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# Adding Transcoding Unit

> **Applies to:** SBC 3.1, 3.3

**To add a transcoding unit:**

1- Click **Hardware Units** in the navigation panel

![AddTranscodingHardware Tsbc 0](https://docs.telcobridges.com/w/images/e/e7/AddTranscodingHardware_Tsbc_0.png)

2- Click **Create New Unit**, to add a new hardware device

![Hardware 1 A](https://docs.telcobridges.com/w/images/e/e9/Hardware_1_A.png)

3- Enter information for the following parameters:

* Enter a **name** for the hardware device
* Enter the **serial number** of the new hardware device (filling in the Serial Number field will cause auto-completion of the field to occur).
* Select **TDM and/or IP** from the Type field.
* Enter the location in which the hardware device is installed.
* Enter a meaningful description about the use or purpose of the hardware device.
* Select **Enabled** from the Target State field.
* Select the type of TDM lines that the hardware device will support.
* Leave the Is N+1 Backup field empty.
* Provide the amount of time in seconds, that the system will wait for calls to complete before shutting down for an upgrade.
* Click **Create**

![AddTranscodingHardware Tsbc 1](https://docs.telcobridges.com/w/images/1/11/AddTranscodingHardware_Tsbc_1.png)

4- Verify that the **Unit was successfully created** message appears, and that the newly added hardware device appears in the **Hardware List**.

![Hardware 4 AA](https://docs.telcobridges.com/w/images/6/65/Hardware_4_AA.png)

### List of Parameters

* [Name](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/name/README.md)
* [Serial Number](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/serial/README.md)
* [Type](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/adapter-type/README.md)
* [Location](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/location/README.md)
* [Description](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/parameter-description/README.md)
* [Target State](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/target-state/README.md)
* [TDM Lines Type](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/tdm-lines-type/README.md)
* [Is N+1 Backup](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/is-n-1-backup/README.md)
* [Graceful Upgrade Timeout](https://github.com/telcobridges-main/tmedia-wiki/tree/main/reference/parameters/graceful-upgrade-timeout/README.md)


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