Defining booths

In order to use Advanced Billing, the administrator of the call shop must define the booths in use in their shop. Once this task has been performed, the call shop biller will use this list as the list of call shop booths rather than attempting to automatically detect the booths that have made calls during the previous three hours.

The administrator performs this task on the booth definition page, which can be reached by clicking on the Configure Booths link below the list of booths on the left sidebar of each page.

Adding a booth

This page has a form that requires two entries. Once the entries have been made, clicking the continue button will add the new booth to the billing system.

Line ID	A booth is identified by the system through a unique Line ID, also known as a User ID or an alias. Enter the Line ID for the new booth. This is the number or name before the "@" symbol in the "Booth" column of the Call History. This entry must be unique for the account.
Booth name	This is the descriptive name for the booth and appears on the list of booths on the left hand sidebar. For example: "Booth 1".

As soon as the first booth is successfully defined, Advanced Billing comes into force.

Removing a booth

If Advanced Billing is in use (ie. at least one booth has been defined), the list of defined booths will be displayed near the top of this page. The administrator should click on a booth name and confirm their action to remove the booth from the list.

If all booths have been removed, then Advanced Billing is no longer in force.

These actions can also be carried out by you on the DUAL Softswitch Administrative Control Panel by following the Call Shop Booths link near the top of the account definition page.