A remote console system for balloon borne experiments

A remote console system is developed to improve remote control over experimental apparatus borne on the balloon. The remote console system, residing at a ground station for balloon-borne experiments, sends commands to the apparatus and receives transmissions from it. The system communicates by radio with microcomputers incorporated in the experimental apparatus borne on a balloon, where the microcomputers control the apparatus individually. The system includes plural personal computers and workstations which share the transmissions from the apparatus. The transmissions from the apparatus are formatted in a bit-oriented protocol, which dispenses with a formatter and facilitates interface with the personal computers. The implementation of the system and the communication between the ground station and the balloon-borne apparatus are described.<
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