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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 perform either operation; in other
words, your machine can either send to a “hub” unit or 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. However, with relay broadcast initiation, you send the
document 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 2.21–2.23).
• 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 it up, or initiating the 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 to which you want to transmit is a
true “hub” unit, please consult your authorized Muratec dealer or call
the Muratec Customer Support Center at (972) 364-3350.
• 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
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS
three 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
GROUP DIAL
to add a comma.
Below, we’ve entered 2,
GROUP DIAL
,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
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS
,
ENTER
.
Note: For more information on delayed transmission, see pages 2.21–2.23.
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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
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