Method and system for controlling a back-up network adapter in a local collection facility from a remote facility

A system comprising:

• a local collection facility comprising;
• a plurality of receivers receiving a plurality of channel signals;
• a plurality of encoders generating a first plurality of encoded signals from the plurality of channel signals;
• a multiplexer multiplexing the first plurality of encoded signals at a multiplexer to form first multiplexed signals;
• an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch forming a primary ATM circuit between the local collection facility and a remote facility;
• an ATM network adapter forming first ATM cells from the multiplexed signals and communicating the first ATM cells to the remote facility through the primary ATM circuit and the ATM switch;
• and
• a remote facility comprising a monitoring system generating control signals to tear down the primary ATM circuit and communicating the control signal to tear down the primary ATM circuit to the local collection facility,
• said ATM switch tearing down the primary ATM circuit in response thereto;
• said multiplexer multiplexing a second plurality of encoded signals at the multiplexer to form second multiplexed signals;
• said ATM network adapter and said ATM switch forming a secondary ATM circuit between the local collection facility and the remote facility and forming secondary ATM cells from the second multiplexed signals, and communicating the secondary ATM cells to the remote facility through the secondary ATM circuit;
• and
• said remote facility generating an output signal at the remote facility in response to the secondary ATM cells.