Muratec F-98 OneLine + distinctive ring detection, Other side of the coin being polled

Insert the document.

Beyond the basics

4 To perform the regular polling now, skip to step 8. To perform delayed regular polling, proceed to step 5.

5 Press COM-OPTIONS,ENTER. The LCD will show:

Delayed

Enter Time: 15/17:05

6 Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time when your machine should perform the delayed regular polling.

7 Press ENTER.

8 Press START.

When it performs the polling command, your machine will dial the number and, upon making contact with the other machine, begin receiving the document as if the other machine had placed the call.

The other side of the coin: being polled

Not only can you poll, you can also be polled. To set up a document for regular polling:

1 If your fax machine is set for Tel Ready reception, press AUTO ANSWER to change it to the Auto Answer mode, causing the Auto Answer light to glow.

Important: Your machine can’t be polled if it’s in Tel Ready mode.

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3 Adjust the resolution and contrast if necessary. (Your fax machine will be transmitting to the machine doing the polling.)

4 Press PROGRAM, D, 1, ENTER.

Your fax will scan the document into memory and return to standby mode.

Note: If you want to return to the “Tel Ready” mode after the remote machine has polled your document, press AUTO ANSWER. This will cause the Auto Answer light on the control panel to turn off.

But do this only after you are sure the remote machine has polled your document.

Erasing a stored polling document

To erase a document you’ve stored for regular polling from your machine’s memory,

press PROGRAM, D, 2, ENTER.

Printing a stored polling document

To print, without erasing, a document you’ve stored for regular polling,

press PROGRAM, D, 3, ENTER.

Limiting polling access to your fax machine

Your machine’s closed network setting (see page 2.49) works for polling, as well. If a calling fax doesn’t “present” the proper passcode, it cannot poll from your fax.

Note: However, if you’re using the Block Junk Fax feature (see pages 2.49–2.50), even incoming calls which meet the passcode test must come from appropri- ate phone numbers.

OneLine + distinctive ring detection

It used to be that, to have two phone numbers, you had to have two phone lines, along with the expensive phone equipment that goes with it. But many phone com- panies now offer their customers a special service which makes it possible for one phone line to do the work of two.

With this service, you physically still have one phone line, but electronically, you have two phone numbers. Your phone recognizes these different numbers and rings differently for each one.

For example, this makes it easy for you to have both a business number and a home number on one phone line, so you can answer one with “Jane Doe Consulting,” and the other with “Hello.” You get the idea. This works because you can tell the differ- ence between the distinctive patterns of the two rings.

Your fax machine, too, is smart enough to tell the difference between two different numbers that is ringing it. All you have to do is give it a little help at the beginning and begin to enjoy the benefits of its OneLine + distinctive ring detection (DRD) fea- ture.

In order to use OneLine + DRD, your phone company must set up your distinctive ring service. When it does, it will assign a ring pattern, expressed in time. For example, the standard telephone ring is 2 seconds “on” (ringing) and 4 seconds “off” (silent), after which it repeats itself (hence the term, ring pattern).

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