  We propose a framework to develop cyber solutions to support the remote
steering of science instruments and measurements collection over
instrument-computing ecosystems. It is based on provisioning separate data and
control connections at the network level, and developing software modules
consisting of Python wrappers for instrument commands and Pyro server-client
codes that make them available across the ecosystem network. We demonstrate
automated measurement transfers and remote steering operations in a microscopy
use case for materials research over an ecosystem of Nion microscopes and
computing platforms connected over site networks. The proposed framework is
currently under further refinement and being adopted to science workflows with
automated remote experiments steering for autonomous chemistry laboratories and
smart energy grid simulations.
