Beyond the basics
2.19

Relay broadcasting and relay broadcast

initiation

Relay broadcasting is a powerful function that takes advantage of a remote Muratec
“hub” fax machine’s memory to reduce your total communication costs.
A “hub” fax machine is one to which you send a document, so the “hub” can relay it to
other machines which you don’t actually call. The “hub” performs a relay broadcast,
and the machine which sends the original document to the “hub” has performed a relay
broadcast initiation. Your fax machine can perform either operation; in other words,
your machine can either send to a “hub” unit or be a “hub” unit.
How it works
Let’s use this example: when you mail invitations to a party, you’re taking part in a relay
operation. After all, you’re not personally delivering each invitation to its destination;
rather, you’re sending all of the invitations to one central point (the post office) which
then actually does “broadcast” the invitations.
Now, let’s be a little more specific about what happens when you perform relay
broadcast initiation:
• You use your fax machine to send a document to at least one call group in a remote
“hub” machine’s autodialer. This can occur either immediately or as a delayed
command (see pages 2.21–2.23).
• The remote “hub” unit receives your document and stores it in memory.
• The remote machine retransmits — relays — the document to each fax number in
each call group you specified. This is the relay broadcast you initiated.
Setting it up,

or

initiating the initiation
For you to perform relay broadcast initiation, three things must be true:
• The remote fax machine must be a Muratec fax machine with “hub” capability.
Note: If you’re not sure whether the unit to which you want to transmit is a true
“hub” unit, please consult your authorized Muratec dealer or call the Muratec
Customer Support Center at (972) 364-3350.
• The call group(s) must exit on the remote fax machine.
• You must know each call group’s identifier number.
To set up a relay broadcast initiation:
1. Press COPY/FAX to change to the Fax mode, if necessary.
2. Insert the document and make any necessary adjustments as usual.
3. Press COMMUNICATION OPTIONS three times and then press ENTER.
The display will show:
Relay Tx
Group No. _
4. Use the numeric keypad to enter the two-digit of each applicable call group in
the remote “hub” fax machine you’ll be calling. You may specify up to 10
groups for each relay broadcast initiation. Do not press START.
To add each group after the first one, press GROUP DIAL to add a comma.
Below, we’ve entered 2, GROUP DIAL, 4.
Relay Tx
Group No. 2,4_
Important: Do not insert a comma after the last group number.
Note: If you enter characters by mistake, just press CANCEL to clear them
before proceeding.
5. Press ENTER. The display will show:
Enter Fax Number
_
6. Enter the fax number for the remote “hub” unit. You may either press a one-
touch key, enter a speed-dial number or just use the numeric keypad as usual.
Do not press START.
7. What you do now depends upon when you wish to begin initiating the relay
broadcast.
• If you want it to begin now, skip to step 9.
• If you want to delay it, press COMMUNICATION OPTIONS, ENTER.
Note: For more information on delayed transmission, see pages 2.21–2.23.