60 OKIOFFICE 87 User’s GuideRelay BroadcastingRelay broadcasting allows one fax machine to send a document toanother fax machine, which then re-sends (broadcasts) the document toa number of other locations.Two different fax machines are involved in transmitting a relay broadcast:the relay initiating station and the relay key station.Relay Initiating StationYour MFP machine can act as the relay initiating station, which starts therelay broadcast by sending the original documents. Before you canprogram your MFP machine to initiate a relay broadcast, you need toobtain the following information from the operator of the fax machine youintend to use as a relay key station:Relay Password: This is the relay key word (up to 20 digits), which isprogrammed into the relay key station.Relay Group Numbers: These numbers (up to 20 digits) are thenumbers of locations or groups of locations programmed into the relaykey station.Relay Key StationThe relay key station is the fax machine, which receives the original faxmessage and then automatically relays or broadcasts the message toother remote fax machines.The only OKIFAX units that can serve as relay key stations are theOKIFAX 2600 and OKIFAX 5950. Units of another company can act as arelay key station when it is a SUB function relay request if that unit has aSUB function.Relay Broadcast ReportAfter the relay broadcast is completed, it is possible for the relay keystation to send a fax back to your MFP machine confirming the successof the relay broadcast. For this function to work, your MFP machine’s owntelephone number must be programmed into your MFP machine’s lastAuto Dial number (Auto Dial number 100).
