About The Postage By Phone® System; About The Postage By Phone System; How Does The System Operate; Preparing To Refill With Postage - Pitney Bowes DM220i Operator's Manual

5 • Adding Postage/Connecting to Data Centre
About the Postage by Phone
The Postage by Phone® System allows you to obtain postage funds
for your DM220i series without leaving your office.

How does the system operate?

The system consists of a central computer situated in our Data
Centre which holds details of the funds available in your Postage by
Phone® account. Your DM220i communicates with the Data Centre
and transfers funds from your Postage by Phone® account into your
meter.

Preparing to Refill with Postage

Adding postage funds to your system is fast, easy and convenient.
Your system must be connected to the internet via a LAN (Local Area
Network) or a nearby PC running the free Pitney Bowes PC Meter
Connect™ (PCMC) software.
Important: For printing postage, your DM220i does not have
to be connected. However, we recommend you keep the meter
connected to your LAN or Internet enabled PC as the system needs
to connect regularly to upload Royal Mail data.
LAN or PC Meter Connect™?
The following connection methods are available. Pitney Bowes
recommends a LAN (network) connection is used where possible.
Method Benefits
Wired LAN Fast.
Always connected.
Ease of use.
Wireless LAN Fast.
Always connected.
Ease of use.
PCMC Backup connection
method if LAN is
not possible.
* If your LAN configuration does not meet these requirements, LAN connection may
still be possible. See the relevant section on the following page.
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Requirements
RJ45 wired LAN connection using DHCP,
open to all HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
Must not be using a PROXY server*.
All cables, etc. are supplied with your product.
A Wi-Fi network access point using DHCP,
open to all HTTP and HTTPS traffic.
Must not be using a PROXY server*.
Requires purchase of the Pitney Bowes Wi-Fi
Communication Device.
Requires a PC with internet access to be
nearby and turned on.
PC must run Windows Vista or 7 and have
PCMC software installed.
PCMC is not available for Mac.
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