This can be found from the Cobwebb Fax & Email Menu - System Maintenance - Maintenance Menu - Option 9.

Overview

The Cobwebb Fax Spooled file monitor system (SFFMON). This has been replaced by the CPPD Work with Spooled file Monitor.

SFFMON monitors one or more IBM i Output Queues for selected spooled files to be sent as faxes.

The Spooled file monitor program is automatically started in the CPPD subsystem if the Spooled file monitor interface in CFAX400 interfaces is set to 'Y'. As a spooled file is added (or released) to any specified output queue it is checked to see whether it is to be sent as a fax.

If the spooled file is to be sent as a fax the Cobwebb Fax SNDFAXP (Send Fax from Spooled File) command is run using the parameters specified in 'Work with spooled file monitor'.

Setup Spooled file fax monitor

1.Enable the Cobwebb Fax Spooled file monitor interface.
From the Cobwebb Fax main menu, use Option 6 – Work with system parameters, Option 5 - CFAX400 interfaces, set Spooled file fax monitor = 'Y'.

2.Set up the spooled file to be sent as a fax.
From the Cobwebb Fax main menu, use Option 7 - System Maintenance, Option 1 - Maintenance Menu, Option 9 - Work with spooled file fax monitor.

Work with Spooled file fax monitor

Create a new entry for each spooled file you want to monitor for. If you want to select all the spooled files going to the specified output queue, enter the Output Queue and Library names with *ALL in the File/User/User Data/Form Type fields. If you want to select all the spooled files having the same User enter *ALL in the User field (this also applies to the other fields). If you leave a field blank SFFMON will only select spooled files which are blank in that field.

Note: SFFMON will only select matching spooled files if the 'Status' is 'Online'. Spooled files with a status of 'Offline' will not be selected. You can change the status while the subsystem is running. It is advisable to stop and restart the subsystem when adding a new spooled file in 'Work with spooled file fax monitor'.

Having entered the details of the spooled files to be selected, press 'enter'. The next screen allows you to enter a Description. Use F10 on this screen to enter the SNDFAXP command parameters.

When starting the SFFMON program Cobwebb Fax automatically assigns the data queue SFFMON in library CPPD to each Print Output queue for which there is an 'Online' entry in Work with spooled file monitor' maintenance.

Note 1: - If there are no ‘Online’ entries then the SFFMON program will not start.

Note 2: - DO NOT specify an Output Queue for use with SFFMON which already has a data queue assigned, this is because the data queue records are deleted as soon as they are read, and are therefore not available to two systems. Instead you can setup a new output queue and divert the appropriate spooled files to it.

To enter the SNDFAXP parameters and select the destination from the text of the spooled file press F10, all the SNDFAXP parameters are displayed.

Position to

Position the display to the  Output queue entered here.

Options

Select one of the following options:

Entries

Output Queue

The print output queue from which the spooled files will be selected.

Library

The print output queue library name from which the spooled files will be selected.

File

The print output file name, as specified in the program creating the print file. *ALL to select all files in the output queue.

User

The name of the user who owns the spooled file. *ALL to select all owners of the spooled file.

User Data

The 10 characters of user specified data which describes this file. *All to select all user data, leave blank for blank user data.

Form Type

The type of form specified for use with this document. *ALL to select all form types, leave blank for a blank form type.

Status

The status of the spooled file monitor entry, ’offline' means the spooled file fax monitor will ignore this entry, 'online' means the spooled file fax monitor will include this entry.

Function keys