Muratec M880, M840, M860 manual Regular Polling, Database Polling

Beyond the Basics

Polling

Polling lets you retrieve a page or document from another fax machine. (For example, use polling anytime you need to receive a fax and don’t want the source to pay for the phone call. With polling, you pay for the call and get the information you need.) You can perform either regular polling or database polling.

•Regular polling ---- Retrieve a document physically waiting in the remote machine.

•Database polling ---- possible only if you’re in communication with a memory- equipped Muratec fax machine ---- involves polling of a document which is stored as a file in the remote fax machine’s memory. This is great for always being able to retrieve someone else’s latest price list, current resume or even perhaps your grandchildren’s newest “refrigerator art”!

Regular Polling

To perform regular polling of a document from any remote fax machine:

1.Make sure:

•The remote fax operator has a document stored in his/her fax machine’s feeder, ready to be polled.

•There’s no document in your fax machine’s feeder.

2.Press program, 2.

Polling

3.Press mode/enter, 2.

Polling Rx

4.Press mode/enter.

5.Enter the fax number of the machine from which you’ll be polling the document. You may use a one-touch key or a speed-dial number, or simply enter the number using the numeric keypad.

Note: To enter a speed-dial number, press speed dial and the desired two- digit speed-dial number.

To begin polling now, skip to step 7. To perform delayed regular polling, go to stop 6.

6.To perform delayed regular polling, press program. Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time when your fax machine should do the delayed

regular polling. If you want to change just one number in date or time, use the one-touch key a to move backward (leftward) in the sequence. Use the one- touch key b to move forward (rightward).

Time: 24, 12:50

7. Press start.

Note: If you will perform delayed regular polling or the remote fax is busy,

you will see the asterisk (*) before the date in the display (see following). Then your fax will automatically attempt the call (again).

Fax Ready *10:16

If you want to cancel the command, use the Canceling a delayed Command function (see page 2.10).

Database Polling

To perform database polling:

1.Make sure:

•The remote fax machine is a memory-equipped Muratec (or Murata) fax machine with a file stored in its memory, available for you to poll.

•You know the one- or two-digit file number of each database file you wish to poll.

•There’s no document in your fax machine’s feeder.

2.Press program, 2.

Polling

3.Press mode/enter, 3.

DB Polling

4.Press mode/enter.

File No. :

5.Enter the database file number or numbers for the information you want to retrieve. You can specify just one file for database polling.

File No. : 20

When you’re done, press mode/enter.

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