Tariscope 4.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 3. Tariscope configuration
3.12. Adding a new telephone system
3.12.51. Restriction classes
This configuration page is applied only for Tariscope with the restriction feature. If your Tariscope license has not the restriction feature, skip this article. The Restriction classes page allows to set the restriction group, classes of service, and their links to the call categories for each telephone system.
Before performing settings on this configuration page, enable the restriction feature. To do this, on the All nodes configuration page, in the Control expenses (limiting) list, select an option that corresponds to your license.
An example of the Restriction classes configuration page is shown in Figure 3.12.51.1.
Figure 3.12.51.1
The following concepts are used for this configuration page:
Restriction group. This is a set of rules, according to which a class of service is selected, depending on the limitations set for a subscriber, and the status of expense for this limitations. A list of the restriction groups is common to all PBXs of communication node. But the elements of a group and their corresponding classes of service are tied to a particular PBX. You must create at least two elements of a restriction group. For example, one element includes the class of service that permits phone calls, and another element that prohibits such calls. Groups of restrictions are tied to the subscribers.
Class of service (COS). This is an identifier that is used by a particular type of telepone system to determine the access rights to various areas of a call. COS is passed to the restriction script, which uses it in the process of performance. The format and value of COS are depended on the type of PBX.
For example: The Calling Search Space (CSS) is used as COS in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM).
For Communications Server 1000 (CS1000) by Avaya - Nortel you can use COS, NCOS, TGAR.
Call category. This is a parameter that is assigned to each call by the rating module of Tariscope in accordance with the direction of a call. One of purposes of the categories is to define a type of telephone traffic, which should be considered to set the restrictions. A list of categories can be obtained on the Categories configuration page. You can tie country codes, area codes or telephone codes with categories using: Providers and rates -> your provider -> Outgoing or Incoming -> Destination codes or Destinations table.
The Restriction classes page allows to configure COS for each combination of available categories of calls to subscribers. In the simplest case, each group of classes contains two elements: "everything is enabled" with a selection of All categories and "everything is disabled" when no categories where selected. If you want to restrict the various categories of calls individually, you need to create the elements of restriction group with all possible combinations of categories and corresponding COS. Tariscope automatically selects an element that is suitable for the current status of the subscriber restrictions, and pass it to the script.
To add a new element group of the restriction classes, select the All categories row in the table and click on the Add icon on the toolbar. A new row appears in the table.
To add a new element in a group, select a row of the group and click on the Add icon on the toolbar. A new row appears in the table.
You can assign any name for each group and element. Double-click on the Name cell of the desired row and type a name.
For each group and element of a group, select categories that relate to the group or element.
