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Revision as of 16:26, 14 July 2020

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

  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.


OS Viewer Server
Windows
OS X
Linux * TigerVNC * TigerVNC

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).