Comrex BRIC-Link II, Product Manual

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APPENDIX D CONNECTIONS TO MULTIRACK
The purpose of this appendix is to describe how to reference the 5 individual codec instances when making
connec ons to Comrex ACCESS Mul Rack.
BRIC NORMAL CONNECTIONS
The Comrex ACCESS Mul Rack allows users to make connec ons from up to 5 separate AES67 codec “instances”.
This requires addi onal setup including the assignment of separate UDP ports for each Mul Rack instance. UDP
9000 is the default port for BRIC Normal connec ons. Instance #1 on Mul Rack will use the UDP 9000 port by
default. Comrex generally recommends that End Users with Mul Rack then use UDP 9002-9005 for instances #2-5
respec vely (these are the system defaults for those instances), leaving UDP 9001 open for CrossLock.
When making Remote entries on BRIC-Link II to connect to a Mul Rack, each instance must have its own separate
entry. For BRIC Normal connec ons, this is done by entering the Public IP Address of the Mul Rack followed by
“:9000” for instance #1, and “:9002”, “:9003”, “:9004, and “:9005” for instances #2-5 respec vely. For example,
Crea ng a BRIC Normal entry for instance #3 on a Mul Rack would read: 99.98.197.196:9003.
MANUAL CROSSLOCK CONNECTIONS
Manual CrossLock connec ons require special con fi gura on op ons on both sides of the link. This primarily
involves programming the Switchboard ID (or primary Ethernet MAC address) for each unit into a Remote entry on
the codec on opposite side of the link. Each unit in the link must have a Remote entry containing the Switchboard
ID (MAC address) of the other unit in order to form a CrossLock connec on.
ACCESS Mul Rack instances #2-5 have special Switchboard IDs consis ng of the primary Ethernet MAC followed by
a “
- x ” su ffi x (e.g., 00:01:A2:B3:C4:D5 -4 for instance #4).
See page 48 for more details on crea ng Manual CrossLock connec ons.
Note: Comrex Devices must be running at least Firmware version 4.5 to designate MAC Address su ffi xes when
making Manual CrossLock Remote Entries.
MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH SWITCHBOARD
In order to use Switchboard, users must fi rst have an account with the server, and codecs must be added to the
account as peers (BRIC-Link II also requires the purchase of a Switchboard Traversal Server license). When adding an
ACCESS Mul Rack to your Switchboard Account, each instance must be added individually as a separate peer. The
primary Ethernet MAC address is used here only for Mul Rack instance #1’s Switchboard ID. Instances 2-5 use the
same MAC address with a su
ffi x (e.g. -2, -3, -4, and -5) added to designate that instance’s Switchboard ID.
As an example, if the primary Ethernet MAC address is 00:01:02:A3:B4:C5, that would be the Switchboard ID input
for Mul Rack instance #1. Instance #2 is added as 00:01:02:A3:B4:C5-2, instance #3 uses -3, etc.
See page 58 for details on se ng up a Switchboard Account.