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Programming regular and database polling

Note: To erase a programmable one-touch key, refer to page 2.70.
Note: For database polling to work, three things must b e tr ue:
• The remote fax must be a memory-equipped Muratec fax ( oth er th an an
F-76, F-85 or F-86) with a file stored in its database memory and ready
for polling.
• The database file which you’re polling must exist on the remote fax.
• You must know the one- or two-digit file number for each databas e file
you wish to poll.
Note: You cannot program continuous polling into a programmable one-touch
key. For more information on continuous polling, see page 2.32.
To program a polling operation, whether regular or database, into a programmable
one-touch key:
1. Change to the Fax mode then press PROGRAM, C, 1, ENTER. The display
either shows:
Select Program No.
73:No Number Stored
. . . or indicates a command already is programmed into this key.
If 73 is the key you want to program, skip to step 4. (However, our
examples from here will say “76” rather than “73.”
2. Select the key in which you want to program a command or change a
previously stored command — if n eces s ar y, turn the fliptab to see it, as
described earlier — and then press it. H er e, w e’ve selected 76.
Select Program No.
76:No Number Stored
3. If you change your mind and wish to select a different programmable one-
touch key, go back to step 2 before going on to step 4.
4. Press ENTER. The display now shows either:
76:Fax Number
_or 76:Fax Number
9-5557312_
5. Use the numeric keypad to enter the number exactly as your machine
should dial it, including whatever codes your phone system may require.
The number can be up to 40 characters in length:
76:Fax Number
9-5550629_
Your display can show only 20 characters at a time. To v iew characters
beyond those 20 (such as with an international long-distance numbers),
press to scroll leftward or to scroll rightward.
Important: Do not press ENTER.
Note: If you make a mistake or want to erase characters entered in a
previous setting, press CANCEL to erase leftward. Or, if you want
to change just one character in the number, press to move the
cursor leftward, or to move it rightward, to that character and
press CANCEL to erase it. Then re-enter until the number is just as
you want it.
6. Now, while you still can see the fax number on th e d is p la y, p r ess
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS four times and then press ENTER.
The display shows:
Polling
File No. _
If you’re performing regular (not database) polling, press ENTER and skip
to step 8.
7. Use the numeric keypad to enter the one- or two-d igit id en tifier for each
database file you want to poll. You can specify up to 10 files; between the
entry of each new file, press COMMUNICATION OPTIONS to insert a comma
but do not insert a comma after the last file number.
For example, here, we’ve en tered 2, 6, COMMUNICATION OPTIONS, 2, 7,
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS, 2, 8, COMMUNICATION OPTIONS (the letter in
preparation for another file number):
Polling
File No. 6,27,28_
Note: The display shows only seven characters of the file number.
Important: Again, do not insert a comma after the last file number.
When the entry is complete, press ENTER.
8. If you want the polling to begin immediately every time you press the key,
press ENTER again and skip to step 11.
If you want to delay the polling (perhaps to take advantage of lower phone
rates), press COMMUNICATION OPTIONS, ENTER.