Relay Broadcasting
Relay broadcasting allows one fax machine to send a document to another fax machine, which then re- sends (broadcasts) the document to a number of other locations.
Two different fax machines are involved in transmit- ting a relay broadcast: the relay initiating station and the relay key station.
Relay Initiating Station
Your machine can act as the relay initiating station, which starts the relay broadcast by sending the original documents. Before you can program your machine to initiate a relay broadcast, you need to obtain the following information from the operator of the fax machine you intend to use as a relay key station:
Relay Password: This is the relay key word (up to 20 digits), which is programmed into the relay key station.
Relay Group Numbers: These numbers (up to 20 digits) are the numbers of locations or groups of locations programmed into the relay key station.
Relay Key Station
The relay key station is the fax machine, which receives the original fax message and then auto- matically relays or broadcasts the message to other remote fax machines.
The only OKIFAX units that can serve as relay key stations are the OKIFAX 2600, OKIFAX 5950, and OKIFAX 5980. Units of another company can act as a relay key station when it is a SUB function relay request if that unit has a SUB function.
Relay Broadcast Report
After the relay broadcast is completed, it is possible for the relay key station to send a fax back to your machine confirming the success of the relay broadcast. For this function to work, your machine’s own telephone number must be programmed into your machine’s last Auto Dial number (Auto Dial number 100).
Initiating a Relay Broadcast
1Load your documents.
2Press the SELECT FUNCTION key.
3Press the 4/RELAY
4Using the numeric keypad, enter a password of up to 20 digits which is the same as the relay keyword programmed into the relay key station.
5Press the START key. The display shows
REMOTE LIST NO.
6Using the numeric keypad, enter a number of up to 20 digits which corresponds to a relay group programmed into the relay key station.
7Press the START key. The display shows
SELECT LOCATION.
8Select the location of the relay key station. Refer to the instructions below.
To Select Using | Do This |
A | Press the |
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An Auto Dial number | Press the |
| AUTO DIAL key. |
| Then enter the three |
| digit Auto Dial |
| number on the |
| numeric keypad. |
A number dialed on | Dial as you would |
the numeric keypad | on a normal tele- |
| phone. |
9Press the START key. Your machine begins sending the fax.
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