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Aptiva - How to set Ring Central as fax only

Applicable to: World-Wide

Ring Central can be set to receive fax calls and act like a regular fax machine.
For 2140 and 2142 systems:

1. Click Start -> Programs -> Ring Central -> Ring Central.

2. The Ring Central program will open; the interface will appear similar to Figure 1.

Figure 1: Ring Central opening screen

3. Click the Menu button located in the upper left-hand portion of the Ring Central screen, and the click Options on the drop-down menu.

4. The 'Mailbox Options' screen will appear. Click the tab labled Answering. The 'Mailbox Options: Answering' screen will come into focus. Click the radio button labled 'Answer as Fax Only' as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Answering Options screen showing 'Answer as fax only' selected

5. Click OK. Ring Central will now answer the phone as a fax machine only. Ring Central will still answer all incoming calls but will only send faxes to the mailbox.

For Other system:

1. Click Start -> Programs -> Aptiva Productivity -> Aptiva Communications -> Ring Central.

2. The Ring Central program will open; the interface will appear similar to Figure 3.

Figure 3: Ring Central opening screen.

3. Click the Menu button located in the lower righthand portion of the Ring Central screen, and the click Options on the drop-down menu.

4. The 'Mailbox Options' screen will appear. Click the tab labled Answering. The 'Mailbox Options: Answering' screen will come into focus. Click the radio button labled 'Answer as Fax Only' as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Answering Options screen showing 'Answer as fax only' selected.

5. Click OK. Ring Central will now ignore all incoming calls except faxes.

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Hint Category

Communications Software, Software Installation/Configuration

Date Created

02-04-98

Last Updated

09-12-98

Revision Date

08-12-99

Brand

IBM Aptiva

Product Family

Aptiva

Machine Type

2137, 2138, 2140, 2142, 2159, 2161, 2162, 2176

Model

C6Z; 9R1; 28R; 29R; 30R; 31R; 33R; 35R; 37R; 41R; 54S; 56S; 57S; 58S; B86; B87; B97; D81; D91; E81; E91; G86; G96; G97; H86; H96; P81; P91; Q3C; Q81; Q91; S35; S3C; S8C; S8H; S9C; S9H; S9M; SIB; U81; U91; V86; V96; X8C; X9D; 21R; 22R; 24R; 25R; 38R; 460; 461; 462; 471; C3D; C3E; C85; C8E; C8F; C8H; C8M; C8X; C9E; C9F; C9S; C9X; D34; D64; D84; E34 E64; E84; F34; F64; F84; G66; G76; H66; H76; J66; J76; L81; L91; M81; M91; N63; N64; N74; N81; N91; T71; T81; T84; T85; T8B; T8C; T8E; T8F; T94; T95; T9D; T9E; TAE; TAF; 13R; 14R; 15R; 16R; 17R; 18R; 19R; 20R; B60; B65; B75; B80; B85; B95; S64; S66; S74; S76; S78; S7H; S80; S90; E17; E27; E37; E47; E03; E05; E06; E07; E08; E15; E1F; E25; E2F; E35; E3F; E45; E4F; E57; E1A; E2A; E4A; L31; L35; L3F; L44; L46; L45; L51; L5H; L61; L6D; L71; L7M; LD2; LG2; LQ1; LQ2; LQ3; LQ4; LQ5; LQ6; LQ7; LV2; LG2; LG3; LG4; LV4; LG5; LV5; L66; L67; L87; S34; S35; S36; S44; S45; S46; S57; S61; S62; S67; S6F; S6H; S6S; SG1; SG2; SQ1; SQ2; SV1; SV2; E48; E58; EV5; EG6

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