Technical information
INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION GUIDE
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To confirm that the device was successfully deleted, enter:
vfxstat -t
A message then displays confirming the device was successfully deleted.
Enabling and disabling devices and classes
Enabling or disabling a device is a very high-level decision. When you disable a device, you are essentially taking it
offline; it cannot send or receive any fax submissions until you re-enable it. This may be required if a phone line is out
of service or is needed for a purpose other than faxing.
If the device is accepting requests but is disabled, a request can be submitted and queued, but it will not be sent until
the device or class is re-enabled. You do not have to stop and restart the scheduler for the enable or disable
command to take effect.
Command line
To enable a device, enter:
vfxadmin enable <device>
You can confirm that the change has taken effect with the vfxstat -t command. If the device has been enabled,
the vfxstat -a output will show yes in the Ena column and Idle in the State column.
To disable a device, enter:
vfxadmin disable <device>
You can confirm that the change has taken effect with the vfxstat -t command. If the device has been disabled,
the vfxstat -t output will show dwn in the Ena column and Not Running in the State columns that correspond to
the newly disabled device.
Accepting and rejecting fax requests
Setting a device or class to accept or reject fax jobs is a way to fine-tune device operation.
Important
You must be logged on as root (Unix/Linux), Administrator (Windows), or user vsifax to change accept status.
When a device or class is added to the system, by default its status is accepting.
When changing a device or class accept status, you are not required to stop and restart the scheduler for the
command to take effect.
To set device fax2 to accept requests, enter:
vfxadmin accept fax2
To verify that fax2 is accepting, enter:
vfxstat -t
Thevfxadmin reject command is used to set a fax modem so it will reject outgoing fax requests but accept
incoming faxes. When changing reject status, you are not required to stop and restart the scheduler for the command
to take effect.
To reject fax requests (where the -r option specifies a reason), enter:
vfxadmin reject -r "inbound only" fax2
The -r option allows you to specify a reason the device is rejecting requests. A device that is not accepting requests
does not allow a fax request to be queued.
To verify that the device is rejecting requests, enter:
vfxstat -a