Manual
If the primary remote is restored and BRIC-Link II can detect a valid signal, it will automacally disconnect the
backup and revert back to the primary remote. To enable , click the “” opon in the
prompt and select Yes ().
Once the remote connecon entry is completed in the Connecons Tab, highlight the remote and select Connect.
When a connecon is aempted, the State column in the connecon table will change to reect the progress of
the connecon (). If the connecon fails, the reason for the connecon failure will be shown in the State
column. When the remote connecon succeeds, the encoder and decoder mode will be reected in the Rx Status/
Tx Status column. To end a connecon, highlight the remote and select Disconnect.
Manual CrossLock connecons require special conguraon opons on both sides of the link. This primarily
involves programming the Switchboard ID for each unit (or primary Ethernet MAC address) into the outgoing
sengs on the codec on opposite side of the link. This process for outgoing calls is described above. What isn’t
menoned is also important: the MAC/Switchboard ID of the outgoing unit must also be programmed into the unit
receiving the call.
Note that if connecng to an ACCESS MulRack, instances #2-5 have special Switchboard IDs consisng of the
primary Ethernet MAC followed by a “-x” sux (e.g., 00:01:0c:c0:78:19-4 for instance #4).
This is done by creang an outgoing connecon describing the far-end unit, even if it is never actually used for
outgoing calls. In the case of this “dummy” entry, it’s not actually important for the IP address eld of the far-end
unit to be correct. The entry must be enabled for CrossLock operaon and it must have the correct Switchboard ID/
MAC address of the far-end unit.
In the special circumstance where the default CrossLock port of UDP 9001 can not be used (e.g. several BRIC-Link II
codecs sharing a single IP address), then manual CrossLock connecons get extra complex. For more informaon on
these sengs, refer to the Technote “Making CrossLock connecons on non-standard Ports” on www.comrex.com.
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