Adding Postage/Connecting To Data Centre; About The Postage By Phone System; How Does The System Operate; Preparing To Refill With Postage - Pitney Bowes dm475m series Operator's Manual

5 • Adding Postage/Connecting to Data Centre
About the Postage by Phone® System
The Postage by Phone® System allows you to obtain postage funds
for your DM300M/DM400M/DM475M series without leaving your
office - all you need is a LAN (Local Area Network) connection or
an Internet enabled PC using Pitney Bowes PC Meter Connect™
(PCMC) software.

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 DM300M/DM400M/DM475M series
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 a LAN or an Internet enabled PC
as described on the following pages.
Important: For printing postage, your DM300M/DM400M/
DM475M series 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™?
Your Mailing System can connect to Pitney Bowes systems via
the connection methods below. Pitney Bowes recommends a LAN
connection is used where possible.
Connection Methods
Method
Best LAN
Good PCMC
* If your LAN configuration does not meet these requirements, connection via your
LAN may still be possible. See 'Connecting Your System via a LAN' on the following
page.
SDC2036A
Benefits
Fast.
Always connected.
Fast.
Requirements
RJ45 LAN connection using DHCP,
open to all HTTPS traffic.
Must not be using a PROXY server*.
Requires a PC nearby and turned on.
PC must run Windows XP, Vista or 7.
Not available for Mac.
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