Evolving the System for Remote Control, Configuration and Management

With the advent of high bit Giga bit network, it is easy to access any system/network globally. The development of reconfigurable and field up gradable logic devices enabling the digital system designs to opt for the development of built-in testability, diagnoisabilty of the devices with an application of remote management as the basic feature. The timing systems that were developed by the authors were supplied internationally for the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite data users. As the number is increasing day by day, the authors have developed the remote management function of these systems while providing the built-in test provisions with remote access. The concept of remote management is embedded into the system design with the embedded micro controller and the Xilinx field programmable/updatable feature. After realizing this concept of remote management the systems can be managed remotely for maintenance, trouble shooting and upgradation. The Paper deals with the design concepts that were used in introducing the remote management for all the timing systems as per IRIG (Inter Range Instrumentation Group) format that were developed by the authors at Data Archival & Real Time Systems Division of NRSA, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India