PLI control of remote test board - verilog

Hi all,

I'm sure it has been asked and answered many times, but here we go
again...

I want to do the following:

ncVerilog <-> PLI <-> RPC <-> LAN <-> RPC <-> USB

I am running ncVerilog on a Linux box and want to send simple read and
write commands via PLI to an RPC socket over our company LAN to a PC
running Win2K. The commands are directed to a hardware board with a
USB interface.

I have created PLI before but not to this extent.
I have never messed with RPC.

Can anyone offer examples, web sites, reference material, etc. that
will help me accomplish this task? I tried to Google but there is way
too much chaff to find the wheat...

Thanks so much,

Phil (remove the AAA for my correct email address)