Special Purpose (Option Records)

The Special Purpose tab of the Options window has the following options in it:

123 ๑ Enable Initial Time Message: When checked, gives the message, ์Please deposit x dollars and x cents for x minutes๎ for coin calls, instead of ์Please deposit x dollars and x cents.๎

1A7 ๑ Enable Overtime Messages: When checked, gives the message, ์You have x cents credit toward the next x minutes.๎

Limited Local Overtime: Specify the number of Sub. Time periods the payphone user will be charged for before being granted free time or being disconnected (see option 178 ๑ Free or Restricted After Limited Overtime, below). Zero will allow an unlimited number of subsequent charges or allow unlimited free use after the Init Rate and Time, depending on whether the call is Free or Restricted (option 178). The maximum value that can be entered is 127. This option refers to the Local Call Type, found in the Cost windowํs Edit Assigned Bands and Edit All Bands tabs.

Free or Restricted After Limited Overtime: Used in conjunction with the option Limited Local Overtime, above, use this option to determine what will happen after the number of overtimes has been reached. Either the remainder of the call will be free, or it will be ended with the end of the last overtime (Sub. Time) period.

151 ๑ Allow 0+ Separation by Call Type: Processes 0+ calls with different routes when checked. The eight Route Assignments following the route assignment for the 0+10 band are used for 0+ Call Type separation when option 1A5 and option 151 ๑ Allow 0+ Separation by Call Type are checked. (If 0+10 is assigned route 7, then 0+ calls will be routed by Direct Routes 8 through 15, but only if the two options mentioned above are checked. If either is not checked, then 0+ calls will use the route(s) assigned to them in the General tab of the Call Processing window. The eight routes, 8 ๑ 15 in this example, will be used for processing 0+ calls by the first eight Call Types in the General tab of the Call Processing window.)

164 ๑ Enable Card Only Operation: When checked, disables coin use and allows calls only when using a card. Deposited coins will be returned. This is generally only used on phones that do not have a coin slot.

125 ๑ Enable Credit Card Messages: Toggle the message, ์ึor insert card.๎

Note: On Credit Express phones, this option is reversed: checked disables the message.

165 ๑ English or Spanish Prompts: Choose to have the phoneํs voice prompts in either English or Spanish.

Restrict windows (drug-mode) ๑ Enter the Start time and End time for the three time periods when calls should be restricted. The time format can be either military (HHMM, where 1:00 PM would be 1300) or standard (HH:MM AM or PM). During these times, calls will be restricted by Call Type, as specified in the Drug Window column of the Call Processing window.

Note: The intended phone must be running Y2k Compliant firmware for call restriction to work by Call Type. (See below for restriction by cost band.) Check option 1A5 in the Unassigned tab of the Options window and update the phone by polling it. Also, a properly configured Cost record is necessary to classify a call by Call Type. Cost tables purchased from Protel or any of Protelํs distributors will be configured properly.

Calls can be restricted by cost band if you have not yet changed your operation over to using Call Types. Use the Drug Window column in the Cost window. This method is more time-consuming to implement or change, though. Protel recommends that you Condense Call Processing and Route Records, which includes switching over from a cost record base to a Call Type base. The amount of time spent doing this will be recovered in daily operations, and in a relatively short amount of time.