Muratec M860 - Manual (Page 43)

Beyond the Basics
2.12
Polling
Polling lets you retrieve a page or document from another fax machine. (For
example, use polling anytime you need to receive a fax and don’t want the source
to pay for the phone call. With polling, you pay for the call and get the
information you need.) You can perform either regular polling or database
polling.
• Regular polling ---- Retrieve a document physically waiting in the remote
machine.
• Database polling ---- possible only if you’re in communication with a memory-
equipped Muratec fax machine ---- involves polling of a document which is
stored as a file in the remote fax machine’s memory. This is great for always
being able to retrieve someone else’s latest price list, current resume or even
perhaps your grandchildren’s newest “refrigerator art”!
Regular Polling
To perform regular polling of a document from any remote fax machine:
1. Make sure:
• The remote fax operator has a document stored in his/her fax machine’s
feeder, ready to be polled.
• There’s no document in your fax machine’s feeder.
2. Press program , 2 .
Polling
3. Press mode/enter , 2 .
Polling Rx
4. Press mode/enter .
5. Enter the fax number of the machine from which you’ll be polling the
document. You may use a one-touch key or a speed-dial number, or simply
enter the number using the numeric keypad.
Note : To enter a speed-dial number, press speed dial and the desired two-
digit speed-dial number.
To begin polling now, skip to step 7. To perform delayed regular polling, go
to stop 6.
6. To perform delayed regular polling, press program . Use the numeric keypad
to enter the date and time when your fax machine should do the delayed
regular polling. If you want to change just one number in date or time, use the
one-touch key
a to move backward (leftward) in the sequence. Use the one-
touch key b to move forward (rightward).
Time: 24, 12:50
7. Press start .
Note: If you will perform delayed regular polling or the remote fax is busy,
you will see the asterisk (*) before the date in the display (see
following). Then your fax will automatically attempt the call (again).
Fax Ready *10:16
If you want to cancel the command, use the Canceling a delayed
Command function (see page 2.10).
Database Polling
To perform database polling:
1. Make sure:
• The remote fax machine is a memory-equipped Muratec (or Murata) fax
machine with a file stored in its memory, available for you to poll.
• You know the one- or two-digit file number of each database file you wish to
poll.
• There’s no document in your fax machine’s feeder.
2. Press program , 2 .
Polling
3. Press mode/enter , 3 .
DB Polling
4. Press mode/enter .
File No. :
5. Enter the database file number or numbers for the information you want to
retrieve. You can specify just one file for database polling.
File No. : 20
When you’re done, press mode/enter .