Sharp AR-FX12 Transmission and Reception Using the Polling Function, Polling memory

TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION USING THE POLLING FUNCTION

This function can only be used if the other machine is a Super G3 or G3 machine and supports the polling function. The polling function allows your machine to call a fax machine that has document data set and initiate reception of the document. You can also perform the reverse operation: scan a document into the memory of your machine so that another machine can call your machine and initiate reception of the document.

This function whereby your machine calls the sending machine and asks the sending machine to begin transmission of a loaded document is called the polling function. Scanning a document into memory and automatically sending it when the receiving machine calls and "polls" your machine is called polling memory.

NOTE

For information on polling and polling memory using F-codes, refer to page 4-4.This section only explains normal polling and normal polling memory.

Polling

This function allows your machine to call a sending machine and initiate reception of a document loaded in that machine. A timer setting can also be established to have the operation take place at night or another specified time (refer to 3-6page).

Your machine The other machine

2) Permits polling of.

1) Polling (ask other machine

to send document)
4) Document data is automatically	3) Document data previously
sent to your machine
	scanned into memory

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Serial Polling:Group keys and the broadcast transmission function (page 3-2)can be used to successively poll multiple fax machines in a single operation. Up to 500 (maximum of 300 on the AR-M351U/AR-M451U when a hard disk is not installed) machines can be polled. In this case, the sequence of operations in the above diagram is successively repeated for each sending machine selected.

NOTE

The receiving machine bears the expense (phone charges) of polling transmission.

Polling memory

This feature allows your machine to automatically send a document previously scanned into memory when another machine calls and polls your machine.

Your machine	The other machine
2) Permits polling of.
	1) Polling
	(request transmission)
3) Document data previously	4) Document data is
	automatically sent to
scanned into memory	other machine

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