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Pair two machines

Switch two Turret installs on the same network so each can start a session on the other.

You have two Turret installs on the same network and want each to see the other's sessions.

1. On both machines, open Settings and the Services tab.
2. Switch Peer Discovery on, on both machines. Each now lists the other in the sidebar.
3. On the first machine, press the sidebar's Peer Discovery row, showing its own PIN.
4. On the second machine, press its own Peer Discovery row, which shows a field for every discovered, unpaired peer. Type the first machine's PIN into the field named for it, then press Pair.

Both machines now list each other's sessions. A single exchange establishes both directions. The first machine records the pairing the moment it accepts the PIN, and the second records its own half as soon as that answer arrives.

A wrong PIN leaves tries remaining, shown under the field. Five wrong tries in a row rotate the PIN and lock pairing on that route for a minute. Read the current PIN again after the lockout passes.

See Settings for the Services tab's Peer discovery field, and the paired-peers list Unpair sits on.