Pitney Bowes 2030 Manual page 122

*Important: The Relay feature must be turned ON by the Pitney Bowes
Diagnostics Center before Speed Dial numbers can be programmed as Relay
Stations.
6.3.1 Single Node Relay (Simple Relay) and Dual Node Relay (Two Step
Relay) Concept
The 2030 allows you to request or act as a Relay Station in two kinds of Relays-
the Single Node Relay (Simple Relay) and Dual Node Relay (Two Step Relay).
For the purposes of this Guide, a Node is defined as another fax machine at a
remote location, with Relay Station capabilities. Think of a Node as a "step"
along your communications route.
A Single Node Relay permits a Requesting fax unit to send a document through a
Relay Station (Node). Then the document continues on its transmission route to
destinations programmed in the Speed Dial numbers or One-Touch keys of the
Relaying machine. The final Destination could be many units.
A Dual Node Relay permits the same communications as a Single Node Relay,
but it allows one additional step. The Requesting fax unit can send a document
through a Relay Station (First Node). The document then continues through a
Second Node (second Relay Station) and then on to one or more final
Destinations.
The diagram below illustrates a Single Node Relay. The document is sent from
the Requestor, through one Relay Station (or Node), and then on to one final
Destination:
Tacoma
REQUESTING
UNIT
The diagram below illustrates a Dual Node (or Two Step) Relay. The document
in this example travels from the Requestor in Rochester through the Albany Relay
Station (Node 1). The document is then sent to the Sacramento Relay Station
(Node 2) where it is forwarded to the final Destination in Stockton:
Rochester
REQUESTING
UNIT
Seattle
RELAY STATION
(NODE)
Albany
FIRST
RELAY STATION
(NODE 1)
117
Sacrament
o
SECOND
RELAY STATION
(NODE 2)
New York
DESTINATION
Stockton
DESTINATION