Comrex BRIC-Link User manual
Product Manual
BRIC-Link •January 2020
BRIC-Link Manual
HTML5
Comrex has been building reliable, high quality broadcast equipment since 1961. Our products are used daily in
every part of the world by networks, staons and program producers.
Every product we manufacture has been carefully designed to funcon awlessly, under the harshest condions,
over many years of use. Each unit we ship has been individually and thoroughly tested.
Comrex stands behind its products. We promise that if you call us for technical assistance, you will talk directly with
someone who knows about the equipment and will do everything possible to help you.
You can contact Comrex by phone at 978-784-1776. Our toll free number in North America is 1-800-237-1776.
Product informaon along with engineering notes and user reports are available on our website www.comrex.com.
Our email address is info@comrex.com.
All equipment manufactured by Comrex Corporaon is warranted by Comrex against defects in material and
workmanship for one year from the date of original purchase, as veried by the return of the Warranty Registraon
Card. During the warranty period, we will repair or, at our opon, replace at no charge a product that proves to
be defecve, provided you obtain return authorizaon from Comrex and return the product, shipping prepaid, to
Comrex Corporaon, 19 Pine Road, Devens, MA 01434 USA. For return authorizaon, contact Comrex at 978-784-
1776 or fax 978-784-1717.
This Warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by accident or misuse or as the result of service or
modicaon performed by anyone other than Comrex Corporaon.
With the excepon of the warranes set forth above, Comrex Corporaon makes no other warranes, expressed
or implied or statutory, including but not limited to warranes of merchantability and tness for a parcular
purpose, which are hereby expressly disclaimed. In no event shall Comrex Corporaon have any liability for indirect,
consequenal or punive damages resulng from the use of this product.
I. INTRODUCTION
ApplICATIONs
AUDIOCODINg
TRANsmIssIONmODesANDDelAy
swITChbOARDseRveR
Switchboard
Switchboard
Note:
CROsslOCk
CrossLock
CrossLockSwitchboard
CrossLock
CrossLock
HotSwap, which is a feature of CrossLock that
CrossLockprimarysecondary in
ADDITIONAlFeATURes
HTML5
1 -
AES3 stereo digital audio for input.
2 - Accepts professional level, balanced analog audio.
3 -
AES3 stereo digital audio for output.
4 - Delivers professional level, balanced analog audio.
5
6 - Provides for 4 contact closure triggers, and 4 open-drain style contact clo-
sure outputs.
7 -
8 -
DC @ 1 A.
4 5 6 7 8
9
9
on ).
10
11
12
13
1
2 Tip - Balanced Audio +
3
1
2 AES3 +
3 AES3 -
The
adapter cables should have the proper pinning.
Pin #
Analog
Analog
Disabled
6-7
8
1
2 once
3
4 once.
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iii. QUICK START-MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH BRIC-LINK
This secon skips over many of the details concerning the conguraon of remote connecons with BRIC-Link, and
focuses instead on the minimum informaon needed to establish a connecon. BRIC-Link connecons with the use
of the Switchboard server will be covered.
MORE ABOUT PROFILES
Refer to Page 31 for more informaon about creang proles on BRIC-Link. Proles, once created, can be assigned
to any remote connecon on the Connecons page. BRIC-Link ships with several popular proles pre-programmed
by default, and has the ability to create custom proles. For the purposes of this Quick Start, use the system default
prole, which won’t require changes to the factory default sengs. This factory-default prole uses the Opus mono
encoder in both direcons of the link.
LOGGING IN
Aer determining the IP Address of the BRIC-Link, open any computer’s web browser on the same network as
BRIC-Link. Type the IP address in the browser URL to navigate to the BRIC-Link’s web interface. Log in to BRIC-Link
with any user name and, if it has not been changed, the default password “comrex” (lowercase).
FIGURE 3 WEB INTERFACE LOGIN
MAKING SWITCHBOARD CONNECTIONS
On the Web Interface, select the “Connecons” Tab. This Tab will populate with a list of available remote codecs to
call. When the BRIC-Link is “synced” with Switchboard, connecons to other codecs in a user’s Switchboard account
are simple. Go to the lisngs on the boom that appear with a “Gear” icon on the le side. Any units with a Green
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Gear icon are available for Switchboard connecons. Highlight them and select the “Connect” buon on the right
side of the screen to iniate a connecon.
FIGURE 4 SWITCHBOARD CONNECTIONS ICONS
RECEIVING INCOMING CONNECTIONS
By default, BRIC-Link is set to automacally answer incoming calls, whether or not Switchboard is used to make
them. Incoming calls will appear in your connecons list while they are acve. They can be disconnected locally by
highlighng them and clicking “Disconnect”.
FIGURE 5 ACTIVE SWITCHBOARD CONNECTION
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Firmware updates for the BRIC-Link should be handled using Comrex , a Windows- and MAC
OS-executable program that can be downloaded from the Comrex website. can also be used for
license installaon and IP conguraon.
Please note: In order to congure a BRIC-Link unit for the rst me (without knowing the unit’s IP address),
must be run on a computer located on the same network (e.g. physical LAN connecon) as the unit itself.
If this is not possible, an Ethernet crossover connecon between the BRIC-Link and a computer should be used for
conguraon.
As shown in 6, running the and clicking the “” buon will produce a list of all Comrex
devices found on the LAN. If the default password has changed, will prompt for the password to
BRIC-Link aer the scan.
shows the four tabs that appear on the right-hand pane aer has logged in. The fourth
tab is labelled . This will open a simplied setup interface on the BRIC-Link called . The
interface allows for conguraon of several opons including the Ethernet port. Log in to with a
username (any) and password (default = ) to enter the .
Once logged into , choose the opon and then choose . Choose
the Ethernet port that appears in the list, which will look like .
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Generally, it is recommended to congure the Ethernet port of a BRIC-Link for a stac IP. This will facilitate access
to the with a browser and allow for easier conguraon of routers or rewalls (if necessary).
If the BRIC-Link is to be installed on a managed LAN, Comrex recommends consulng with the IT services provider
about obtaining a stac IP address.
As menoned in the previous secon, the BRIC-Link is congured for by default. This means that it tries to
extract an unused IP address from the network router upon boong. To change the Ethernet IP addressing to ,
select the “” locaon at the boom of the list and change the “” to . The system will prompt a
list of stac sengs as shown in (on the following page).
As can be seen in the stac IP address, the Netmask, the Gateway Address, and at least one DNS Server
Address must be congured in the proper elds to set a stac IP address. Once that informaon has been inpued,
click the “” buon and select to have the BRIC-Link accept and acvate the new Ethernet
sengs. Note that if the IP sengs of the Ethernet port have been changed, the connecon to the
interface will no longer work. Click the “” buon on to re-sync with the new IP address.
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