Muratec MFX-1500 OneLine + distinctive ring detection DRD, Other side of the coin being polled

Beyond the basics

The other side of the coin: being polled

Not only can you poll, you also can be polled. To set up a document for regular or database polling by another Muratec or Murata machine:

1.	If your fax machine is set for Tel Ready reception, change it to Fax Ready
	reception, causing the Auto Answer light to glow (see page 1.30).
	Important:		Your machine can’t be polled if it’s in Tel Ready mode.
2.	Insert the document.
3.	Adjust resolution and contrast, if necessary. (This is because your fax machine will
	be transmitting to the machine doing the polling.)
4.	Change to the Fax mode, then press PROGRAM, D, 1, ENTER. The display will
	show:
		Store Polling Doc
		File No.	_
	If you are storing this document for regular polling, skip to step 6.
	If you are storing this document for database polling, proceed to step 5.
5.	Use the numeric keypad to enter a one-or two-digit database file number to
	identify the stored document.
6.	Press ENTER. Your fax will scan the document into memory and return to standby
	mode.

Erasing a stored polling document

To erase from your machine’s memory a document you’ve stored for regular or database polling by another machine:

1.	If the machine is in Fax mode, proceed to step 2.
	If it is in Copy mode, press COPY/FAX to change to Fax mode.
2.	Press PROGRAM, D, 2, ENTER. The display will show:
		Erase Polling Doc
		File No.	_
	If erasing a document set up for regular polling, skip to step 4.
	If erasing a document set up for database polling, proceed to step 3.
3.	Use the numeric keypad to enter a one- or two-digit database file number to
	identify the stored document.
4.	Press ENTER. Your fax machine will erase the document from memory.

Printing a stored polling document

To print, without erasing it, a document you’ve stored for either regular or database polling:

1.	If the machine is in Fax mode, proceed to step 2.
	If it is in Copy mode, press COPY/FAX to change to Fax mode.
2.	Press PROGRAM, D, 3, ENTER. The display will show:
		Print Polling Doc.
		File No.	_
	If printing a document set up for regular polling, skip to step 4.
	If printing a document set up for database polling, proceed to step 3.
3.	Use the numeric keypad to enter a one- or two-digit database file number to
	identify the stored document.

4. Press ENTER. Your fax machine will print the document.

Limiting polling access to your fax machine

Your fax machine’s closed network setting (see page 2.44) 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 2.45–2.46), even

incoming calls that meet the passcode test must come from appropriate phone numbers.

OneLine + distinctive ring detection (DRD)

It used to be that, to have two phone numbers, you had to have two phone lines (and the more expensive phone equipment that usually involves). But many phone companies now offer their customers a special service which makes it possible for one phone line to do the work of two — a real boon in this day of the “ SOHO” (small office/home office).

With this service, you physically still have one phone line; but, electronically, you have two phone numbers. Each number rings your phone in a different way than the other number does.

This makes it easy for you to have both (for example) 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’re smart enough to tell the difference between the distinctive patterns of the two rings.

But what if your fax machine, too, could be smart enough? Then it could ignore one of the two numbers, “knowing” that it’s supposed to answer only the other.

Well, as you’ve probably guessed by now, that’s exactly what your fax machine can do. 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) feature.

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