Network based remote control of multiple satellite teleports

The IBM PS/2s and OS/2 were used to devise a system which allows multiple satellite teleport facilities to be controlled from any computer on the network. Additional sites may be added to an existing system by the addition of the necessary communications lines, additional site computers, and configuration changes. During operation, an operator at any computer on the network can monitor any uplink site and, with sufficient privilege, assume control of a remote system. Thus the operation of a group of uplink terminals may be centralized and the problem of control reduced. The control software is described in detail