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Beyond the basics
2.18
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 use this example: when you mail invitations to a party, you’re taking part in a
relay operation. After all, you’re not personally delivering each invitation to its
destination; rather, you’re sending all of the invitations to one central point (the post
office) which then actually does “broadcast” the invitations.
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 autodialler. This can occur either immediately or as a
delayed command (see pages 2.20–2.22).
• 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 authorised Muratec dealer.
• The call group(s) must exit on the remote fax machine.
• You must know each call group’s identifier number.
To set up a relay broadcast initiation:
1.
Press
COPY
/
FAX
to change to the Fax mode, if necessary.
2.
Insert the document and make any necessary adjustments as usual.
3.
Press
COMMUNICATION OPTIONS
three times and then press
ENTER
.
The display will show:
Relay Tx
Group No. _
4.
Use the numeric keypad to enter the two-digit 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.
Relay Tx
Group No. 2,4_
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.
5.
Press
ENTER
. The display will show:
Enter Fax Number
_
6.
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
.