10. NexLog Access Bridge

MediaWorks DX™ can be used to access recordings across multiple recorders at once using NexLog Access Bridge (NAB). With NAB, NexLog Recorders can be bridged together to allow access to media across systems from one instance of MediaWorks DX™, and if the same User & Password is used across systems, one log in. For example, one system can be a dedicated screen recorder, and another can record related phone calls, and both sets of recording can be browsed and played back at the same time, from the same MediaWorks DX™ window.

NexLog Access Bridge requires a NAB License on the primary recorder and a MediaWorks DX™ license on each of the source recorders.

10.1. Connection Information

The Connection Information window shows you all the NexLog systems and archives that are currently configured or available to connect to at this moment. This includes all configured NexLog Access Bridges and all Archives attached to the base system and put into Playback mode via the Browse button the Front Panel or from the Archives page of Configuration Manager.

You can access Connection Information by selecting Connection Information from the View menu. If you turn on Show Connection Icon, a small Connection Icon will show up next to the user name in the upper right and you can click on it to bring up the Connection Information window at any time. The column headers are Recorder Name, Username, Serial, Status, Location, Ping(s), Connect Now, and Connect on Startup.

Connection Information Window

Fig. 10.1 Connection Information Window

Most of the headers are self-explanatory: for example, Recorder Name and Serial are the name and serial of the configured recorder. The Username is the user name you are currently logged in to this source as. The Location is the IP address of this recorder. Status and Ping(s) are interesting because you can click on any entry under this field and get more information: a list of the previous statuses and the previous ping durations. In the example below, you can see the connection history of a recorder that was improperly configured (the wrong serial number was entered in the NAB config page) and succeeded after being reconfigured (the correct one was entered.)

Connection Information Status History

Fig. 10.2 Connection Information Status History

Connect Now and Connect on Startup allow you to manage your connections to bridges and archives. If Connect Now is unchecked, you are disconnected from the source (and Status should then say Disconnected or Unavailable.)

If Connect on Startup is checked, an attempt will be made to log in to that source whenever MWP on the base recorder is logged into by this user. If the user credentials for the base recorder are not valid on the source, there will be a prompt to log in with a different name and password.

When there is a problem with a connection, you will be prompted with a warning detailing why, and then given the option to Login, Ignore, and Logout. If, however you also have unsaved incidents or evaluations, it will prompt you just to Login or Logout.

Login will prompt you for credentials to log in with; if you were already logged in as a specific user, you will be required to log in as that user, to maintain continuity of permissions during this session.

Ignore will cancel the attempt to connect to this source. If you want to, you will then have to manually re-connect via the Connection Information window.