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Call Budget - Minutes
• When Minutes-based Call Budget is set, the total minutes for which calls will be allowed from the trunk port
must be defined.
• With the number of Minutes defined, at the end of each call, the system will calculate the duration of the
call on the basis of the units configured in the Pulse Rate. The system will calculate the consumed minute
on the basis of the duration of the call. Refer the topic “Call Cost Calculation (CCC)” to know more.
Call Budget - Number of Calls
• When the Call Budget is based on 'Number of Calls', the maximum number of calls to be allowed from the
trunk port is to be defined.
• With the number of calls configured, the system will maintain a count for the number of matured outgoing
calls made from that trunk port.
• Thus for each matured call, the Number of Calls-Count increments, irrespective of the actual duration of
the matured call.
When the assigned 'cost' or 'minutes' or 'number of calls' assigned to trunk is exhausted, SARVAM UCS will:
• print 'system activity log'.
• bar or limit outgoing calls from such trunks.
• play an Error Tone to the extension users who attempt to access such trunks using Selective Trunk
Access, if outgoing calls are restricted from such trunks.
• However, incoming calls will remain unaffected, and will be allowed on these trunks.
The consumed Call Budget Amount/Minutes/Calls can be reset manually at any time from the System
Administrator mode or the System Engineer mode or can be programmed to be automatically reset either daily or
on a particular date of the month.
The current Call Budget Amount/Minutes/Calls limit can be changed from the System Administrator (SA) mode, at
any time. If scheduled reset of consumed Call Budget is programmed, then the Call Budget allotted by the SA will
be reloaded on the scheduled date.
Once a new Call Budget is allocated to the trunk, outgoing call facility is resumed on the trunk.
• Call Budget on Trunks is not based on real time (Online) call cost calculation. SARVAM UCS calculates
the call cost only after the call has ended.
• If the Call Budget allotted to a Trunk Port gets exhausted in the middle of a call, the call will not be
disconnected, even though the budget is exceeded.
• Call Budget on Trunks is dependent on precise Call Cost Calculation. So, SMDR parameters and long
distance codes must be configured properly to prevent errors in calculation.
• This feature works independent of any Call Accounting Software (CAS) installed with SARVAM UCS.
• SARVAM UCS will calculate cost of phone calls made by the trunks even when no call budget is
allocated
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109. Based on the feature 'Call Cost Calculation'.