Analog terminal devices
With your PABX sys tem it is pos si ble to trans mit the char ge ra te in for ma ti on as me te ring pul ses via the ana log ports
with ap pro pria te ly equip ped ter mi nal de vi ces. In the in iti al sta te trans mis si on of the 12 or 16 kHz char ge pul se is de -
ac ti vat ed. On ac count of the tech no lo gy used in ISDN for the con nec ti on/call cost trans fer, con nec ti on/call costs may
con ti nue to be trans mit ted even af ter the con nec ti on has been ter mi na ted. With all of the ana log ter mi nal de vi ces
avai la ble on the mar ket, it may not al ways be pos si ble for the char ge pul se trans mit ted by your PABX sys tem at the
con clu si on of a con nec ti on to be re cei ved pro per ly by the ter mi nal de vi ce you are using. Plea se ob ser ve the in struc -
tions in the ope ra ting ma nu al for your ter mi nal de vi ce.
The transmit pulse frequency can be set during PC configuration to 16 kHz or 12 kHz.
Charge counter
The PABX ma na ges a char ge coun ter for each in ter nal user on the ba sis of the trans mit ted char ge ra te in tor ma ti on.
The coun ter logs the costs of all calls. You can use the PABX me nu or the char ge log ger pro gram to dis play the coun ter
for an in ter nal user. You can al so reset the counters.
Transmission of communication costs by the network service provider
To dis play call/con nec ti on costs at in ter nal ter mi nal de vi ces of the PABX eit her du ring or at the end of the call and to
ma na ge the char ge coun ter you ha ve to ap ply for the ra te in for ma ti on trans fer to be ac ti vat ed by your net work ser vi ce
pro vi der. The re are two ways to transfer the cost of calls:
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Trans fer of rate in for ma ti on in units.
The se units are then con ver ted to a cur ren cy va lue using a de fi ned fac tor. The cur ren cy must be
spe ci fied pre vi ous ly in the PABX however.
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Trans fer of the cur ren cy va lue..
No con ver si on re qui red in the PABX.
Ask your net work pro vi der which me thod is used to trans mit your char ge ra te da ta. Ma ke su re your con nec ted ter -
mi nal de vi ces sup port the me thod that is used. The PABX supp orts both the se trans mis si on types.
Note:
If your net work ser vi ce pro vi der has made this rate in for ma ti on dis play du ring calls avai la ble on your ISDN con -
nec ti on then the PABX ter mi nal de vi ces can dis play this in for ma ti on.
Call account (charge limitation, pocket money account)
A call char ge ac count can be pro gram med for each in ter nal user. The char ge ra te amounts avai la ble to that par ti cu lar
user are de fi ned in this ac count. If the user uses up his/her al lot ted units he/she can then on ly ma ke in ter nal calls. If
this li mit is rea ched du ring an on going call, the call can be com ple ted. The user can ma ke ex ter nal calls again when
the num ber of units on his/her ac count is in crea sed or the counter is deleted.
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Note:
Plea se note that user’s char ge ac count must be ac ti vat ed and trans mis si on of the rate in for ma ti on must be ap plied
for at your net work ser vi ce pro vi der in or der to uti li ze this fea tu re. If you make a call using a dif fe rent pro vi der
which does not trans fer the char ge rate in for ma ti on, the call ac count functi on will be inef fec ti ve.
Be fo re you en ter the amount for the call cost ac count you must cle ar the char ge coun ter for the in ter nal num ber of the
ac count hol der. You can then set up the call account.
Note:
For con fi gu ra ti on in for ma ti on using the te le pho ne plea se re fer to page 47.
Monitoring costs
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