# Setting up the outgoing connections on my Edge gateway to my central gateway **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, edge\ **Created:** [December 29, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-the-outgoing-connections-on-my-edge-gateway-to-my-central-gateway/113016 "2025-12-29T23:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Chris\_Bingham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chris\_Bingham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Bingham)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-the-outgoing-connections-on-my-edge-gateway-to-my-central-gateway/113016/2 "2025-12-30T02:31:22Z")
You should only need to establish the connection once. After that, communication is bidirectional. I speculate that your fault is related to creating an outbound connection when you already have an inbound connection established with same gateway, but -disclaimer- I have never tried this myself. I recommend that you always create an outbound connection from the Edge --\> Full gateway, and have only inbound connections (from Edge gateways) at your central gateway. Regarding setting up the remote alarm pipeline, verify that you have correct settings configured for [Remote Gateway Name](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/other-editions/ignition-edge/edge-gateway/configuring-sync-services#main-settings) under **Config \> Data Sync \> Settings**. IIRC, after you set up Edge sync services correctly, you should be able to pick a remote alarm pipeline on any of your tags. If not, you _might_ be blocked due to Service Security settings on the full gateway. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setting-up-the-outgoing-connections-on-my-edge-gateway-to-my-central-gateway/113016)._