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Terminate offers the best cost calculation ever presented in a communication package. It has been developed for use in many countries around the world and has the abillity to give you very accurate costs no matter how strange your phone charges are. No program can give you other than estimates, however we would like to think that with Terminate you get a better than avarage idea about how your bill will look at the next mourning day. ^m╒═════════════════════╤═╡^t Cost management ^m╞╕ │ ^bC^nalculate costs ^m│ ^hOn ^m│ │ ^nCost file ^b1^n ^m│ ^hTERMINAT.CST ^m│ │ ^nCost file ^b2^n ^m│ ^hALTERNA1.CST ^m│ │ ^nCost file ^b3^n ^m│ ^hALTERNA2.CST ^m│ │ ^nC^bu^nrrency string ^m│ ^hkr ^m│ │ ^bD^necimalpoint ^m│ ^h2 ^m│ │^r Cost editor ^m│ │ │ ^nExternal ed^bi^ntor ^m│ │ │ ^bS^nhow at connect ^m│ ^hOn ^m│ │ ^nS^bh^now costs after ^m│ ^hOn ^m│ │ ^nS^bh^now in pointsystem ^m│ ^hOn ^m│ │ ^nS^bh^now when faxing ^m│ ^hOn ^m│ │ ^nMa^bx^n costs per day ^m│ ^h 0,00 ^m│ │ ^n2. cu^br^nrency string ^m│ ^hUSD ^m│ │ ^n2. currenc^by^n calc. ^m│ ^h148 ^m│ │ ^n2. ca^bl^nculator ^m│ ^m│ │ ^nDefault ^bk^neywords ^m│ ^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 file 1^n ^hCost file 2^n ^hCost file 3^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. ^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 4 1.0000 Most currencies will use 2 here, but some countries do not use a decimal point. The default information is taken from your COUNTRY.SYS. ^hCost editor^n ^m╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡^t Cost editor ^m╞╕ │ ^nPhone # Days:MTWTFSS Hours Costs in units/minute ^m│ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │^n% Days/DT Time-period Units/ ^m│ │^n%Number/keywrd MTWTFSS Start-Stop seconds ^m│ │^n%------------| |-----| |---------| |------| ^m│ │ │ │^b @CHARGESECOND 0 ^m│ │^b @START 0,0125 ^m│ │ │ │^b @INFO Local calls from DAN BBS ^m│ │^h 31 DT:3112 00:00-24:00 0,120 ^m│ │^h 31 DT:1201 00:00-24:00 0,120 ^m│ │^h 31 ■■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,470 ^m│ │^h 33 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,240 ^m│ │^h 33 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,470 ^m│ │^h 33 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,240 ^m│ │^h 42 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,240 ^m│ │^h 42 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,470 ^m│ │^h 42 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,240 ^m│ │^h 4362 ■ 00:00-24:00 0,190 ^m│ │^h 4362 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0,370 ^m│ │^h 4362 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0,190 ^m│ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡^t 24/297 ^n╞═╛^n ^bEnter^n=Edit Days:^b1234567 D^n=DT ^bA^n=Add ^bK^n=Keyword ^bC^n=Comment ^bL^n=Reload ^bS^n=Save ^hINSert entry^n Add new line at menubar. ^hA Add entry^n Add new line at end of costfile. ^hC Comment^n Insert comment line at menubar position. ^hK Keyword^n Insert the costfile keywords decribed in this document. ^hENTER Edit a costline^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. ^hD Edit days/date field^n Insert DT:DDMM. DT:3112 would only be in effect one day per year on the 31st of December ^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. ^hExternal editor^n Since the internal editor only allows you to edit 800 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. ^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... ^hShow in pointsystem^n Show screen with cost information when using the pointsystem. ^hShow when faxing^n Show screen with cost information when sending faxes. ^hMax costs per 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. ^h2. currency string^n Used for displaying the secondary currency. ^h2. currency calc.^n Use a zero to disable this feature. For calculating the secondary currency you need to know how many percent you need to multiply with for getting the value. For calculating you need the latest rate of exchange on the currency you want. Lets say you want to use DKK (Danish Crowns) and USD (US-Dollars) as secondary currency. You need to find out how much you would have to pay for 1000 USD. When this document was written the rate of exchange was: 1000 USD = 6730 DKK. To calculate the value: 1000 USD * 1000 / 6730 DKK = 148 (14,8%) The number you must enter is 148. An other example would be if you want the secondary currency in DKK and the normal currency in USD. You need to find out how much you would have to pay for 1000 DKK. At the present time 1000 DKK = 148 USD. To calculate the value: 1000 DKK * 1000 / 148 USD = 6756 (675,6%) The number you must enter is 6756. ^h2. calculator^n Helps you to calculate the above. You just need to know how much you would pay for a 1000 of the secondary currency. ^hKeyword defaults^n ^m╒════════════════════════════════════╤═══════════╡^t Keyword defaults ^m╞╕ │^r Start costs @START ^m│ ^h 0,125 ^m│ │ ^bC^nonnect costs @CONNECT ^m│ ^h 0,000 ^m│ │ ^bM^ninimum charge @MINIMUM ^m│ ^h 0,000 ^m│ │ ^nM^ba^nximum @MAXIMUM ^m│ ^h 0,000 ^m│ │ ^nC^bo^nnnect seconds @CONNECTSEC ^m│ ^h12 ^m│ │ ^nC^bh^narge second @CHARGESECOND ^m│ ^h0 ^m│ │ ^nS^bt^nart at once @STARTATONCE ^m│ ^hOff ^m│ │ ^bP^nay by period @PAYBYPERIOD ^m│ ^h0 ^m│ │ ^bD^niscount rate @DISCOUNT ^m│ ^h20 ^m│ ╘════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════════════════════════╛^n ^hStart costs @START^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. ^hConnect costs @CONNECT^n When you get the connect using the dialer, voice, fax or mail-calls, you can add this value to the start value only when getting the connect. Mostly used for adding the initial charge for those countries using a UNIT COST method of charging which is a advance charging method. Also useful if some services that have an additional penalty for calling. ^hMinimum charge @MINIMUM^n Some phone companies will have a minimum charge no matter how short you are online. It can be used if your company for example charges you 1 dollar for the first 3 minutes. Which means you will be charged the full minimum amount even though you are only online 1 minute. ^hMaximum @MAXIMUM^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.) ^hConnect seconds @CONNECTSEC^n You are normally not charged until the other end picks up the phone. This setting describes the time that elapses between the other end picking up the phone and your modem connecting. It is used to give a more accurate estimate of your telephone charges. ^hCharge second @CHARGESECOND^n Some phone companies will charge you in periods in advance. In those cases you will always be charged in advance. If your phone company charges you for 1 minute in advance, enter 60 here and Terminate will round up for you. If you have been online for 4 minutes 33 seconds you will be charged for 5 minutes. If you have been online for 5 minutes and 1 second you will be charged for 6 minutes when using this method. ^hStart at once @STARTATONCE^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. ^hPay by period @PAYBYPERIOD^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. ^hDiscount rate @DISCOUNT^n If you get discount on certain calls, you can here specify the percent discount. What in general will happen is that the costs will have this discount deducted for entries following this keyword. For example using @DISCOUNT 10, if a call is 2.000 you would be charged 1.800.