What functionality is being provided by the TPM Server?
TelePresence Mode (TPM), in the context of this site, should be regarded as a graphical user interface to an on-line environment which facilitates the observation and/or operation of a selected imaging and record keeping resources by a remote individual over the Internet. Specifically the term refers collectively to an interface, hardware, and software which facilitates the linking of an person to a TPM resource using a thin WWW client, rather than connecting a process or a computer to a resource. The former might be more accurately be considered an machine-to-machine communication in the sense that a human is completely “out of the loop” during an experiment. Such a computationally mediated or hybrid experiment uses the NEES TeleControl Protocol (NTCP) is within the scope of the collaboratory but not within the context of TPM. The specific functionality provided by the passive TelePresence Mode includes the following functionality: • Interface and display that is intuitive to users us
