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c re a tea n e rg o n o m ic k s ta lla tia n .T h ew
m o tec o n tro tc o m p u te ri sa U n ixw o rk -
s ta tio ns u p p o r t e db yt w oa d d itio n a lX te r m in a ls . N o r m a llyo n eo f th e s eXsta- tio n s isa llo c a b dt ote le s c o p ec o n tro l,
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tics ofth es o ftw a rea rc h ite a u rna rea
d e c o u p lln gofth ec o n k 1 1ta s k s fro mth e
u s e r in k fa c eb y m eanso fad a ta b a se
a n dacom m andh a n d le r .T h ed a t a b a s e
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sb r ie f o v e r v Wi sg iv e nh e r e .T h ed a d -
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a n dw rltea c c e s s .R is re s p o n s ib le fo r
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p ro c e s s e sr e s id in go n
d iffe re n th o s ts .
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te ra c tiv e m o te c o n tr o l, p r o v id in g th e
re m o teu s e r w ithth esam e fu n c tio n a lity
a v a ila b le lo c a lly a tL a S illa .
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sta n d a r d n e tw o rkfa c ilitie s , re m o te s h e ll,
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d is p la ys c ie n tificd a ta .I tta k e sa b o u t
o n ern ln u tet o d is p la ya n im a g e ,fn d e -
p e n d e n to f d e te c to rs lre , inas ta n d a rd
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w a rec o n fig u ra tio n h a sb e e n d e v e lo p e d
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a b let o m a n a g e re m o te o b s e rv a tio n so n
am u lti-te le s c o p e , m u lti-in s tru m e n ts y s -
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a s tro n o m ic a l in - s titu te s , a n d a llo w in g th e m a ln c o n tro l c e n treo f E S O -G a re R In gth e fu ll c o n tro l o f th ere m o te o p e ra tio n s1 4 1 . T h eb a sic th re e -c h a n n e l h a rd w a re c o n fig u ra tio n is
a ls om a in ta in e d fo rs e c o n d le v e l re m o te
o b s m in g .F u ll c o m p a tib ility
w ithth e
R rs tle v e la n d
u s e r fr ie n d lin e s s a re ,o f c o u rs e ,p rw id e d . S in c e m o re th a no n e in s tru m e n t c o u ld b ea c tiv e inth eg e n e ra l
a r c h ite c tu r e ,m u ltip les e c o n d a ry le v e k
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ane a s yw ayt oc o n n e c t th eL A No fth e
firs tle v e l w ithth eL A N o fth e s e c o n d
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C o n tro lIA N ,
c o m p re h e n s iv eo f a ll th eth re e le v e ls , is
thuso b ta in e da llo w in ga n e a s ie r u s eo f
c o m p u tin g fa c ilitie s .F u t u r e e x te n s io no f
th isc h a n n e lto m u ltip les e c o n dle v e ls is
m lgM fw w a rd .
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c h a n n e t,e v e nt fd e -
v o te dt od iffe re n t u s e s ,c a nb e tre a te din
th e sam ew ay, d n e e th e o r ig in a l s ig n a ls
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of a
d is trib u te de n v iro n m e n t.
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v o ic e a n dv ld e oc h a n n e lsd ire c tly c o n -
n e c tz e role v e lw ith
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tip le s e c o n d le v e ls .a d ls trib u tio n b o a rd
fo rs e rla l lin e sh a s tob efo r-n .
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le v e ts i t e s s h o u ld h a v ea b a n d w id tho f a t
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w id th ,th em ain lin kb e tw e e nth ez e ro
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