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  • Page 1

    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 MFR-200 ModuLA N® Fax Receiver from Ringdale® User Manual ModuLAN ® FaxReceiver 200  Fax to Email Server User Manual Copyright R ingda le, Inc. Part number: 62-15280000[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 2 of 28 Version 1.0 July 2 006 COPYRIGHT Copyri ght 2006 © Rin gdale UK Ltd . All ri ghts reserved. N o part o f this p ublicati on may be r eproduced, t ran smitt ed, transcri bed, stored i n a retrieval system, or transla ted int o any lan guage or any comput er language, i n any form or[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 3 of 28 Table of Contents Table of Contents ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... .... ....... ....... ....... .. 3 Introduction ..... ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ... ....... ....... ....... .... 4 Easy Configuration ........ ....... ....... ....... ..... ..... ....... ....... [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 4 of 28 Introduction The Rin gdale ModuLAN ® FaxR ecei ver 200 i s designed t o receive a fax a nd convert i t into an emai l t o allow distri buti on that is mor e conveni ent and unwant ed faxes can be electroni call y deleted. The R ing dale Fax-Rec eiver recei ves the fa x and puts it [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 5 of 28 Setting up is achieved using the Telnet protocol and a telnet application is available for any operating system. Check y our PC, Apple or Unix ope rator manual. The menu driven setup allo ws the following param eters to be set up: Required Not Required Mailserver (smtp ) IP address [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 6 of 28 Installation The illustration shows the se tup of the ports and the diag nostic LEDs. Connections See the d rawing s on page 7 f or in stall ation exampl es. Plug the PCMCIA modem card into the top slot. Insert your Ethernet RJ45 connection into the LAN jack on the front. NOTE: If y[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 7 of 28 Typical in stallation replacing an incoming fax m achine:[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 8 of 28 Installation w here an outgoing fax machine i s required on incoming li ne: NOTE: If y ou dai sy chain from an ou tgoin g fax machi ne, it should be set to ei ther not auto an swer or an swer after 4 ri ngs or m ore so that the fax rec eiver wi ll pi ckup first. NOTE: You sh oul d a[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 9 of 28 LEDs The LEDs are itemized as follows: LK (Yellow) LED The Link LED indicate s that the port is functional ly connected to an external port. It lights up solid when the connected hub is turned on and connecte d to the LAN. If the LED does not li ght up, there may be a proble m with [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 10 of 28 Configuration Configuration can be done with any Telnet cli ent, like HyperTerminal or PuTTY. These instructions use the tel net client provided wit h Windows. These are the steps necessary to configure the FaxReceiver. STEP 1 Connect the FaxRe ceiver to your netwo rk. Its Default [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 11 of 28 Your Network Administra tor should provide the Unit IP and Unit Gateway address. 1) Th is unit IP address ..... ..... 011.022.03 3.044 – should be changed to an unused IP address on your network. This IP address should be added to your DHCP Server’s static IP add ress list. 2) [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 12 of 28 Your email service administrator should pro vide the items 2-5. In some cases the Mailserver login name and D estination Email add ress will be the same email address. 1) Mailserver SMTP IP address – This is the IP address and port of your SMTP server. You should get this from yo[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 13 of 28 1) Fax reply I.D. is sent to the Sending Fax. 20 charact ers. This is usually displayed on the display of the sendi ng fax after establishing contact , or recorded in its log/p rint-out . It is not mandatory to have an ID. If it is not set, the FaxReceiver will send an ID of 20 spa[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 14 of 28 5) Change Telne t port (23) – This wil l enabl e the end user to set up a port th at the company d oes not b lock (e.g. port 80 or even p ort 25). That means that you will b e able to tel net in to the FaxRecei ver from your desk, enabl e debug, s end a fax to the uni t (also fro[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 15 of 28 Receiving a Fax The FaxReceiver is a silent op eration device. Connect the FaxReceive r to a fax line. When a fax is received, the De stination Email address will be sent an email. Whe n this occurs, the red Transmit LED will li ght. The email will have the subject: “ Incoming Fa[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 16 of 28 Troubleshooting PROBLEM: LEDs do n ot fl ash at pow er-up CAUSE: Power cord not connect ed or the Ethernet cabl e is not attached to a live Ethernet network. The LEDs are dri ven by the Ethernet chip a nd will not flash unless an Ethernet network is attached. SOLUTION: Do uble-chec[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 17 of 28 PROBLEM: I am get ting poor quality images i n the Fax TIFFs. CAUSE: Your image viewer d oes not properl y support tagged i mage fil e (TIF) format . The default Windows viewer sh ould work fine. SOLUTION: Try using Im aging or Imaging Preview that co mes with Windows. Right-click [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 18 of 28 PROBLEM: I have a fax machi ne used for out going faxes conn ected to a p hone split ter with th e FaxRecei ver. When I try to se nd a fax, i t does not di al . SOLUTIO N: The fax recei ver shoul d not affe ct the op eration o f an outgoi ng fax on the same l ine. Ensure that the o[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 19 of 28 Glossary CRAM-MD5 - is a challe nge-response authenti cation mechanism (hence "CRAM") defined i n RFC 2195 based o n the HMAC-MD5 MAC algorit hm. It is employed by some SASL implementatio ns, SMTP-AUTH Mail submission agents, and LDAP v3 servers. DHCP – Dyna mic Host Co[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 20 of 28 Technical Specifications Network 10/100 b ase Ethernet LAN Connecti on RJ45 10b aseT Protocol s TCP/IP, UDP, SMTP. Pi ng, NPM P Email login types CRAM-MD5, LOGIN (AUTH=LOGIN) a nd non-authenticate d. Phone Li ne PCMCIA Fax/ Modem Ca rd V.90 or V.92 5 6K Power Su pply External PSU I[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 21 of 28 Legal Notices FCC Informatio n on the V.90 56Kbp s Fax/Modem PC Card The Federal Commun ication s Commission (FC C) of the Unite d States restr icts uses of modems, and places registrat ion responsibil ities on both the man ufacturer and the individual user: 1.The modem m ay not be[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 22 of 28 Normas Oficiales Mexican as (NOM) Electrical Safety Statement INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las inst rucciones de seguridad y ope ración deberán ser leídas antes de que el a parato eléctrico sea ope rado. 2. L as instrucciones de s eguridad y operación deb erán ser guar[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 23 of 28 16. El cable de corriente deberá ser desc onectado del cuando el equ ipo no sea usado por un largo peri odo de t iempo. 17. Cuidado d ebe ser tomado de tal manera qu e objectos liquidos no sean derramados sobre la cubierta u ori ficios de ventilación. 18. Servicio por personal ca[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 24 of 28 FCC Requirements for Telephone-Li ne Equipment 1. The Fe deral Com munications Comm ission (FCC) has established rules which permit this device to be directl y connected to the telephone network with st andardiz ed jacks. This equipment should not be used on part y lines or coin li[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 25 of 28 Certification Notice for Equipment Used in Canada The Industr y Canada label id entifies certified equipment . This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommuni cations-network protective, oper ation, and safety requirements. Indust ry Canada does not guarantee [...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 26 of 28 FEDERAL COMMUNI CATIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE S TATEMENTS This equipment generate s, uses, and can radiate radio -frequency energy, and if not installed and used proper ly, that is, in strict accord ance with the manufactur er’s instructions,[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 27 of 28 FEDERAL COMMUNI CATIONS COMMISSION and INDUSTRY C ANA D A RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE S TATEMENTS Class B Digi tal Device. This equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the limits for a Class B computin g device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are des[...]

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    Copyright  2006 Ringdale User M anual, 62-15820000 Page 28 of 28 Technical Support Ringdale UK Lt d. Ringdale Inc. and Ringdale Gmb H all have Technical Support De partments. North America Europe (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST, Monday to Friday) (0900 to 1700 GMT, Monday to Frid ay) Fax: 512-930-16 99 Fax: +44 161 928 7015 Direct: 512 -288-9080 Pho[...]