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Call Minutes
Mobile Service providers offer various schemes to its customers. One of the scheme which most service providers
offers to its customers is to provide first few minutes free every month. SIMADO GFXD1111S supports Call Minutes
feature on Mobile Port to utilize the benefit of this scheme.
Let us understand this feature with the help of an example:
Suppose SIMADO GFXD1111S is installed in a company. The service provider offers first 1000 minutes free every
month. It is desirable that all the outgoing calls are made using free minutes offered by the service provider. To use
this feature, enable Call Minutes and program the free minutes allowed for Mobile Port. Now whenever user makes
outgoing calls through mobile port, it will not be charged. The free call minutes programmed for the Mobile Port will
be used.
When these free minutes are consumed, SIMADO GFXD1111S provides two options to the user.
1.
Block Outgoing Calls: If this option is set then SIMADO GFXD1111S will not allow outgoing calls from
that mobile port after the free minutes allocated to the port are utilized.
2.
Alert and allow Outgoing Calls: If this option is set, SIMADO GFXD1111S will indicate to the user that
the free minutes are about to be exhausted through LED
1
indication and also by playing alert tone before
dialing a number on the Mobile Port.
The alert tone and the LED indication will begin when 20 free minutes are remaining and will continue until
free minutes are added again. All calls made after utilization of the free call minutes will be charged as per
the charges set by the service provider.
SIMADO GFXD1111S maintains total minutes usage of Mobile Port. When outgoing call is made through the Mobile
Port, system will update its 'Minutes Used Counter' simultaneously. While counting call minutes, the fraction of last
minute is rounded up to complete one minute. For example, if the call duration is of 3 minutes and 56 seconds, it is
rounded up as 4 minutes in the system.
SIMADO GFXD1111S provides flexibility to reset minutes used either manually or automatically. If scheduled reset
is enabled then call minutes counter will reset automatically at the programmed date. In case of manual reset, SE
will have to manually reset the call minutes counter.
• The free call minutes will not be utilized when emergency numbers are dialed.
• Minute Used Counter is not cleared in case of power failure. SIMADO GFXD1111S will retain the last
updated value before power failure when the system is switched on.
You can program and check status of Call Minutes by issuing commands as shown below.
How to Program?
Use following command to enable/disable call minutes feature on a Mobile Port:
341-Flag-#*
Where,
By default, Call Minutes feature is disabled on Mobile Port.
1. 'RDY' LED is used for indicating Call Minutes. Refer LED table in “Switching ON SIMADO GFXD1111S” topic for more details.
Flag Meaning
0 Disable
1 Enable