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As with any other large accelerator complex in operation today, the beam instrumentation devices and associated data acquisition components for the coming FAIR accelerators will be distributed over a large area and partially installed in inaccessible radiation exposed areas. Besides operation of the device itself, like acquisition of data, it is mandatory to control also the supporting LAN based components like VME/μTCA crates, front-end computers (FEC), middle ware servers and more. Fortunately many COTS systems provide means for remote control and monitoring using a variety of standardized protocols like SNMP, IPMI or iAMT. REMBRANDT is a Java framework, which allows the authorized user to monitor and control remote systems while hiding the underlying protocols and connection information such as ip addresses, user-ids and passwords. Beneath voltage and current control, the main features are the remote power switching of the systems and the reverse telnet boot process observation of FECs. REMBRANDT is designed to be easily extensible with new protocols and features. The software concept, including the client-server part and the database integration, will be presented.
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