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What is the Advantage of using
Telstra® FaxStream® Duet® Function?
Using Telstra® FaxStream® Duet® is the most
efficient way to receive both fax and
telephone calls on the same line. When the
voice call comes in, all phones (extension
and external) and the fax machine will ring to
alert you to pick it up. If a fax call comes in,
the fax machine will answer automatically
without ringing, whereas the extension and
external phones will ring with a distinctive ring
pattern. It is also a more efficient way of
operating a Fax machine with an extension
phone as you do not have to use the remote
activation codes. It gives you two
independent numbers without the higher cost
of a second line.
How does Telstra® FaxStream® Duet®
Work?
Incoming calls to the voice number, will have
the standard ring pattern of long, long tone,
followed by a pause, repeated, while the new
fax number will have a different ring pattern of
three short bursts of ring, repeated at regular
intervals.
When FaxStream® Duet® is On and you
receive a voice call all extension and external
phones will ring with a standard ring pattern.
The fax machine will ring on the third ring with
a standard ring pattern. All external and the
extension phones will continue to ring until
you or a telephone answering device can
answer the voice number.
When FaxStream® Duet® is On and you
receive a fax call on the Duet® number the
Fax machine will answer and automatically
receive the fax message without ringing. On
the other hand, all extension and external
phones will ring with a distinctive ring pattern.
Do not answer the phone as you are receiving
a fax message.
All extension phones ring,
fax machine is silent.
Fax machine
automatically
receives and prints
fax message
without ringing.
Fax machine
begins ringing
on third ring.
Registered
Duet (Fax)
Number
Main number
(Voice Number)
You answer the call
at an external phone
or an extension
phone.
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call