McLaneTerm, the terminal emulation program developed by McLane, recently demonstrated the power of its remote connection tool when McLane instruments in Antarctica successfully connected with McLane engineers in East Falmouth, MA.
The remote connection was established from a McMurdo station Long-Term Ecological Research (MCM LTER) site during preparation for an upcoming deployment under the ice that included McLane ITP, RAS , and PPS instruments.
Connecting our engineers to McLane instruments in Antarctica reinforced the capabilities of this remote access tool. McLaneTerm has previously been used to connect McLane engineers to McLane instruments in closer locales. So far, Antarctica is the furthest remote connection that has been established.
“McMurdo Team technicians in Antarctica were doing their due diligence to make sure McLane engineers could connect remotely with McLane instruments if verification of instrument settings was needed for the deployment,” says McLane GM Jon Mogul. “A technician at McMurdo station in Antarctica used McLaneTerm to connect with a sampler in our office to simulate a remote access session where our engineers on Cape Cod could control multiple instruments located in Antarctica right up to deployment under the ice.”
McLaneTerm can be installed on computers with Windows and Mac platforms (Windows® 7 or higher / Mac OS X version 10.7 (Lion) or higher). The software can be used with both current and older McLane instruments. Installing McLaneTerm on a local computer also provides a simple way perform firmware updates.
McLaneTerm software is provided to McLane customers on the USB drives with their instrument, and can be downloaded from our website. Contact us if you have any questions on McLaneTerm and your instrument.
