Specifications

lMl66-107 System Programming
Integrated Call Costing Configuration - continued
4. Area Code Band Table (Long Distance Calls)
The system compares the long distance calls that do not match entries in zone call band tables to entries that
you have made in area code band tables. Area code band tables are the tl&&&$y level of costing for long
distance calls. Area code band tables 1 - 7 are associated with call rate costing tables 11 - 17. Use area code
band tables to cost calls based upon the area code of the called number. Assign any or all area codes nnn
(200-999) to one of seven different bands. Group area codes into bands based on frequently called areas,
distance from the caller, or any other desired category.
Example: Assign area codes 703 and 804 to area code band table 1. Assign area code 415 to area code band
table 7. Calls made to numbers such as 1-703~nnn-nnnn and l-804-nnn-nnnn are costed with values assigned
to call rate table 11. calls made to numbers such as l-41 5-nnn-nnnn are costed with values assigned to call
rate table 17.
5. Call Rate Tables (Local And Long Distance Calls)
The system compares local calls and long distance calls that do not match entries in any exception table, off ice
code band table, zone call band table or area code band table wfth the entries that you have made in any of the
call rate tables 2 - 33 and costs them accordingly. This is the mority level of cos&lg for local calls and the
vel of costina for long distance calls. You can use the call rate tables to cost any calls that
require special or extraordinary rates such as 1-800-555-l 212 or l-900-976~nnnn.
If the system can not match
a called number with any entries that you have made in the call rate tables, it costs that call with the entries that
you have made in call rate table 1 (the table of last resort for costing all calls). When you are making entries in
the call rate tables, note the following items:
m You can program a maximum of 16 digits into
l Select digits so that the system can match a particular
each call rate table.
dialed number or number group to a particular rate table.
Remember, the system uses the table with the best match
to a dialed number to cost the call.
) Since a dialed number must match all of the
l If a dialed number does not match all of the digits
digits that you have pmgrammed into a table
before it is considered a match, you can
programmed into any call rate table, the system costs the
call with the values programmed into the call rate table of
program a ## character into the table in place of a
last resort (table 1).
specific character to serve as a “match anything”
digit.
6. Discard Digits
When the digital telephone system is installed behind a host system such as a PBX or CENTREX, users must
dial access codes before obtaining an outside line dial tone. To ensure that the system costs a call on just the
actual telephone number that the user dials, you should arrange for the system to ignore these access codes,
You can program up to six different access codes entries with up to eight digits per entry.
Example: If the system is installed behind a PBX using a 9 as an outside line access code, program a 9 as the
discard digit. When a number such as g-555-1212 is dialed, the 9 is discarded and the call is costed based on
555-l 212.
7. Dialing Time And Answer Time
The system does not include dialing time when it records the time of a call for costing. You can program the
amount of time that the system ignores for dialing purposes. Plus, you can program the system to wait for a
period of time before beginning to record costs for a call. This answer time allows a call to ring and be answered
by the called party before the system costs it.
8. LCD Speakerphone Display of Costed Calls
When you arrange the digital telephone System to cost the calls, you should also arrange for the LCD
speakerphones being employed with the system to display the cost of each call the user make from that station.