ZETRON 748, Technical Manual

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Feature Set Reference
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REPEATER PANEL FUNCTIONS
Airtime
The Model 748 keeps an Airtime record for each user. Airtime is counted in 1 second increments.
Each user can be setup as either “Accumulate” (count up) or “Pre-pay” (count down). If you bill for
airtime used, then Accumulate mode will work well. If your customers purchase blocks of airtime,
Pre-pay mode will accommodate that.
When Pre-pay mode is active for a user, the Model 748 will first check to see if how much airtime is
available before allowing the call to proceed. If the
Airtime count is greater than 2 hours, the call will
be proceed as normal. If the Airtime count falls below 2 hours but has not reached 0, a warning
prompt will alert the mobile that it is time to purchase another block of airtime. The warning prompt
will be sent to the mobile each time it unkeys during the transmit hold time. If the
Airtime count is
allowed to go to 0, the user is put into reserved mode. Each time he unkeys he will still get the
warning prompt. This lets the mobile know why access has been denied.
Maximum count in an Airtime record is 99:59:59 in Hours:Minutes:Seconds format.
At the end of each billing cycle, the Airtime records can be downloaded for processing. See “Device
Configuration and Billing Data” in Section 4 for information on downloading billing records.
How to program it:
Access the Model 748 through your direct connected PC or terminal, or remotely from your PC
connected to a modem via the Model 748's internal modem.
Once connected to the Model 748 and the Main Menu is on the screen, type “2” and press ENTER ,
and the Repeater Panel Menu will appear. Type “2” and press ENTER , the Repeater Panel User
Menu will be displayed using the currently selected user's data. Select the User number you wish to
program (see “User Range” later in this section). Select the item number for
Airtime followed by
ENTER . The current Airtime record will appear. Type in the new value for the Airtime record and
press
ENTER
when you have finished.
To set a user for Pre-pay, set Airtime to a non-zero value.
To set a user for Accumulate, set Airtime to zero. This can be done by just pressing the space bar and
press
ENTER
, like any other string variable.
The Default setting for Airtime is accumulate.