PMDF System Manager's Guide

The FAX_TO_DATA channel, which receives inbound FAXes, runs as a detached process; one process per modem. These processes use very little resources. Each detached process should be started by executing the command

$ PMDF STARTUP FAX_RECEIVE channel-name

The parameter channel-name is optional and specifies the name of the FAX_TO_DATA channel the process is to operate as. If this parameter is omitted, the process will operate as the FAX_TO_DATA channel named fax_to_data.

Whenever the PMDF configuration is altered, the FAX receive processes need to be restarted. To restart all FAX receive processes across an entire cluster, issue the command

$ PMDF RESTART FAX_RECEIVE

Each process will then restart itself as soon as possible, waiting until any incoming FAX transmission has completed. SYSLCK privilege is required to issue this command. If the PMDF RESTART command is issued without the FAX_RECEIVE parameter, then all PMDF detached proesses, include FAX receive processes, will be started.

To shutdown any FAX receive processes, you may use the PMDF SHUTDOWN command:

$ PMDF SHUTDOWN FAX_RECEIVE

As with the PMDF RESTART command, you can omit the FAX_RECEIVE parameter. However, such an omission will shutdown all PMDF detached processes which may not be your intent.