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Beyond the basics
Relay broadcasting and relay broadcast initiation
Relay broadcasting is a powerful function that takes advantage of a remote Muratec
“hub” fax machine’s memory to reduce your total communication costs.
A “hub” fax machine is one to which you send a document, so the “hub” can relay it to
other machines which you don’t actually call. The “hub” performs a relay broadcast,
and the machine which sends the original document to the “hub” has performed a
relay broadcast initiation. Your fax machine can only send to a “hub” unit (it cannot
be a “hub” unit).
How it works
Let’s say you’re in Los Angeles and need to fax the same document to four locations
in the Chicago area. You could send four normal fax transmissions, but that would
be four long-distance calls. But with relay broadcast initiation, you send the docu-
ment once to your Chicago office’s “hub” fax, which then sends it on to each of the
four locations.
Now, let’s be a little more specific about what happens when you perform relay
broadcast initiation:
• You use your fax machine to send a document to at least one call group in a
remote “hub” machine’s autodialer. This can occur either immediately or as a
delayed command (see pages 2.19–2.20).
• The remote “hub” unit receives your document and stores it in memory.
• The remote machine retransmits — relays — the document to each fax number
in each call group you specified. This is the relay broadcast you initiated.
Setting up a relay broadcast initiation
For you to perform relay broadcast initiation, three things must be true:
• The remote fax machine must be a Muratec fax machine with “hub” capability.
Note: If you’re not sure whether the unit you want to transmit to is a true
“hub” unit, please consult your authorized Muratec dealer.
• The call group(s) must exist on the remote fax machine.
• You must know each call group’s two-digit identifier number.
To set up a relay broadcast initiation:
1
Insert the document and make any necessary adjustments as usual.
2
Press
COM
-
OPTIONS
two times and then press
ENTER
. The
LCD
will show:
3
Use the numeric keypad to enter the two-digit identifier of each applicable call
group in the remote “hub” fax machine you’ll be calling. You may specify up to
10 groups for each relay broadcast initiation. Do not press
START
.
To add each group after the first one, press
COM
-
OPTIONS
to add a comma.
Below, we’ve entered 2,
COM
-
OPTIONS
,4.
Important: Do not insert a comma after the last group number.
Note: If you enter characters by mistake, just press
CANCEL
to clear them
before proceeding.
4
Press
ENTER
. The
LCD
will show:
5
Enter the fax number for the remote “hub” unit. You may either press a one-
touch key, enter a speed-dial number or just use the numeric keypad as
usual. Do not press
START
.
6
What you do now depends upon when you wish to begin initiating the
relay broadcast.
• If you want it to begin now, skip to step 8.
• If you want to delay it, press
COM
-
OPTIONS
,
ENTER
.
Note: For more information on delayed transmission, see pages 2.19–2.20.
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Relay transmission from “Hub” to destinations at lower rates
Los
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Original sender
Chicago
Final destination 1
Final destination 2
Final destination 3
Final destination 4
“Hub”
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