Adding A Fax Or Modem - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

Adding a Fax or Modem

Connecting a fax machine or modem to your system is similar to adding a telephone, with a few
important exceptions. If you have not added a telephone, you might want to read
Telephones on page 83.
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 for fax machines and modems. If you want to
be able to create reports that indicate which stations are faxes or modem, you should create
aliases for these items. For more information about aliasing, see
For this example, let us assume that we have already defined an alias for 'fax' as a 2500 and
that we now want to add a fax machine to extension 4444.
To add a fax machine as extension 444, complete the following steps:
1. Type add station 4444. Press Enter.
2. In the Type field, type fax.
3. In the Port field, type the port address.
4. In the Name field, type a name to associate with this fax.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Press Enter to save your changes.
Adding a Fax or Modem
Adding New
Using an Alias on page 89.
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