Calling Cards

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Section overview

This section represents a built-in calling cards generator that allows you to create or change cards series for prepaid customers. Each generated card is considered a billing client, so a customer can perform calls, log in to their client panel to browse statistics and other relevant information.

Screenshot: Calling Cards section main window

Column	Description
Status	A name that describes current cards series
		Indicates that cards series is active
		Indicates that cards series is stopped
		Indicates that cards series is deleted
Number of Series \| Name of Series	A code of cards series and its name (if indicated). This code will prepend a serial number (only numeric, up to 100,000,000)
Balance	Cards balance value within a current series
Qty	Quantity of cards within a series
Reseller	Name of a reseller, who owns a cards series
Rate Table	Rate table, applied to respective cards series
Act. Fee	Price of cards series activation fee
Maint. Fee	Fixed charge for activated cards within a series

Advanced Search

In the top right corner of the section above the table, the Advanced Search drop-down menu is located. By clicking on a red downwards arrow icon (calling cards in the section are filtered by Active status and All resellers by default), the following drop-down menu is displayed:

Screenshot: Advanced Search drop-down menu

To apply the specified search criteria, click the Search button; to cancel the applied parameters, click Reset.

Creating a Card Series

To create a card series, click the New Cards Series button and a new window with settings will pop-up:

Screenshot: Generate cards series window

Field	Description
Series Name	Indicate a name for a cards series
Series Number	Define a code of a cards series. This code will prepend a serial number (only numeric, up to 100 000 000). For example, if the Series Number is 45, the cards number will start with 45: *45-001122333, 45-001122334* and so on.
Balance	Specify the cards balance value within a current series
Quantity	Set the number of calling cards within a current series
PIN Length	Specify a PIN-code length for a current calling cards series (it can be no less than 8 digits)
Status	Define an initial status of created calling cards within a series. Can be changed later in cards series settings
Control Panel checkbox	Defines whether calling cards users can log in to their control panels or not. If enabled, a user can log in to the control panel by using the card serial number as login and a PIN-code as password
*Notes*	Indicate additional information regarding a cards series (optional)
*Rate Table*	Define a rate table for all cards within a series. This field is mandatory
Tax Profile	Select a respective tax profile that will be used for billing settings
Routing Plan	Select a routing plan for a current cards series
Activation Fee	Enter an activation fee in this field (if necessary)
Maintenance Fee	Define a charged fee each X hours for all activated cards
Expiration date	Current calling cards series will be expired on a specified date
Expiration period	When a specified number of days passes, starting from activation date, a current calling cards series will be expired

After specifying all necessary fields, click OK and a new cards series will be created.

Calling Cards Series Properties

To open series properties, click Series Number, and you will be displayed a table of calling cards with the following columns:

Screenshot: Cards List tab

Column	Description
Status	Status of a card within a current series. There are 4 possible statuses: activated, pending, expired, used
Number	Number of a card within a current series
Balance	Balance of a respective calling card
PIN	Respective calling card PIN-number

You can export the whole card series to an .xls file by clicking the Download XLS icon (see screenshot above).
You can use the Advanced Search drop-down menu to find a card by clicking on a blue downwards arrow icon in the right-hand corner of the page (see screenshot above).

To change the previously entered parameters while creating a series, please open the Edit Cards Series tab.

Screenshot: Edit Cards Series tab

Attention

The Calling Cards feature works only via RADIUS-protocol, so to make use of it, you need to have RADIUS enabled. Also, you would like to use a specific platform that is able to handle calling card series authorization, for example, Mera IP Centrex or Quintum Tenor DX (class 5 switch).