Setting the Options for Fax/Tel Mode

If you set Fax/Tel Mode, you can control precisely how the unit handles incoming calls by adjusting the following settings:

Adjust the time the unit takes to check whether a call is from a fax machine or a telephone (RING START TIME setting).

Adjust the length of time the unit rings when the call is a voice call (F/T RING TIME setting).

Set whether the unit switches to receive mode after the ring time set in F/T RING TIME has elapsed (DEFAULT ACTION setting).

nYou can also set these options from the MultiPASS Suite. (1 Software User’s Guide)

What Happens When Fax/Tel Mode is Selected

Type of call

Telephone

 

Fax

 

Fax

 

 

 

Sending document

 

Sending document

 

 

 

manually

 

automatically

Telephone charges begin for the caller.

The unit answers without ringing.*

RING START TIME (Factory default setting = 8 sec.)

F/T RING TIME (Factory default setting = 22 sec.)

The unit listens for the fax tone.

(For 8 sec.)

The fax tone is detected.

The fax tone is not detected.

The unit starts ringing.

If you don’t pick up the handset

(within 22 sec.).

The document is

received automatically.

(The fax tone is detected and the unit switches to receive mode.)

Pick up the handset to talk.

DEFAULT ACTION

Choose between:DISCONNECT

RECEIVE (factory default setting) and DISCONNECT.

The unit disconnects the call.

RECEIVE

(Factory default setting)

Not all fax machines are capable of sending a fax tone. For those cases if you set the DEFAULT ACTION to RECEIVE, the unit switches to receive mode automatically and starts receiving the document. If no document comes in, it disconnects the call after approximately 40 seconds.

* Australia only: After answering, the unit plays “You are connected. Please hold.”

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Receiving Faxes

Chapter 8