User control – electronic faxing

The UCP Fax widget lets users send, receive, and view faxes.  If you cannot find the first image on your page, please see this link:

The User Management Module controls if a user will be able to add this widget in UCP.  Please be aware that some links will take you directly to their website.

Views

From here, a user can view all locally stored inbound and outbound faxes (if local storage is enabled for the user), and send outbound faxes to anyone.

Fax Columns

Each fax will display the following information:

• Date: The date and time the fax was received or sent
• From: The user number or caller ID (CID) of the sender.
• To: The user number or fax number of the recipient.
• Status: The status for the fax as reported by Asterisk.
• Pages: The number of pages for the fax as reported by Asterisk.
• Controls: Buttons to view, download, forward, or delete the fax, as described below.

Controls (Buttons)

Throughout UCP, buttons allow you to view and manage saved faxes. In the Inbox, Archived, Outgoing, Sent, and Failed folders, you’ll find some or all of these buttons:

• View PDF in Browser: Displays the PDF file of the fax document in your browser, if your browser is configured to view PDFs.
• Download: Downloads the PDF file of the fax to your computer.
• Forward: Lets you send the fax to another recipient – either an outside number or an internal extension.
  
•  Delete: Lets you delete a fax
•  Cancel: Used to cancel an outgoing fax

Folders

Faxes can be filed under the following folders:

Inbox

Faxes that have not yet been viewed.

Archived

Faxes that have been viewed but not yet deleted.

Outgoing

Faxes in the process of being sent. The page will show the current status of the fax. Information updates automatically in near real-time with no need to reload the page.

• You’ll see “In Progress” if the system is still in the process of sending (or trying to send) the fax
• You’ll see “OK” if the fax was sent successfully
• The system will also display messages related to any errors that are encountered, such as “Retrying” when it’s trying to send a fax again after a failure.

Sent

Faxes that have been sent successfully.

Failed

Faxes that have not been sent successfully.

How To Send a Fax

Create one or more PDF or TIFF files on your computer. Multiple pages and/or multiple documents are acceptable and will be merged to create one fax (but not one fax document, each document uploaded with be one page or more)

To send a fax click the Send Fax button in the Fax widget:

Basic options include Destination, whether to use a Coversheet, and the Document(s). (If you enable the coversheet, additional options will appear.)

Destination

Enter the fax number of the recipient.

Coversheet

This is Off by default. Click the switch to toggle the on/off setting.

If the switch is set to On, additional fields appear:

The information you enter will appear on the cover sheet.

• Recipient Name: The name of the person you are sending the fax to.
• Message: A short message to include in the cover sheet.
• My Name: The sender’s name is pulled from User Management settings, but you can override it here.
• My Telephone: The sender’s phone number is pulled from the User Management settings, but you can override it here.
• My Email: The sender’s e-mail address is pulled from the User Management settings, but you can override it here.

Document(s)

A single fax can contain one or more documents. There are two ways to upload documents to be included in your fax:

• Click the Upload Document button to select a file from your computer,
• OR drag and drop files from your computer to the Drag New Documents Here area.

The uploaded file(s) will appear in a list:

• To view a file, click the button.
  To remove a file from the list, click the  button.

Send

When ready to send the fax, click the Send button.

Once send has been clicked the Fax interface will send you directly to the Outgoing folder.

When a fax has been sent successfully, it will be moved to the Sent folder. If it fails to send and all retry attempts have been exhausted, it will be moved to the Failed folder.

How to Receive a Fax in UCP

Inbox Folder

Receiving a fax in UCP is easy – just check your Inbox! You don’t need to be logged into UCP at the time a fax is received. In the Fax widget just click the Inbox menu item to view the inbox.

If you’re logged into UCP and have allowed your web browser to display notifications, you’ll see a pop-up notification when a new fax arrives.

For instructions on enabling/disabling notifications in your web browser, please see UCP Settings

Fax Settings in UCP

Users can manage their fax settings directly from UCP.

To do this click the gear icon in the widget’s title.

Fax Settings update automatically as new information is entered. There is no “Save” button.

• Fax Email: The e-mail address to send inbound faxes to when this user receives a fax
• Attachment Format: 
  • PDF/TIFF/both: Which file format(s) to use when e-mailing an inbound fax to this user.

• Store Locally:

  • Yes: Store the fax locally after e-mailing it to the user, so that the fax can be viewed in UCP.

  • No: Delete the fax after e-mailing it to the user. The fax will not be accessible in UCP.

• Outgoing Station ID: The fax number that will be displayed at the top of each outbound fax.
• Outgoing Header: Text, such as a company name, that will be displayed at the top of each outbound fax page.
• Coversheet Name: The name of the person who is sending the fax. This will be displayed in the “From” section of the cover sheet.
• Coversheet Telephone: The voice telephone number of the person who is sending the fax. This will be displayed in the “From” section of the cover sheet.
• Coversheet Email: The e-mail address of the person who is sending the fax. This will be displayed in the “From” section of the cover sheet.
• Email Results: This setting controls whether to e-mail the results of an outbound fax to a sender, so that the sender can be alerted of the status.

  • Never: Never e-mail the results.

  • Always: Always e-mail the results.

  • On Success: Only e-mail the results when the outbound fax is successful.

  • On Failure: Only e-mail the results when the outbound fax fails.

  • Use Global: Use the setting that is defined globally in the Fax Configuration module of the PBX administration GUI.

• Retries:

  • 0/1/2/3/Use Global Setting: How many times to try and resend a failed fax (none, 1, 2, or 3). Select Use Global to use the global setting from the Fax Configuration module of the PBX administration GUI.