4.3. Sending and Receiving Faxes

To send a test fax, select the Send Fax Applet option from the Dialogic System Service program group found in the Programs menu of the Windows Start bar.

The Dialogic Send/Receive Fax Test dialog box allows you to send and receive fax(es) to/from an external fax machine.

Figure 63. Dialogic Send/Receive Fax Test Dialog

The Status/Activity area of the Dialog Send/Receive Fax Test dialog box reports the status of the GammaLink Fax System Services. The size of the report area can be configured by the user; the size of the rows in the Status/Activity area is user configurable within a session.

Table 19. Send Receive Fax Test Report Area Fields

Channel	Lists the fax channels configured in the system.
App. State	Lists the state of the application for the associated fax channel. The application state is either waiting, sending or receiving based upon the fax activity.
Activity	Lists the current activity for the associated fax channel.
Files in use	Lists number of files and the path of the file(s) selected to send.
Error code	Lists any error codes for the associated fax channel.

Scroll to the right with the horizontal scroll bar to view additional System Service information.

Table 20. Additional System Service Information Fields

Duration	Lists the duration of the activity.
CSID	Lists the customer subscriber identification (CSID) number for the fax channel.
Speed	Lists the speed of the transaction.
State	Lists the current state.
Channel Name	Lists the channel name.
User_ID field	Lists the ID of the user.
Number of Pages	Lists the number of pages of the fax being sent.
Files used	Lists the number of file(s) used.

The Fax Number: entry box in the Send Fax Properties area lists the last 15 fax numbers entered by the user. To select a number from the last 15 numbers, scroll down and highlight the number. To send a fax to a number not listed, enter the number in the user entry box.

The Fax Channel box contains the available fax channels in your system. Select a fax channel from the available channels listed in the Fax Channel box. You can also select a fax channel by selecting it in the Status/Activity area of the dialog box.

The Status area lists the number of fax channel(s) on the system and the current state of the Service. The button is available only when the Service is in the Running or Stopped state. The bitmap on the button of the traffic signal and the accompanying text reflect the state of the Service.

Table 21. Service States

Red	Service is stopped. The user must restart the Service to send/receive faxes.
Green	Service is running. Faxes may be sent/received.
No Light	No GDK fax service is available. Service is in an unknown state.
Red+Yellow+Green	Service start/stop is pending.

Stopping the Service closes all channels and closes the GammaLink System Service. To stop the Service click the signal light button. If one of the channels is in use, a message is displayed warning that stopping the system while a fax is being sent/received is not recommended.

Three different methods may be used to select a file name to send in the File to Send area.

• Enter the literal path and file name in the File Name: box.
• Click the Browse... button and navigate to the location of the file to send. This standard Windows Open dialog box points by default to the %GFAX% directory with test001.tif as the default filename. Select either TIFF files (*.tif), Text files (*.txt), or from All files (*.*) to send.
• The user can select the file to send from the desktop or from Explorer and drag and drop the file onto the File to Send area. If multiple files are selected, only the latest one will be considered.

Click the Send Fax button to send the selected file to the designated fax number using the selected fax channel. This operation will return an error message under the following conditions: if the file name does not exist; if the fax number is not valid; or if the channel was not in the correct state. You can view error messages in the Status/Activity area. Click Exit to exit the Dialogic Send/Receive Test Fax screen to exit without sending a fax.

To register your software by fax, click the Show Reg. button. Fill out the requested fields in the Registration Information area.

Figure 64. Test Fax Registration Form Dialog

Click OK to fax the product registration to Dialogic. You will receive an error message if you do not fill out the Name, Address and Fax Number fields. To exit the screen without sending the product registration fax, click Cancel.

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