diff --git a/plugins/metadata.json b/plugins/metadata.json
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+{
+    "type" :            "hardware",
+    "name" :            "ATBVMCPlugin",
+    "longname" :        "VMC hardware control",
+    "version" :         "1.0.0",
+    "dependencies" :    []
+}