Muratec F-98 Code communication, Code an introduction, Creating or modifying an F-Code box

Beyond the basics

F-Code communication

F-Code: an introduction

The ITU-T, part of the United Nations agency that maintains international telecom- munications standards (see the Glossary that begins on page 3.17), has now created a fax industry standard for using sub-addressing and password-based communica- tions with not only other Muratec fax machines but also other manufacturers’ machines. One name for this standard is F-Code, and that is what we’ll call it in these instructions and on your machine’s display.

How sub-addressing works: think of a mailroom

If you are new to the concept of sub-addressing, think about how someone receives mail addressed to a department within that person’s company. For example, mail for Accounting gets to the mailroom for the entire company. The Mail Department then routes the mail to Accounting.

That’s the idea behind sub-addressing. Once your fax and another F-Code-compati- ble fax begin their communication, they exchange special F-Code signals to indicate just where the fax really should go. It’s as if the sending fax were saying, “Take this one and deliver it to room 48” and the receiving fax were replying, “48? OK, will do.”

For greater security, you can set up an ITU-T-compatible sub-address and password with F-Code, which lets you use secure transmission and polling in communication with any other fax machine, so long as it, too, uses the F-Code standard from ITU-T.

To use ITU-Tsub-addressing and password features, you must create F-Code boxes in your machine. Your machine can use up to 10 of these boxes. You can store up to 30 documents (not pages) into each F-Code box.

Creating or modifying an F-Code box

The first step to using the F-Code box is to create F-Code boxes in your fax machine. This procedure also lets you modify existing F-Code boxes.

Important: To erase an F-Code box, see “Erasing an empty F-Code box” (page 2.30).

To create or modify an F-Code box:

1 Keep pen and paper with you as you follow this procedure. As you decide on a sub-address and enter it (and, if applicable, a password or I.D. code), write it down. Remember to write down which box goes with which sub-address (and passcode, if applicable). When you’ve completed this procedure, keep the printed record in a safe place.

2 Press PROGRAM, E, 1, ENTER. Depending on whether you already have a name entered for F-Code box 01, the LCD shows:

Select F-Code Box	or	Select F-Code Box
01:No Number Stored		01:NY Branch Office

If this is the F-Code box you want to set, skip to step 4. (However, our sample displays from this point forward will refer to F-Code box 03, rather than F- Code box 01.)

3 Use the numeric keypad to enter the two-digit number (01-10) of the F-Code box you want to create or modify. Here, we’ve entered 0, 3 and see either:

Select F-Code Box	or	Select F-Code Box
03:No Number Stored		03:Muratec America

4 If you change your mind and want to select a different F-Code box, just use the numeric keypad to enter the correct two-digit F-Code box number before going on to step 5.

5 Press ENTER. Your next move depends on whether you’re creating or modify- ing the F-Code box:

If creating — skip to step 7.

If modifying — the LCD asks you to enter the proper I.D. code. Proceed to step

6. The LCD shows:

03:Set F-Code Box Enter I.D. Code:****

6 Use the numeric keypad to enter the proper I.D. code (not the ITU-Tsub- address and not the ITU-Tpassword) and then press ENTER.

Note: If you enter an invalid I.D. code, the fax machine will reject the attempt and abort this operation.

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