121Advanced InternetFax FeaturesQ Relay NetworkThis Feature saves you time and long distance phone line costs when sending an Internet Fax directly from yourmachine to the end receiving station(s).A Relay Network is basically composed of an Originating Station, which can be an Internet Fax Machine (yourmachine) or a PC, a Relaying Internet Fax Machine (another machine), and End-receiving station(s), which can beregular G3 Fax machines.By simply sending a Document(s) from your machine or an email message from a PC, to the Relay Machine, which isthen transmitted by your machine to the end receiving station(s) using regular phone lines as a normal G3 Faxmessage. (PC can have TIFF-F or text (.txt) file attachment)The end receiving station(s) are usually local in relation to the Relay Station, which incurs a local telephone charge forthe Fax Transmission.After the Relay Station completes its transmission to the end receiving station(s), a Communication Journal is sentback to the originator from the Relaying Internet Fax confirming whether the Internet Relayed Transmission wassuccessful. Any Relay activity information is sent by email from the Relaying Internet Fax to its Manager’s EmailAddress, which is programmed in the Relaying Internet Fax machine’s User Parameters. (See page 55)To use the Internet Relayed Transmission, just follow the set up procedure described on pages 123 to 131 and obtaincertain information provided by the Relaying machine operator. A sample network is shown in Figure 1.Figure 1 shows a sample network as seen from New York (Initiating Station), London and Singapore (RelayStations) are connected to New York, and the End Receiving Stations are Stockholm, Rome, Tokyo, Hong Kong,and Sydney.With this simple network using two Relay Stations, you can send a document with one operation to any combination ofstations in the network via the London Relay Station and/or Singapore Relay Station.Figure 1: Sample NetworkNew YorkLondonStockholmTel. No.: 46 8 111 1234RomeTel. No.: 39 6 111 1234SydneyTel. No.: 61 2 111 1234Hong KongTel. No.: 852 23123456TokyoTel. No.: 81 33 111 1234New YorkEmail Address: ifax@newyork.panasonic.comHost Name: newyorkRelay XMT Password: usa-rlyLondonEmail Address: ifax@london.panasonic.co.ukHost Name: londonRelay XMT Password: uk-rlySingaporeEmail Address: ifax@singapore.panasonic.co.sgHost Name: singaporeRelay XMT Password: sg-rlySingapore
