Remote control

It is becoming increasingly important for researchers to be able to operate their instruments remotely. Below are some notes that may help in this regard.

Video Conferencing

Solution: Tablets

TBD

1. Initiate a video conference session, either:
   1. Create a Gmail account.
   2. Use Google Hangouts to create a meeting.
2. Or:
   1. Use Google Meet to create a new meeting.
   2. Email the link.

Remote Desktop

Solution: VNC

VNC is a generic cross-platform protocol for remote desktop.

Viewing

Solution: Network Web Cameras

TBD

Data Access

Solution: Linux Shared Network Drives

• Linux system (accessible via SSH, scp, rsync, etc.) that hosts an NFS shared drive to Windows machines (via Samba).