Lancom Systems 7111 VPN, 8011 VPN manual Sending faxes with LANCAPI

LANCOM 7111 VPN – LANCOM 8011 VPN

Chapter 7: Sending faxes with LANCAPI

7 Sending faxes with LANCAPI

LANCAPI from LANCOM Systems is a special version of the popular CAPI inter- face. CAPI (Common ISDN Application Programming Interface) establishes the connection between ISDN adapters and communications programs. For their part, these programs provide the computers with office communications func- tions such as a fax machine or answering machine.

The main advantages of using LANCAPI are economic. LANCAPI provides all Windows workstations integrated in the LAN (local-area network) with unlim- ited access to office communications functions such as fax machines, answer- ing machines, online banking and eurofile transfer. All functions are supplied via the network without the necessity of additional hardware at each individ- ual workstation, thus eliminating the costs of equipping the workstations with ISDN adapters or modems. All you need do is install the office communica- tions software on the individual workstations.

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With LANCAPI by LANCOM it is possible to send faxes comfortably from your workstation PC, without having connected a fax device. To do so, you need to install several components:

the LANCAPI client. It provides the connection between your worksta- tion PC and the LANCAPI server.

the CAPI fax modem. This tool simulates a fax device on your worksta- tion PC.

the MS Windows fax service. This is the interface between the fax appli- cations and the virtual fax.

The installation of the LANCAPI client is described in the reference manual. This chapter shows the installation of LANCOM CAPI fax modem and MS Windows fax service.

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