ZETRON 748, Technical Manual

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Programming
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DEVICE CONFIGURATION AND BILLING DATA
The Model 748 provides a convenient way of saving and restoring device configurations and
downloading billing information. The Model 748 uses the XMODEM protocol for data transfers.
This is supported by most popular software communications packages. See the previous subsection,
“Using PROCOMM with the Model 748”.
Device configuration is broken into three files: System Database, Interconnect User Database, and
Repeater Panel User Database. Device configuration files are binary data and cannot be manipulated.
They are intended for backup purposes only.
Billing data is broken into three files: ANI User Airtime, Repeater Panel User Airtime, and Call
detail records. Billing data files are in ASCII text and are suitable for import into billing software
packages.
All data transfers are initiated in the Accounting Menu. Device configuration can be uploaded or
downloaded. Billing data can only be downloaded. Transferring the System Database or Call Detail
Records is accomplished by selecting the appropriate menu item and pressing ENTER. Then start
the transfer in your communications software (see the manual for your communications software).
Transferring the User Database or User Airtime records adds an additional step to the process. When
you select the appropriate menu item, you will be able to toggle between “Interconnect” or
“Repeater Panel”. Simply press ENTER when the desired selection is displayed. Then start the
transfer in your communications software (see the manual for your communications software).
Billing File Formats
Downloaded billing files are in ASCII text. Each line is terminated with CR (13), LF (10). All three
billing data files have a common header format to identify the file type and where and when the file
was downloaded. Following the three-line header are the billing records, one record per line. The
format is intended to make it easy to be read and understood by both a human and a billing software
package.
H
EADER
- An example of a billing file header follows:
Model 748 -- V1.00 S/N 101
SITE: BLACKNOSE MTN SITE
748 AA 09:07 09/01/95 4
L
INE
1 of the header identifies the unit (Model 748), the software version (V1.00), and the serial
number (S/N 101).
L
INE
2 prints the Site ID string programmed into the unit.
L
INE
3 holds information useful when importing data to a computer program. It indicates the device
type (748), record type (AA), time and date of download (09:07 09/01/95), and number
of records in file (4).
Valid record types in Line 3 are: CD = Call detail, AA = ANI airtime, and RA = Repeater panel
airtime.