Remote monitoring and control

Remote monitoring and control (M&C) systems are designed to control large or complex facilities such as <a href="/facts/Factory/GPIW0snN">factories</a>, <a href="/facts/Power_plant/vYeVY1fD">power plants</a>, <a href="/facts/Network_operations_center/THqMDWsV">network operations centers</a>, <a href="/facts/Airport/KQkDpK1n">airports</a>, and <a href="/facts/Spacecraft/YQqQaUw0">spacecraft</a>, with some degree of <a href="/facts/Automation/3YlF2K5q">automation</a>.
M&C systems may receive data from <a href="/facts/Sensor/RN8SXbjs">sensors</a>, <a href="/facts/Telemetry/Mz9czXTl">telemetry</a> streams, user inputs, and pre-programmed procedures. The software may send <a href="/facts/Telecommand/TUDD9Put">telecommands</a> to <a href="/facts/Actuators/mF9qVJJR">actuators</a>, computer systems, or other devices.
M&C systems may perform <a href="/facts/Closed-loop_control/aIuERpn6">closed-loop control</a>.
Once limited to <a href="/facts/SCADA/nKL6Mfd1">SCADA</a> in industrial settings, remote monitoring and control is now applied in numerous fields, including:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Smart_grid/hR4pu3nH">Smart grids</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Positive_train_control/8cCQMDsA">Positive train control</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Structural_health_monitoring/qLps0trg">Structural health monitoring</a></li>
<li>Pipeline sensors</li>
<li>Patient monitoring</li>
<li>Desktop/server monitoring</li></ul>
While this field overlaps with <a href="/facts/Machine_to_Machine/tdsbXlnr">machine to machine</a> communications, the two are not completely identical.

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Remote monitoring and control