Francotyp-Postalia optimail 30 Installation Manual

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The Optimail 30 can store up to 6 adverts. You can easily load adverts from chip card yourself. Order new adverts from Francotyp-Postalia. Press the key. Select in the menu: LOAD FROM CHIP CARD. Remove the Master card and insert the card with your adverts printed on it. The optimail shows all adverts stored on the card. You can LOAD ALL or SELECT individual adverts. Please save your adverts when prompted. Once the card has been loaded and saved successfully remove the Advert / Logo card and re-insert your Master card. Now we have to load the Town circle onto the Franking machine. This is done in the exact same way as an Advert card is loaded. Press the key. Select in the menu: LOAD FROM CHIP CARD. Remove the Master card and insert the card with your Town circle printed on it. Now select LOAD ALL. Once the town circle has been loaded please re-insert the Master Card then press and hold the back key to return to the home screen. 17 Table of Contents Check the contents of the box Page 3 Positioning your Optimail 30 Page 4 Installing the ribbon cassette Page 5 Mounting the scale platform Page 6 Installing the catcher tray Page 7 Connecting your Optimail 30 Page 8 Switching On Page 9 Authorisation Page 10 Loading Postage / Teleset Page 14 Loading Adverts and Town Circle Page 17 Your first frank Page 18 Insert card with Town circle

DO NOT TURN MACHINE ON YET…. 3 Loading Postage / Teleset (Cont…) • Select CONTINUE to end the Teleset process. The optimail 30 displays the home menu. 16

15 Caution! When you move the optimail 30 from a cold environment (i.e. below 10°C / 50°F): Wait at least 24 hours before connecting the optimail 30. The optimail 30 requires this period to adapt to the ambient conditions. • Choose an installation site with the following ambient conditions: – Room temperature: 10°C / 50°F to 40°C / 104°F. – No direct sunlight. – Power socket and BT jack for connecting the modem in the immediate vicinity. • Place the optimail 30 on a firm, level, low vibration and horizontal base. Step 2 Positioning your optimail 30 4 Cont.....

A cardboard strip may be present in the ribbon cas- sette as transport fixture (see the illustration). • If present: Remove the cardboard strip. • Tension the ribbon. Turn the white ribbon spool in the direction of the arrow until the ribbon is taut. • Place the ribbon cassette on the letter receiv- ing tray with the ribbon facing downwards. • Hold the ribbon cassette as shown in the illustration and carefully insert it in the cas- sette slot. The cassette must easily slide into the cassette slot. • Insert the cassette until the latch clips over and holds it in position. • Close the cartridge flap. 5 • Type the desired sum. • Continue by pressing LOAD. For verification the optimail 30 indicates the set sum to be loaded. To load this sum: • Use LOAD to establish the connection to the Teleset Data Centre. Loading continues automatically. You can monitor the progress in the display. Please stand by. Data exchange takes some time. The residual sum is indicated when loading ends. This represents the available postage credit of your optimail 30. 14 You now load the first postage into your franking machine. The sum you enter is loaded into your optimail 30 as postage credit. The amount is defined by the amount you have set up / available on your Teleset account. You can find out how much postage you have available by visiting our website www.fpmailing.co.uk and selecting Teleset Account Balance which will take you to our secure customer area when you type in your 8 digit PIN number • Use the CHANGE option to change the “Amount to load”. Step 9 Loading Postage / Teleset Cont..... Caution! Make sure not to crease or tear the ribbon when inserting it. Otherwise the ribbon might break. Also make sure the edges of the ribbon do not fold over. • Open the flap of the ribbon cassette compartment by lightly pressing the release catch. The flap swings up automatically. Step 3 Installing the ribbon cassette

and to authorise your optimail 30. Please stand by. The optimail 30 displays a message when the authorisation was successful and prompts you to load postage. • Select CONTINUE to start the Teleset Process. (i.e. Download funds onto your franking machine). 13 If you ordered an optimail 30 with integrated scale, the scale comes mounted to the franking machine on delivery. You need only attach the scale platform. • Hold the scale platform so that the long slot in the scale platform foot points to the right (towards the display). • Place the scale platform onto the scale receptacle from above. The long slot of the scale platform must slide in the counterpart on the scale receptacle. • Press down slightly on the scale platform with your flat hand. Step 4 Mounting the scale platform 6 Check your Modem Settings The illustration is an example of a Modem Parameter overview. The Phone Type is set to EXTENSION. The Access Method is set to EXCHANGE DIGIT. The Exchange Digit is set to dial a ‘0’ and the comma denotes a 2 second wait. i.e. the franking machine will dial a ‘0’ and then wait for 2 seconds before dialling the Teleset modem number which is programmed into the machine at the factory. To go back and change these settings again, press the CANCEL Soft Key 3. Once you are happy that your settings match the requirements of your telephone line, and will allow the machine to access an outside line, then press SAVE Soft Key 4. Once the SAVE option is pressed the franking machine will attempt to establish a connection to the Teleset data system which will register your machine’s warranty and authorise your account.

• Attach the letter stop to the catch tray: Slide the stop into the guides on the catch tray bottom. • Place the catch tray to the right of the franking machine. • Slightly lift the franking machine on the right. The right side of the housing features two slots where the catch tray is fastened. • Push the catch tray underneath the franking machine so that the catches on the catch tray engage in the slots. • Put the franking machine carefully down. 7 Authorisation (Cont…) 12 Exchange Digit (extension only) As above this option is only available if you selected EXTENSION as your method of dialling out. Please insert using the numeric keys, the number that has to be dialled to access an outside line. Normally a “9” is used. • A W indicates waiting for the dialling tone. Use WAIT to define waiting for the dialling Tone after the exchange digit was dialled. • A comma (,) indicates a dialling pause. Use PAUSE to insert a dialling delay of 2 seconds. Press CONTINUE once you have selected the correct Exchange Digit. Cont.....

out (above) then please select EXCHANGE DIGIT as your current setting. The other option to toggle between is HOOK FLASH but this is not used in the UK. These options can be toggled between by pressing Soft key 2 as above. When EXTENSION is set as your current setting please press CONTINUE. Authorisation (Cont…) 11 Warning! Use only the power and modem cables provided with the optimail 30 or approved by Francotyp-Postalia. Make sure that cables are not damaged. Make sure the socket for connecting the optimail 30 is close by and easily accessible at all times. Step 6 Connecting your optimail 30 Modem cable Plug the modem cable into the modem socket on the franking machine. The modem socket is at the rear of the franking machine. The spring on the plug must face downwards. Connect the modem cable to the BT jack telephone socket (analogue). Digital telephone systems will have to have an analogue line patched over for the franking machine to use. Power cable Connect the power cable securely to the franking machine. The power connection is at the rear of the optimail 30. Plug the power cable into a regular 240V socket. 8 Setting up your modem to dial out You are now required to set up the modem so that it can dial out of your building and establish a connection to the Teleset server where you download your postage from. • If you are required to dial a number to access an out side line please ensure you have EXTENSION as your current setting. • If you are NOT required to dial a number to access an outside line, please ensure you have DIRECT LINE as your current setting. You can toggle between these two set- tings by pressing soft key 2, as shown in the illustration. • Press CONTINUE when you are happy. Cont..... Current Setting

toggle switch on the left hand side of the franking machine. The display lights up and the authorisation procedure starts. Step 7 Switching on Step 8 Authorisation When the machine has run through its start-up tests the “Welcome” screen is displayed 9 Inserting the MASTER card • Insert the supplied card labelled MASTER Into the card reader on the right side of the franking machine. The chip on the card must face the rear. • Push in the card against a slight resistance all the way to the stop (The “Continue” option will appear on screen if the card is being read). • Press the CONTINUE multifunction key. 10 Cont.....