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Masking the PIN
To prevent unauthorized long-distance calls, some office telephone systems
require you to enter not only the phone number but also a personal
identification number (PIN) whenever you dial an outside number beginning
with 1.
If that's true for you, you'll probably wish to keep that PIN confidential, so
unauthorized persons can't discover — and use — the PIN number.
Fortunately, your fax's PIN mask feature makes such confidentiality possible.
With the PIN mask activated, you can dial a fax number plus a PIN, but the
PIN will not appear in a journal, error message printout, delayed command
list or even TCR, where an unauthorized user might see it. The PIN, entered
from the numeric keypad (it can include the * or # symbols, if necessary) may
be up to eight characters in length.
Important:
For this feature to work, the passcode (see page 150) must be
something besides 0000, and, of course, you must know the
passcode.
There are three possible settings for the PIN mask feature:
• Off — The feature isn't working. Any PIN you enter will appear on
any display or printout which shows what you dial.
• Mode 1 (the display calls it "Mode1" — Each remote fax unit has a
departmental PIN access code.
• Mode2 (the display calls it "Mode2") — Each fax user has a
departmental PIN access code.
Note: If you select Mode 1 and you will use a one-touch or speed-dial
number, you must store the PIN access code for the remote unit
within that number. However, if you select Mode 2, this isn't
necessary. (See "Autodialing while using the PIN mask," page 163 for
further details.
Note: If you select either Mode 1 or Mode 2 and will be using batch
transmission (see pages 123-130), you must store the PIN access
code for the remote unit within the appropriate batch box.
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