Here is a quick start guide that may help. First download a torrent file, say /home/tc/myfile.torrent. Then open up btpd:
$ btpd -p 12345 --bw-out 200 --max-peers 40
That will start the btpd process on port 12345, limit outgoing bandwidth to 200kB/s, and limit the number of peers to 40. Now to download the file.
$ btcli add -d myfile.torrent.d /home/tc/myfile.torrent
Will download the torrent and start seeding. Adding --no-start to the options will download but not start the torrent. To stop btpd, use the command "killall btpd".
I will add these instructions to the info file, as well as a link to a complete manual for all the options.