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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 blockto 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

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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If there are /var/cdrs folder with the latest CDR files and /var/archive_cdrs/ folder with outdated ones, and a user needs to download CDR files from both of them, he can use ; (semicolon) to separate paths or /**/ for recursive download.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 Image Added 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 Serversettings. 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 Image Added icon next to the RADIUS Serverinformation 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 ismarked.

SIP Server

Allows acceptance of SIP packets from the current gateway. Required for SIP Redirect routing feature

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 Deletebutton above the table.

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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
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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
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Allows to create a new gateway
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Allows to set up traffic processing rules
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Displays a current status - enabled or disabled - of RADIUS/SIP Server, Files Collector.
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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 Image Added icon next to the name of a respective information block.
Screenshot: Adding new Gateway
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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 Image Added icon next to the General Information information blockto 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
Rate event only with “success” status checkbox- activation/deactivation of processing of events that have “success” end code. If it's activated, events with error disconnect code won't be billed
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
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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 Serversettings. 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 Serverinformation 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 ismarked.
SIP Server Allows acceptance of SIP packets from the current gateway. Required for SIP Redirect routing feature
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 Deletebutton above the table.
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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)

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