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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 per day ^m│ ^h 0,00 ^m│
- │^r Cost editor ^m│ │
- │ ^nExternal editor ^m│ │
- │ ^n2. currency string ^m│ ^hUSD ^m│
- │ ^n2. currency calc. ^m│ ^h148 ^m│
- │ ^n2. calculator ^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.
-
- ^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 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.
-
- ^hCost editor^n
-
- ^m╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡^t Cost editor ^m╞╕
- │ ^bPhone # Days:MTWTFSS Hours Costs in units/minute Start Connect ^m│
- │^n──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────^m│
- │ ^h31 ■ 00:00-24:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h31 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0.47 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h31 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h33 ■ 00:00-24:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h33 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0.47 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h33 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h42 ■ 00:00-24:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h42 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0.47 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h42 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h4362 ■ 00:00-24:00 0.19 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h4362 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0.37 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h4362 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0.19 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h43 ■ 00:00-24:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h43 ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0.47 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^h43 ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0.24 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^hALL ■ 00:00-24:00 0.35 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^hALL ■■■■■■ 08:00-19:30 0.70 0.00 0.00 ^m│
- │ ^hALL ■■■■■■ 19:30-08:00 0.35 0.00 0.00 ^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^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^n
-
- When you get the connect using the dialer, voice-calls or mail-calls
- you can add this value to the start value only when getting the connect.
- Mostly used for adjusting the phonecalls, but also useful if some
- services have an additional penalty for calling.
-
- ^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.
-
- ^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.
-
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