Comrex BRIC-Link Product Manual page 52

SETTING UP YOUR SWITCHBOARD ACCOUNT
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The Switchboard Traversal Server is a service built and maintained by Comrex on the public Internet that provides
users a directory of other users, facilitating connections to devices that would normally have trouble accepting
incoming IP connections. Use of Switchboard is free and comes activated from the factory. Use the instructions in
the user interface chapters of this manual to configure Switchboard on the BRIC-Link unit. The following sections
describe how to set up and configure your Switchboard account online. Note: BRIC-Link requires a Switchboard
Traversal Server License to be used with Switchboard.
Logging in And Setting Up SwitchboArd
In order to use Switchboard, users must first have an account with the server. This account can be obtained by
contacting Comrex at 978-784-1776 / 800-237-1776, or by emailing techies@comrex.com / info@comrex.com.
Only one account is required for each group of codecs. Once a user name and password are provided, navigate to
switchboard.comrex.com in a web browser. When first accessing Switchboard, there will be a notice stating that
no units have been added to the account. Clicking on Add New Unit will open a dialogue box that asks for the
Switchboard ID (Ethernet MAC address) of the BRIC-Link (Figure 35).
FigUre 35 Add new Unit
After inputting each remote's Switchboard ID (MAC address), it will populate in the unit list (Figure 36). At this
point is necessary to break the network connection to the codec (by rebooting it or disconnecting the network
connection for several seconds) in order for the device to properly sync with Switchboard.
FigUre 36 SwitchboArd Unit LiSt
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