Adding a fax or a modem

Last Updated : Oct 31, 2012 |

About this task

Connecting a fax machine or modem to your system is similar to adding a telephone, with a few important exceptions. To add a fax or a modem, see Adding Telephones in the above section.

Because the system does recognize the concept of fax or modem, you need to administer these items as basic analog stations. You can merely use the supported station type 2500 (analog, single line).

Alternatively, you can create aliases to the 2500. To be able to create reports that indicate which stations are faxes or modem. For more information about aliasing, see Using Alias.

As an example, if you have already defined an alias for fax as a 2500 station type and want to add a fax machine to extension 4444, the steps are as follows:

Procedure

  1. Type add station 4444.
  2. Press Enter.
  3. In the Type field, type fax.
  4. In the Port field, type the port address.
  5. In the Name field, type a name to associate with this fax.
  6. Move to the Data Restriction field and type y.

    Entering y in this field prevents calls to and from this extension from being interrupted by tone signals. This is important for fax machines and modems as these signals can disrupt transmissions of data.

  7. In the Distinctive Audible Alert field, type n.

    This eliminates the distinct 2-burst ring for external calls, which often interferes with the auto-answer function on fax machines or modems.

  8. Press Enter to save changes.