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FaxAbility
FaxAbility is a service offered by Telecom that allows you to have
an additional number on one phone line, with its own distinctive
ring pattern. This way, when you get an incoming call, you can
identify the number being called by its ring.
How Will the Fax Machine Treat All Other Numbers?
FaxAbility mode ensures that the machine will answer calls to the
FaxAbility (secondary) number. When a call comes in to your main
number, all the phones will ring. You can set an external answering
device (TAD) to answer calls on the other number(s). (See the
chart in the following page.)
If you change the answer mode on the fax machine to FAX/TEL
(F/T) or FAX ONLY mode, that setting will override the FaxAbility
setup. In FAX/TEL (F/T) or FAX ONLY mode, your fax machine
will answer all the phone numbers (including its own ring
pattern).
What is the Advantage of Using the FaxAbility
Function?
Using FaxAbility is the most efficient way to receive both fax and
telephone calls on the same line. It is much easier for your callers
who dial manually. The fax machine will answer with receiving
tones so they will not have to press an Fax Receive Code. And the
people who call to talk on your main number will not have to talk to
your fax machine. Basically, it gives you two independent numbers
without the higher cost of a second line.
How Does FaxAbility Work?
Your telephone number will have the standard ring pattern of long,
long tone, while the new number will have a ring pattern of long,
silence, long, etc. When FaxAbility is ON, you will not hear the first
ring of all incoming calls on the fax machine. Extension phones will
ring as usual. If the fax machine recognizes the ring pattern, all
ringing will stop and the fax machine will answer and automatically
receive the fax message. Otherwise, you will hear the extension
phones and the fax machine continue to ring. The fax machine
always listens to the ring pattern before it answers, so do not pick
up the phone during that time. You will quickly learn to recognize
the ring pattern for faxes, so you will not be tempted to answer that
number. Either you or a telephone answering device can answer
the main number(s).