Gateways

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Section overview

This section allows you to configure and integrate all switches into billing via RADIUS, SIP or xDR-files upload.

The section is presented in the form of a table of all created gateways in the system with the following columns (see screenshot):

Screenshot: Gateways section

Column	Description
ID	ID number of a gateway
Name	Name of a gateway
RADIUS Server	Description of current status and collector type of RADIUS Server (if such is applied)
Files Collector	Description of current status and collector type of applied Files Collector (if such is applied)
SIP Server	Description of current status and collector type of applied SIP Server (if such is applied)

The following functional buttons/icons are present in the section:

Button/Icon	Description
	Allows to create a new gateway
	Allows to set up traffic processing rules
/	Displays a current status - enabled or disabled - of RADIUS/SIP Server, Files Collector.
	Allows deleting a gateway from the system. Requires confirmation

Adding a New Gateway

To add a gateway to the list, click the New Gateway button and specify parameters in a pop-up window with settings. You can access the advanced settings by clicking on a downward arrow icon next to the name of a respective information block.

Screenshot: Adding new Gateway

Information Block	Fields and Descriptions
General Information	General gateway and events processing information
	Name	Gateway name
	IP Address	Gateway IP address
	Allowed For	Specify here, which resellers can use current gateway
	Service	Select a service (calls, SMSs, data, etc.) for a current gateway
	*Tag*	Indicate a particular tag to filter events by gateways while creating invoices and using reports.
	Click the downward arrow icon next to the General Information information block to access the following advanced settings: Ident Priority - a hierarchy of account identification. By default, the field value priority is IP, name, ANI. ORIG ANI Ident - select ANI identification of originating events (available options: Src number ext, Src number bill, Dst ext, Dst number bill) TERM ANI Ident - select ANI identification of terminating events (available options: Src number ext, Src number bill, Dst ext, Dst number bill) Rate ORIG events by Dst In code checkbox - activation/deactivation of originating events billed by DST PARTY ID IN Rate TERM events by Dst Out code checkbox - activation/deactivation of terminating events billed by DST PARTY ID OUT
Files Collector	Information block regarding the File Collector settings. Files Collector gathers event data from xDR-files (activate this option if you plan to use integration via xDR-files)
	Collector Type	Select a collector type you plan to use from the list
	Data Source	Specify a data source, where xDR files are stored
	From Path	Specify the xDR-files path (mask paths are allowed). Available only for SSH and FTP Attention If there are /var/cdrs folder with the latest CDR files and /var/archive_cdrs/ folder with outdated ones, and a user needs to download CDR files from both of them, he can use ; (semicolon) to separate paths or // for recursive download. New paths may have the following look: /var/cdrs//bill; /var/archive_cdrs/bill.
	Sender Match	Indicate the sender name or email. Solely for *IMAP*
	Subject Match	Use a regular expression to search by message titles. Solely for *IMAP*
	Click the downward arrow icon next to the Files Collector information block to access advanced settings: Overwrite TZ - timezone selection (if you select a different timezone, the system will ignore a timezone stored in an xDRs-file and use current value) Skip Zero Events checkbox - activation/deactivation of zero duration events ignoring Skip Released Events checkbox - activation/deactivation of released events ignoring
RADIUS Server	Information block regarding RADIUS Server settings. RADIUS Collectors gather packets from RADIUS-server via RADIUS-protocol (activate this option if you plan to use integration via RADIUS-protocol)
	Collector Type	Select a collector type you plan to use from the list
	Secret	RADIUS-server password
	Click the downward arrow icon next to the RADIUS Server information block to access advanced settings: *Overwrite TZ -* timezone selection (if you select a different timezone, the system will ignore timezone information stored in an xDR file and use current value) Track Active Events checkbox - activation/deactivation of monitoring active events and event packets. This option is required for "Active Sessions" section to work and for RADIUS capacity control. Please note, it could slow down RADIUS for about 10-30% Skip Zero Events checkbox - activation/deactivation of zero duration events ignoring Skip Released Events checkbox - activation/deactivation of released events ignoring Collect Accounting Data checkbox - if disabled, information from STOP packets will not be collected by database and Radius Accounting will be used only for Active Sessions monitoring. If enabled, information from STOP packets will be collected by the database. By default, this checkbox is marked.
SIP Server	Allows acceptance of SIP packets from the current gateway. Required for SIP Redirect routing feature
SIP Server	Collector Type	Select a collector type you plan to use from the list
LNP Files Collector	This collector processes downloaded LNP/MNP files and stores them in the database. It's accessible only when you select the LNP/MNP type of gateway.
	Collector Type	Select a collector type you plan to use from the list

Files Downloading History

To view files downloading history, where gateway name, filename, download date, and file size will be specified, open the Downloads History tab. Also, you can remove files from the list by selecting them and clicking the Delete button above the table.

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