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FLEX-6000 Signature Series – Maestro User Guide

8 SMARTLINK

8.1 SMARTLINK OVERVIEW

Use SmartLink™ with a Maestro connected to the Internet to operate your Flex 6000 Series radio at

a remote location. SmartLink provides authenticated, secure access to the radio over the Internet

at effective data transfer speeds.

It is not necessary to use SmartLink when connecting to radios that are local to Maestro. They will

appear in the Select Radio screen when Maestro is started. Simply tap the desired radio, then tap

the Connect button.

SmartLink has been designed with four main goals in mind: simplicity, security, performance, and

expandability.

Simplicity: For most operators, setting up and using SmartLink will be plug-and-play. Simply

upgrade your radio software to SmartSDR version 2 (or later), create a SmartLink account, register

your radio in your SmartLink account, and enjoy remote access from anywhere with Internet

access. Once a radio is registered, it will appear in SmartSDR’s radio chooser when you are

operating at a remote location just as if SmartSDR were running in the radio’s local area network.

Security: We know that keeping your data and access to your radio secure is of utmost importance.

To ensure this, all communication between SmartSDR clients, radios, and SmartLink servers is

encrypted and authenticated using the TLS protocol (the successor of SSL). SmartLink provides

secure and safe authentication using the latest token-based sign-in methods while still allowing the

flexibility of signing in with Facebook or Google credentials or a username and password of your

choice.

Performance: Our goal is to provide the same level of performance with a SmartSDR SmartLink

connection that operators have come to expect from SmartSDR locally. Although there is a

recommended minimum connection bandwidth, the FLEX-6000 architecture will perform well using

slower Internet connections than other radio architectures.

Expandability: SmartLink is designed to scale as more operators and features are added. Third-

party developers will be able to implement programs on the SmartLink API to bring remote

connectivity to other applications.

FlexRadio Signature FLEX-6000 Series User Manual

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