Tariscope 4.5.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 4 Tariscope configuration
4.11 Adding a new telephone system
4.11.52 Equipment creation wizard
In the previous sections we considered the settings of telephone system and its parameters in Tariscope. At the same time, Tariscope has an assistant which helps to do this. Tariscope Assistant appears after the first start of Tariscope. You can use its help or refuse it by performing all the settings manually. If you have a few telephone systems, you can use Tariscope Assistant many times.
To choose Tariscope Assistant, select in the menu: Communication nodes → Equipment creation wizard. The Equipment creation wizard page appears as shown in Figure 4.11.52.1.
Figure 4.11.52.1
It is an information page. Read the information and click Start. The wizard page moves to the first step. An example of the page is shown in 4.11.52.2.
Figure 4.11.52.2
The page allows you to create a new telecommunications node in Tariscope. In Figure 4.11.52.2, there is the node named ‘My company’. To create a node, click on the Create button. The New node window appears, where you should enter a node name. Click Save. A new row appears in the Communication nodes table. You can create any number of the nodes. Click Next to continue the work. The Equipment creation wizard page will be as shown in Figure 4.11.52.3.
Figure 4.11.52.3
This wizard step allows you to create a new equipment. Usually, it is a telephone system. But sometimes, it may be data equipment.
In the Name box, enter the telephone system name. It can be arbitrary.
In the Long distance prefix box, enter the prefix. The Long distance prefix is a prefix that allows to make telephone call outside a specific local area, usually to another city. In most countries it is equal 0.
In the International code box, enter this code. The International code is a prefix that allows to make call from your country to another country. In most countries it is equal 0.
In the Country code list, select your country code. The country code is a numeric code which allows to make call to a specific country or area.
In the Area code box, enter your area code.
The Long distance prefix, International code, Country code, and Area code affect the correct recognition of long-distance and international calls in the dialed number, and consequently on their rating.
Click Next. The Equipment creation wizard page will be as shown in Figure 4.11.52.4.
Figure 4.11.52.4
In the Equipment list, select an item that correspond to your telephone system.
Usually, Tariscope collects call data using the Tariscope Observer service. By default, the Create Observer switch is on. If you do not want to use Tariscope Observer to collect call data, turn off the switch.
In the Data source list, choose the data source that Tariscope Observer will use to collect CDR. Each data source has specific settings. To set them, click on the Advanced settings button located on the left from the Data source list. See the description of each data source settings in the Section 4.13. Click Next. The Equipment creation wizard page will be as shown in Figure 4.11.52.5.
Figure 4.11.52.5
This step allows you to choose, create or import a telecom provider whose rates will be used. If you created the telecom providers earlier, select it from the table. To create a new telecom provider whose rates should be used, click on the Create new button. The Tariscope site contains information on some telecom providers. You can use them. To select the desired provider, click on the Provider for import button and choose a provider from the appeared window.
If your telephone system is used access code to make outgoing calls, enter the access code in the Access code box. You can enter a few codes using a semicolon.
Click Next. The Equipment creation wizard page will be as shown in Figure 4.11.52.6.
Figure 4.11.52.6
This step provides a creation of numbering plan that is used to detect extensions (internal telephone numbers) in CDRs. If your extensions are in the range of 100 to 9999, click Next. Otherwise, turn of the Default range switch. Click on the Add button to add a new range. The window appears as shown in Figure 4.11.48.2. See the description of settings in the window in the Section 4.11.48.
After you have added the numbering plan, click Next (Figure 4.11.52.6). The Equipment creation wizard page will be as shown in Figure 4.11.52.7. This configuration step allows you to add prefixes if they are required.
Figure 4.11.52.7
Call rating is executed in Tariscope only when the system finds appropriate code and its parameters for the dialed number in the provider data. Sometimes the dialed number contains the specific code before the telephone number that is absent in the provider data. You can change the code to codes used in the provider data using prefixes. In most cases, the user does not need to use prefixes. If you do not need to use prefixes, skip this step.
To create a prefix, click on the Add button. The New prefix window appears as shown in Figure 4.11.50.2. See the description of the window in the Section 4.11.50.
To continue the configuration, click Next (Figure 4.11.52.7). The Equipment creation wizard page will be as shown in Figure 4.11.52.8.
Figure 4.11.52.8
This step is the last one in the wizard. It allows you to add subscriber data into the Tariscope database. There are some ways to do this:
- Import from file. The subscriber data are imported from files. Supported the following formats: Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel 2003, Microsoft Access 2007, CSV, dBase, Text, Tariscope 2.x.
- Import from Active Directory. The subscriber data are imported from Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP directory.
- Automatically create subscribers. A part of subscriber data is automatically created during CDR processing. A subscriber phone number with 'a' prefix is used for a subscriber name.
- I will add subscribers later. This means that the step will skip. It is the default option.
See the description of each option in the Section 4.12.
Click Next. The Completion page appears. Click on the Complete button.
