Multi-Tech Fax-to-Desktop Unified Communication Solutions FaxFinder(R) Works with Over 40 PBX Models

MINNEAPOLIS, December 18 /PRNewswire/ --

A major challenge in sending faxes directly to the desktop is designing a 
fax server to understand the various phone systems' (i.e., PBXs) codes for 
where to send the fax. PBXs vary in the way those codes (i.e., DTMF digits) 
are presented, and it is up to the fax server to adapt to them. Multi-Tech(R) 
Systems, Inc., a leading data communications and telecommunications 
echnology company based in suburban Minneapolis produces a line of 
FaxFinder(R) fax servers that, so far, have been interfaced to over 40 PBX 
models.

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To operate, the Multi-Tech FaxFinder is connected to a PBX via a standard
analog port and to the company's Local Area Network (LAN) by a built-in
10/100BaseT Ethernet(R) interface. The call comes in as a DID (Direct Inward
Dialing) number and the PBX converts the number to DTMF (Dual Tone

Multi-Frequency) tones, which define the destination location or
extension on the network. The PBX then sends the DTMF signals along with the
actual fax data to the FaxFinder. The FaxFinder translates the DTMF digits
into an email address and converts the fax into a PDF or TIFF file. The file
and email address are then sent to an email server for delivery to the
correct desktop. That final location can be anywhere in the world that has an
email address. The Multi-Tech FaxFinder is a very easy and straightforward
method of implementing unified fax and email communications.

"This solution does not require expensive new equipment or extensive
upgrading of your existing infrastructure," states Dilip Mistry, Managing
Director Multi-Tech Systems EME. "It only requires that your PBX be able to
transmit DTMF signals and fax data through an analog port to a FaxFinder fax
server, and that the FaxFinder be able to interpret the DTMF signals
properly. To find out if your PBX can work with the FaxFinder please contact
us and we will let you know if you to can unify your fax and email
communications as easily as adding a Multi-Tech fax server."

Available in one-, two-, four- and eight-port models (FF120, FF220, FF420
and FF820 respectively), the FaxFinder also includes a Web server interface
for configuration and management.

Multi-Tech Systems is an ISO 9001:2000 certified global manufacturer of
telephony, Internet and device networking products connecting voice and data
over IP networks. Multi-Tech Systems has 75 U.S. patents and numerous
international patents. Contact Multi-Tech in the U.S. at +1-800-328-9717 or
+1-763-785-3500, via fax at +1-763-785-9874, EMEA at T: +44-118-959-7774 (UK)
or T: +33-1-49-19-22-06 (France), or via fax at F: +44-118-959-7775 (UK)
or F: +33-1-49-19-21-00 (France) or at http://www.multitech.com.

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