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A system and method for accessing and configuring remote systems is disclosed. A home system having a generic interface establishes a connection with a remote system. The home system determines the current configuration of the remote system, such as the installed features and software version. The r

A system and method for accessing and configuring remote systems is disclosed. A home system having a generic interface establishes a connection with a remote system. The home system determines the current configuration of the remote system, such as the installed features and software version. The remote system then provides any necessary configuration logic objects to the home system. The configuration logic objects are associated with the specific feature and software on the remote system. Using the configuration logic objects for a particular remote system, the generic interface provides a list of valid configuration options to the user. The user is thereby able to modify the configuration of the remote system without having to know the specific features and software that are installed on the remote system and without the risk of selecting an invalid configuration. Configuration logic objects may also monitor the configuration options selected by the user and verify that the selected options are valid.

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A system and method for accessing and configuring remote systems is disclosed. A home system having a generic interface establishes a connection with a remote system. The home system determines the current configuration of the remote system, such as the installed features and software version. The r

A system and method for accessing and configuring remote systems is disclosed. A home system having a generic interface establishes a connection with a remote system. The home system determines the current configuration of the remote system, such as the installed features and software version. The remote system then provides any necessary configuration logic objects to the home system. The configuration logic objects are associated with the specific feature and software on the remote system. Using the configuration logic objects for a particular remote system, the generic interface provides a list of valid configuration options to the user. The user is thereby able to modify the configuration of the remote system without having to know the specific features and software that are installed on the remote system and without the risk of selecting an invalid configuration. Configuration logic objects may also monitor the configuration options selected by the user and verify that the selected options are valid. 02/071; US-6449570, 20020900, Wilstrup et al., 702/069; US-6449584, 20020900, Bertrand et al., 702/180; US-6529842, 20030300, Williams et al., 702/066 includes the step of bursting sheets from the web supply. 9. A method for feeding sheets as recited in claim 7 wherein the step of supplying individual sheets further includes the step of cutting sheets from the web supply. 10. A method for feeding sheets as recited in claim 7 wherein the step of supplying individual sheets further includes the step of supplying sheets from a supply of individual sheets disposed substantially adjacent one another on a sheet supply paper deck. 11. A method for feeding sheets as recited in claim 7 wherein the step of supplying individual sheets further includes the step of supplying individual sheets disposed substantially atop one another to the stacking device. 12. A method for feeding sheets as recited in claim 1 wherein the feeding step includes feeding the individual sheets to a sheet accumulating device for accumulating a predetermined number of sheets. 13. The method for feeding sheets as recited in claim 1 wherein the step of feeding further includes feeding from the sheet stack individual sheets wherein the individual sheets can be fed in groups comprising of one or more sheets whereby each sheet in a group is in seriatim with one another and each sheet is separated from one another by a first predetermined distance. 14. A method as recited in claim 13, wherein the feeding step further includes the step of separating each sheet group from one another by a second predetermined distance. 15. A method as recited in claim 13, wherein the feeding step includes the step of feeding each sheet with a rotating feed drum. 16. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the rotating feed drum is constantly rotating. 17. A method as recited in claim 16, further including the step of drawing a vacuum in the feed drum for causing a sheet to adhere against the rotating feed drum. 18. A method as recited in claim 16, further including the step of rotating an inner valve cylinder rotatably disposed within the feed drum between an actuated position for causing a vacuum to be drawn in the feed drum such that a sheet adheres against the rotating feed drum and a default position for terminating the vacuum being drawn in the feed drum. 19. A method as recited in claim 18, further including the step of providing a constant vacuum source to the inner valve cylinder. 20. A method as recited in claim 13 further comprising the step: accumulating a predetermined number of individual sheets in a sheet collation subsequent to feeding them from the sheet stack. 21. A method as recited in claim 13 wherein the merging step includes the step of center-slitting the paper web having the at least two web portions in side-by-side relationship. 22. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of monitoring the variable out-feed rate includes sensing feeding of sheets from the sheet stacking device with an optical sensor. 23. A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding sheets of paper to an inserter system, the apparatus comprising: a sheet supply device for supplying individual sheets at a controlled supply rate; a sheet stacking device receiving individual sheets from the sheet supplying device, the individual sheets forming a sheet stack in the stacking device; a feeding device for feeding individual sheets from the sheet stack in the stacking device to another device in the inserter system coupled downstream of the sheet stacking device; an out-feed sensor for detecting a variable out-feed rate at which individual sheets are fed from the sheet stack; a stack height monitoring device for sensing a height of the sheet stack; a processor coupled to the out-feed sensor and the stack height monitoring device, the processor programmed to control the controlled supply rate from the sheet supplying device, the processor further being programmed to compare the height of the sheet stack to a predetermined nominal height and adjusting the controlled supply rate as follows: if the height of the sheet stack is greater than the predet