Control system, method and computer program for a milking machine

A system (100) for controlling an automatic milking machine (110), the system (100) comprising:

• a control unit (120) configured to operate the automatic milking machine (110);
• a local user interface (130) configured to receive operator-generated instructions, and in response thereto produce and transmit control commands and/or parameter settings to the control unit (120), the local user interface (130) being fixedly arranged at the automatic milking machine (110);
• and
• a communication interface (140) configured to, via a network (150), receive control commands and/or parameter settings,
• wherein the control unit (120) is further configured to:
• receive, via the communication interface (140), a control request (CR1) from a first remote user terminal (161), the control request (CR1) indicating an intention to initiate transmission of control commands and/or parameter settings from the first remote user terminal (161) for controlling the automatic milking machine (110), and
• in response to a reception of the control request (CR1), check if at least one control command and/or parameter setting from a second remote user terminal (162) has been received in the communication interface (140) within a particular interval (P) preceding a point in time (t3) when the control request (CR1) was received, and if so, send, via the communication interface (140), status data (SD2) to the first remote user terminal (161), where said status data (SD2) indicate an identity (ID) of the second remote user terminal (162).