Editing tariffs

Cost effective PBX/PABX call accounting solution

Contents 1 Editing the tariffs in PbxTools PhoneJournal 2 General information 2.1 Assigning a tariff zone to a prefix (number pattern) 2.2 Adding tariffs to a profile 2.3 About destinations

Editing the tariffs in PbxTools PhoneJournal

Even PhoneJournal interface it's very user friendly you'll have to face the most complicated part of the configuration. Beacause the software it's very flexible you'll have to learn how the tariff rules are used by the application in order to obtain the expected result.

DO NOT FORGET TO BACKUP TARIFF.MDB before editing the tariffs - there is no undo feature implemented in the editor currenly.

General information

Provider - the phone company Destination - Is the type of call: local, long distance, mobile, international. Profile - The profile is the the subscription type for a provider. You can define profiles with the same same but with different start date. These are used in the case the provider changes it's tariffs Adding a new provider

Please select the branch Provider from the left pane. In the right pane you will see the list of providers and their countries. The country field is used only for distinguish between various providers with the same name.

To add a new provider please select any record from the right pane and press Insert. A blank record, marked with * will appear at the end of the list. After editing it the application will refresh the left tree pane. Adding destination types for the provider

Select the branch Destinations from the desired provider and click on the right pane and press Insert. You'll get a new record for a destination. Binding prefixes to the destinations

Please select the provider in the tree and click on the left pane. Now you have to add the prifixes and their bindings to the destination types. You have to add the prefixes in the international format. For example: 0033 could be binded to destination: international zone 1. (0033 is also known as +33, France prefix). Adding a new profile for a provider

Select the branch Profiles from the desired provider and click on the right pane and press Insert. This will add you a new profile (subscription type). The start date is important because you can have different profiles with the same name but not valid in the same time.

Assigning a tariff zone to a prefix (number pattern)

• In tariff.exe select operator in the tree
• select any record from the list of prefixes (listbox)
• press Insert key
• complete the prefix and select one zone. Do not forget to use canonical format (00 + country code + ...)

Adding tariffs to a profile

Select the desired profile from the left pane and you'll need to click on the right pane and press Insert. You have to complete a lot of fields, here are the descriptions of these fields:

• name - use it for recognizing the record next time. Example: local night tariff.
• start time and end time - the hours between those the tariff is valid. The default range is 00:00 23:59. If you have more then one range be aware that if you have a night tariff from 22:00 to 06:00 you'll need to add two tariffs: one from 22:00 to 23:59 and one from 00:00 to 06:00.
• resolution - this is measured in 1/100 seconds and is the rounding precision used by the provider. For example if your provider is charging you for every minute you'll put 6000 (60 seconds).
• minimum - this is measured in seconds and is the minimum number of seconds the provider is charging you if the call is made.
• weekday - the weekdays when the tariff is valid
• min digits - the minimum number of digits requested for validating the call
• value - is the cost of the pulse (if it's calculated based on the duration). This value does not contains any VAT or commission.
• currency - currency used for charging, use only international 3 letters abbreviation
• pulse value - the cost of the pulse (if it's calculated based on the reported number of pulses)
• destination - the tariff destination of the call. Basic destinations are: local, mobile, international. You can add/remove them from the 'Destination'. These destination are defined per provider/operator.

About destinations

Don't forget that the application is trying to discover the destination by looking into prefixes. The application will try to find the longest prefix that match the dialed number.