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^m╒═════════════════════╤═╡^t Cost management ^m╞╕
│ ^nCalculate costs ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
│ ^nCost file 1 ^m│ ^hTERMINAT.CST ^m│
│ ^nCost file 2 ^m│ ^hALTERNA1.CST ^m│
│ ^nCost file 3 ^m│ ^hALTERNA2.CST ^m│
│ ^nShow at connect ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
│ ^nShow costs after ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
│ ^nStart at once ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nCurrency string ^m│ ^hkr ^m│
│ ^nDecimalpoint ^m│ ^h2 ^m│
│ ^nPay by period ^m│ ^h0 ^m│
│ ^nMax costs ^m│ ^h 0,00 ^m│
│ ^nMax costs pr. day ^m│ ^h 0,00 ^m│
│^r Cost editor ^m│ │
│ ^nExternal editor ^m│ │
╘═════════════════════╧════════════════════╛^n
^hCalculate costs^n
Allow cost calculation. If you do not need any cost calculation at all,
simply toggle this off. Cost management will be used when calling from the
phonebook, manually, or with the pointsystem.
When calling an entry from the phonebook, the costs for that entry will be
saved in the entry. When you use manual dialing or the pointsystem for
dialling, the costs will be saved inside entry 0 (manual record) in the
phonebook. Press ^hShift+Esc^n to get current information on which cost
amount was selected from the costfile.
^hCost files^n
Name of the cost file: first the utility directory will be searched, then
the Terminate directory. You can define 3 different costfiles that can
be connected to a device. So in the phonebook you can select a different
device which uses another costfile. This is useful in some cases where
you use ISDN and normal phonelines on the same machine, for example.
^hShow at connect^n
Show information on costs on screen at connect time.
^hShow costs after^n
When the carrier drops, show information on what the phone company made
from your call. If you like to call systems and hate knowing how much
poorer you are afterwards, you should surely turn this off...
^hStart at once^n
There should be some kind of international agreement between phone
companies so that you do not pay anything before the other end has picked
up the phone (no charge for busy calls), but since you never know when the
phone companies change their policy you should always aim for worst case and
just start calculating at once, then when you get the bill you might not
hang yourself anyway.
^hCurrency string^n
The currency string will normally be grabbed from your COUNTRY.SYS, if you
had it installed the first time you ran Terminate (or a $).
It will be shown in all menus where costs are mentioned.
^hDecimalpoint^n
The decimal point is important if you want the correct number printed
on the screen.
0 1000
1 100,0
2 10,00
3 1,000
Most currencies will use 2 here, but some countries do not use a decimal
point. This information is also grabbed from COUNTRY.SYS
^hPay by period^n
Some phone companies use a rate per minute and some want payment for
several minutes in advance.
A zero here will make Terminate choose the units/minute mode.
This means that every minute the rate will be added to cost used.
Any other number will make Terminate act in the period mode.
The number here defines how many units to add for each period.
How long the period is, is then defined for each cost entry.
^hMax costs^n
After a maximum cost has been exceeded, a window will pop up on screen and
ask you if you want to hangup. Enter a 0 if you do not want this option
(for example if your company is paying.)
^hMax costs pr. day^n
If you define an amount here, Terminate will inform you if your daily
budget has been was exceeded. This should keep you from spending any more
money. Entering a 0 will disable the feature.
^hCost editor^n
^m╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡^t Cost editor ^m╞╕
│ ^bPhone # Days:MTWTFSS Hours Costs in units/minute Start units ^m│
│^n──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────^m│
│ ^h31 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h31 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,47 ^m│
│ ^h31 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h33 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h33 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,47 ^m│
│ ^h33 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h42 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h42 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,47 ^m│
│ ^h42 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h4362 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,19 ^m│
│ ^h4362 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,37 ^m│
│ ^h4362 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,19 ^m│
│ ^h43 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^h43 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,47 ^m│
│ ^h43 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,24 ^m│
│ ^hALL ■ 00:00-24:00 0,35 ^m│
│ ^hALL ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,70 ^m│
│ ^hALL ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,35 ^m│
│ │
╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n
^bEnter=Edit Days:1234567 A Add Ins/Del L Reload S Save^n
^hPhone #^n
The cost file is a sequential file that is read from the start and one
line forward at a time. When it finds a match it stops looking for
more. This means that you must place longer numbers first like this:
1 : 4362
2 : 43
If the number is 4362 it will return entry 1, a 439999 will give entry 2.
1 : 43
2 : 4362
The above setting is wrong, because it will allways return entry 1.
^hDays:MTWTFSS^n
Each cost entry can be defined only to be available on some days in
the week. Here in Denmark the complete Sunday is half price.
Press 1-7 to toggle monday-sunday.
^hHours^n
You can also define special hours each day the cost entry will be
available. In Denmark we only pay half price after 19:30 and until
8:00 in the morning.
^hCosts in units/minute / Add Y units every X second^n
Enter cost for entry or how many seconds the period lasts.
^hStart units^n
Some phone companies have some kind of penalty for using the phone
and want you to pay a punishment start fee, but you could also use
this entry for adjusting the seconds when connecting.
^hExternal editor^n
Since the internal editor only allows you to edit 500 entries, you can use
your external editor instead. If you need to copy several lines or other
things it could also be faster to use the external editor.