Device options
Lets you edit the details of an existing device. To display this dialog, click All Settings in the Device Configuration Wizard - Settings dialog.
The contents of this dialog depends on the type of the device.
Device
Displays the Zetafax device name.
Description
Specify a text description for the device. The description is displayed in the device window of the Zetafax server application.
Connected on port
Select the communications (COM) port, that the device is connected to, from the drop down list or type the port name if it is not listed.
Sending
Device options for outgoing faxes.
Dial prefix for external calls (e.g. "9,")
Specifies the characters to add to the start of any number that is dialed. This is typically the number to obtain an outside line (if the modem is connected to an internal extension). The user can disable this by specifying a fax number that starts with an "x".
Fax number on header line
Specifies the number to put on the header line of each fax page (if enabled for this message). This is normally the fax number the recipient should reply to (not necessarily the number the fax modem is on). This number also forms the CSID (called station identifier) which is sent to the remote fax machine at the start of an outgoing or incoming call for it to display or print in its reports.
Use DTMF tone dialing
Specifies whether the modem should use tone or pulse dialing. Tone dialing is quicker if the phone line being used supports it.
Detect busy (engaged) tone
Check this box to enable busy (engaged) tone detection, if supported by the modem. If the modem reports a number as busy to the device controller, the error code (as displayed on the Zetafax Client) is set to "phone number engaged".
Note: Some modems which support busy tone detection do not differentiate between busy and no answer when reporting an error to the device controller. For those devices Zetafax logs the error as "unable to connect or no answer" (as it would if busy tone detection were disabled); however it is still advantageous to enable the feature to save time when dialing busy numbers.
Detect dial tone
Check this box to enable dial tone detection, if supported by the modem. If the modem returns the error "no dial tone" the device controller logs a message to that effect, and sets the error code to "unable to connect or no answer". Certain PABX systems have dial tones that are not recognized by specific modems causing all calls to fail with this message, in which case this box should be left unchecked.
Receiving
Device options for incoming faxes.
User to receive incoming faxes
Specify the user or user group who is to receive incoming messages from this device. This user can pass messages across to other Zetafax users. Select (disabled) to prevent the modem being used for incoming messages.
Use for incoming calls only
Check this box to reserve this device for incoming calls. The device will not be used to send faxes.
Reset
Click to reset the device's details to the default settings.
More...
Lets you edit more details of the device, displaying the Advanced options dialog.
OK
Save the new device configuration, and return to the Zetafax - device configuration dialog.
Cancel
Cancel the request to configure a device, and return to the Zetafax - device configuration dialog.
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