Calling Card Groups

Card Group is set (array) of Calling Cards.

Properties

• Image – just for informational purposes and eye pleasure to view on the GUI. Could be (and should be) same as real printed card for consistency. But that's not the rule.
• Description – short memo for admin to view some more info for the cards. It is useful when there are a lot of Card Groups and Card Group name is not enough.
• Starting price (Price) – the price which all Cards in this Group will have before first use. It does not include VAT. It's in default currency (!).
• Setup Fee – the fee which will be charged when call is connected FIRST time when the card is used.
• Ghost minute percent – the value to trick the user to think he has more minutes when he really has less.

Example:

User has enough balance in his card to call for 100 minutes. Ghost minute percent = 1.3. So when user enters his Number/PIN system tells: "You have 130 minutes remaining". Note: this is not increase in percent, this is the value, by which actual minutes should be multiplied to tell them to user.

• Daily Charge – the amount which will be deducted EACH day from the card starting from the date when card is used for the first time. That means, if user makes first call on Monday and second call on Friday, his card will be deducted for 5 days using this value (Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr).
• TAX percent – actual value which will be used when presenting Card's price to the User. E.g. when telling user his remaining balance of the Card or showing same info on the screen.
• Least Cost Routing (LCR) – which LCR will be used for all Cards in this Card Group.
• Tariff – price list which will be used for this Card Group.
• Location – this is useful when Cards will be sold in some region with specific dialing rules. Rules for location can vary for different Calling Card Groups.
• Number Length – the length of Card's number. You can select any value here. It is recommended to select different values for different Card Groups to minimizing risk of guessing other card and using it unauthorized. Number for Card is generated in sequence order.
• PIN Length – number of Card's PIN. Same recommendation applies as for Card's Number. PIN is generated randomly.
• Valid from - from which date Cards are valid
• Valid till - till which date Cards are valid
• Valid after first use - how many days valid after first use. Default 0 means that card is valid forever.

Management

Card Groups as many other entities in MOR can be created/edited/deleted/viewed.

If Calling Card module is enabled you can find it (as Administrator) in: ADDONS – Calling Cards.

Here you can review your active Calling Card Groups:

(..) – Shows Cards window where you can manage Group's Cards
- All of the details of Calling Card Group
- Exports Cards into CSV format
- Edit Group's details
- Delete Group

Card Creation

Cards for Calling Card Group can be generated or imported from CSV file.

Generating Cards

Add cards – brings the window where you can add additional Cards to the Card Group.

In this window you should enter Card's start and end numbers. They will form interval which will be created. If any Card of same number exists – the old Card will remain and new one will not be created.

Card PIN number is created automatically – it's random and unique. It is wise to keep it's length not small to avoid cheating from users which can guess short PIN number.

Cards in CSV file

When you want to print Cards on plastic/paper you need to provide necessary information for Card Printing service.

This could be done using CSV file. Pressing on icon let's you download all Card info in one file.

You can process this file later in MS Excel or other compatible software – make correct format for your Card manufacturer and send it to him.

The CSV file fields are:

• Number
• PIN
• Balance
• Sold
• First_use
• Daily_charge_paid_till

You can delete unnecessary fields and make it look as you need.

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See also:

• Calling Cards Addon