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How EDS Works
Configuring the EDS Host "Pointer"
Once the EDS Host device has been selected and EDS Host functionality enabled, all other ShareLink
Pro devices must be configured as EDS Clients via PCS.
Once a ShareLink Pro device has been configured as an EDS Client, it begins to "look for" the EDS Host
by using the "pointer" configured via PCS. The "pointer" is either the hostname or IP address of the
EDS Host device.
The default hostname for the EDS Host device is ExtronEDS. When the EDS Host function is enabled for
the first time on a ShareLink Pro device, PCS asks for permission to change the ShareLink Pro device
hostname to ExtronEDS. The purpose is to ease and streamline configuration of EDS.
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When a ShareLink Pro device is configured as an EDS Client device, the default "pointer" is
ExtronEDS. In other words, all ShareLink Pro devices "look for" the EDS Host via DNS lookup using
the default hostname of the EDS Host device which is ExtronEDS by default.
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The latest ShareLink Pro software (Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android), which supports EDS,
always operates as an EDS Client and always looks for the EDS Host device via DNS lookup using
the default hostname of the EDS Host device (ExtronEDS).
NOTES:
• It is not mandatory to use ExtronEDS as the hostname of the EDS Host device. However, it is
highly encouraged since the ShareLink Pro devices and mobile devices running ShareLink Pro
software look for the EDS Host device by trying to resolve the hostname ExtronEDS via DNS
lookup by default.
• The PCS admin may choose to operate the EDS Host device with any hostname they desire.
However, they must configure (via PCS) all other ShareLink Pro devices operating as EDS
Clients to point to the EDS Host using the desired hostname of the EDS Host. The mass
configuration update feature in PCS may be useful in this case.
• For mobile devices running ShareLink Pro software (Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android), the
end user must manually connect to a ShareLink Pro device that has already been configured with
the correct pointer (different from ExtronEDS) to the EDS Host. Once a successful connection
has been made manually the first time, the ShareLink Pro software automatically updates its
pointer to match the pointer in the ShareLink Pro device to which they just connected manually.
Therefore, the next time the ShareLink Pro software is opened, it will point to the correct EDS
Host and present the end user with the new EDS workflow.
EDS Workflow
Once the correct pointer has been configured:
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ShareLink Pro devices operating as EDS Clients establish a secure communication channel with the
EDS Host device and report their connection information to the EDS Host. The EDS Client device
also periodically sends a request to the EDS Host to assign it a new Login Code based on a timer
configured via PCS or at the end of every session (also configured via PCS).
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The EDS Host device stores the connection information and associated Login Code for each EDS
Client device in an internal database.
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Mobile devices operating as EDS Clients (by running ShareLink Pro software) establish a secure
communication channel with the EDS Host device.
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The client devices then present one of two different connection workflows (as instructed by the
EDS Host) to the end user.
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