Trajectories from manipulator control module are streamed to the controller through the supported communication protocol.
The Zarya control module, made in Russia with American financing, was the first part of the space station.
Infrared transmitters in the control module then relay the remote commands to the DVD player or other component.
Usually, it is only necessary to hang the motion detector and plug the control module into a nearby outlet.
A control module resembling a personal computer tower connects to all the usual players and boxes using standard cables.
Often the blame is put on the engine control module, or E.C.M., which tells the transmission what to do.
Bose says the battery in the control module lasts about 16 hours on a full charge.
G.M. said the system's generator control module might malfunction, causing "a gradual loss of battery charge".
The board's investigators found that the replacement rates for the electronic control module approached 30 percent.
The Russian-made, but American-financed, control module, called Zarya, became the first part of the station launched in November 1998.
While the smaller interim control module contains no living quarters or laboratory space like Zvezda, it can stabilize the space station and reboost it to counteract orbital decay.
