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SYSTEM MENU
Outbound Connection Menu
A full and detailed description of how to remotely connect to Omnia.7 from a computer via NfRemote software is
found in Chapter 5 but for now, it is sufficient to understand that normally, an instance of NfRemote running on a
remote computer initiates the connection Omnia.7. This is called an “Inbound” connection).
However, there are some situations where it is more appropriate for Omnia.7 to initiate the connection to an
instance of NfRemote on a remote computer. This is called an “Outbound” connection and is accomplished using
Omnia.7’s
Outbound Connection
menu.
One example of how this can be used is for technical support. By creating an outbound connection, you can connect
to the support engineer’s NfRemote computer which in turn allows them to control your Omnia.7.
In such a situation, the support engineer would provide an IP address (or host name) and a port number separated
by a colon (123.45.67.89:7373 for example) in the
Host
field and click the
Connect
button. Because IP addresses
are commonly dynamically allocated, using a host name is the preferred convention.
Up to three outbound connections can be saved for quick recall.
