UNICORN network example

The figure below illustrates how a UNICORN network can be organized:

Below are some comments to the network illustration shown in the figure above.

• PCs 1 and 5 are local stations: they have UNICORN installed and are directly connected to chromatography systems. To have a chromatography system accessible remotely, the local station must be switched on and logged on to the network.

• PCs 2 and 3 are remote stations: they have UNICORN installed but are not directly connected to chromatography systems. Via the network, the remote stations can control the chromatography systems that are connected to the local stations.

• PC 4 does not have UNICORN installed and therefore cannot control any chromatography systems although it is connected to the network.

• The network server does not have UNICORN installed and is not involved in the chromatography control process as such.