Multi-Tech Systems FF120, FF420, FF820, FF220 manual Automated Routing Mode Manual Routing Mode

		Appendix C: Example Systems
	FaxFinder Operating Modes
Automated Routing Mode		Manual Routing Mode
	PSTN	PSTN

T1 Line

POTS Lines

Inbound Faxing:

Email attachments are sent directly to recipients.

PBX

Station Ports

FaxFinder

Outbound Faxing:

Users set FaxFinder as printing destination in application program. Then ‘print-to-FaxFinder.’

FaxFinder

Inbound Faxing:

Email attachments are sent to Attendant(s) and forwarded to recipients.

. . .	Inbound	Outbound	Outbound	Inbound	. . .
	Faxes	Faxes	Faxes	Faxes
		Ethernet	Ethernet
		LAN	LAN
			Attendant(s)

For outgoing faxes, the FaxFinder works the same in both Automated Routing Mode and Manual Routing Mode. Each client must be ‘registered’ with the FaxFinder Server unit. To send a fax, the client/user ‘prints to FaxFinder’ from an application program. That is, the client/user picks the FaxFinder as the destination printer in a particular application program and then prints the document to send the fax.

In the remainder of this chapter, we introduce our fictitious sample FaxFinder systems. First, we show the server software parameters that must be set for this simple system. Next we show two pairs of illustrations about fax reception and fax transmission. In the first pair, we show what happens in the FaxFinder system when a fax is received, from both server and client perspectives. In the second pair, we show what happens when a fax is sent. The server perspective comes first. We then show sending from the client perspective along with a setup for that client. We briefly explain each step of the process. Finally, we show how the FaxFinder assembles the components of the fax message for the convenience of the user.

For simplicity, we use an FF420 unit and employ only two of its ports.

These illustrations explain how the FaxFinder system fits into your Ethernet network and what client users will encounter when they begin to use the FaxFinder Client software.

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