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When connecons are added to the list manually, we call them “remote entries,” or “remotes” for short.To create a
new remote connecon, click on the “Plus Sign” (+) on the right of the screen (1 in 31) to 
. This will bring up a dialogue box where a new remote’s parameters may be dened (31).
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Choose a name for the remote (e.g. WXYZ), followed by the IP address of the remote. If there’s a non-standard port
being used on the receiving codec (e.g. MulRack instances #2-5), you’ll need to apply it here aer the IP address (e.g.
192.168.7.23:9004). This is parcularly true when connecng to an ACCESS MulRack, where each instance beyond
instance #1 at UDP 9000, i.e., instances #2-5, will be congured to a dierent UDP that must be directed to in a new
remote entry.
Choose whether this connecon will use the CrossLock protecon layer. For manual connecons, this requires special
conguraon on each end of the link to authorize CrossLock between the codecs. See the secon below about special
notes for CrossLock connecons.
The Switchboard ID eld is only required when using the CrossLock funcon without the Switchboard server. For
most codecs, this is the primary Ethernet MAC address of the far-side codec. If you are at Firmware 4.5 and newer
and connecng to an ACCESS MulRack instance, you may need an addional step. Add the instance number sux
as a “-x” to the end of the unit’s Switchboard ID (MAC Address) to designate the instance ID (e.g. Instance 4 as:
00:01:0c:c0:78:12-4).
The Connecon Password funcon can be used to lter incoming connecons. With this funcon, aempted incoming
connecons will be rejected without the proper case-sensive password. For outgoing connecons, the password is
entered when the remote is created during the Add New Remote process. For incoming connecons, the password is
set on the System Sengs tab. There is no way to retrieve a forgoen password. The only way to address a forgoen
password is to change it.
Remotes require selecon of a codec prole as seen in . The BRIC-Link includes several factory proles to
choose from, each of which enables a full-duplex link. Factory-provided proles oer commonly used encoders and
sengs. Depending on use and environment, custom proles can be made in the Prole Manager tab (Figure 40). See
the secon on Prole conguraon for more on this. Once dened on the Prole Manager tab, the new proles will be
available in the Select Prole window and can be assigned to an outbound remote.
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