 3.5

README.rst

@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ Client Features
   * Full read/write protocol on discrete and register
   * Most of the extended protocol (diagnostic/file/pipe/setting/information)
   * TCP, UDP, Serial ASCII, Serial RTU, and Serial Binary
-  * asynchronous(powered by twisted) and synchronous versions
+  * asynchronous(powered by twisted/tornado/asyncio) and synchronous versions
   * Payload builder/decoder utilities
+  * Pymodbus REPL for quick tests 
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 Server Features
@@ -93,6 +94,18 @@ trace them. I get a lot of email and sometimes these requests
 get lost in the noise: http://groups.google.com/group/pymodbus or 
 at gitter:  https://gitter.im/pymodbus_dev/Lobby
 
+------------------------------------------------------------
+Pymodbus REPL (Read Evaluate Procee Loop)
+------------------------------------------------------------
+Starting with Pymodbus 2.x, pymodbus library comes with handy
+Pymodbus REPL to quickly run the modbus clients in tcp/rtu modes.
+
+Pymodbus REPL comes with many handy features such as payload decoder 
+to directly retrieve the values in desired format and supports all
+the diagnostic function codes directly .
+
+For more info on REPL refer  `Pymodbus REPL <pymodbus/repl/README.md>`_
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 Installing
 ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -104,15 +117,18 @@ permissions or a virtualenv currently running)::
     easy_install -U pymodbus
     pip install  -U pymodbus
 
-To Install pymodbus with twisted support run
-.. code-block:: python
+To Install pymodbus with twisted support run::
+
     pip install -U pymodbus[twisted]
 
-To Install pymodbus with tornado support run
+To Install pymodbus with tornado support run::
 
-.. code-block:: python
     pip install -U pymodbus[tornado]
 
+To Install pymodbus REPL::
+
+    pip install -U pymodbus[repl]
+
 Otherwise you can pull the trunk source and install from there::
 
     git clone git://github.com/bashwork/pymodbus.git

doc/index.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Welcome to PyModbus's documentation!
 
    readme.rst
    changelog.rst
+   repl.rst
    source/example/modules.rst
    source/library/modules.rst
 

doc/repl.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Pymodbus REPL
+=============
+
+.. mdinclude:: ../pymodbus/repl/README.md

doc/source/library/pymodbus.repl.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+pymodbus\.repl package
+==========================
+
+.. automodule:: pymodbus.repl
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+
+Submodules
+----------
+
+pymodbus\.repl\.client module
+-----------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: pymodbus.repl.client
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+pymodbus\.repl\.completer module
+-----------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: pymodbus.repl.completer
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+pymodbus\.repl\.helper module
+-----------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: pymodbus.repl.helper
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+
+
+pymodbus\.repl\.main module
+-----------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: pymodbus.repl.main
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:

doc/source/library/pymodbus.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Subpackages
     pymodbus.framer
     pymodbus.internal
     pymodbus.server
+    pymodbus.repl
 
 
 Submodules