# Bill Outdials to an Account or Long Distance Carrier

This procedure describes the steps for having an outdial billed to an account or a long distance carrier specified for the originating mailbox.

## Configure an Access Code

1. From the Main Menu, select (S) System Maintenance, (R) Reconfiguration, (R) Reconfigure System.

2. Do one of the following:

   - Select (F) Modify Inactive Configuration if you just made a change through the Offline Menu without activating it

   - Otherwise, select (E) Modify Active Configuration.

3. Select (G) Group Selected and enter the number of the Pagers line group (1-24).

4. Select (M) Modify Application and then (D) Define Pagers.

5. Select (P) Current Pager System and enter the pager system index number representing the access code for the outdials.

6. Select (D) Access Code and enter the code (1-24 characters) that is common to mailbox owners using this outdial index. This code indicates what the server should dial before the destination telephone number. It comprises the first part of the dial string.

7. Save the parameter settings by exiting to the Main menu.

8. If you chose to modify the Inactive Configuration in step 2, you need to Activate the Inactive Configuration before your changes appear

## Establish a Minimum Billed Number Length

1. From the Main Menu, select (S) System Maintenance, (R) Reconfiguration, and then (L) Limits COS.

2. Select (C) Choose Limits COS to Modify and enter the n umber of the LCOS you want to modify (1-640).

3. Select (E) Set Even More Limits for Selected LCOS.

4. Select (I) Minimum Billed Number Length and then enter the minimum number of characters in the outdial string required to activate call charges to an account or activate the specified carrier.

5. Select (X) to exit and save your changes.

## Configure the Mailbox

1. From the Main Menu, select (M) Mailbox Maintenance.

2. Select (C) Create New Mailboxes or (M) Modify Mailboxes and enter the number of the mailbox to add or modify for outdial billing or for a specific carrier. (When you select "Modify", the word "New" precedes all prompts.)

3. Press Enter until the Limits Class of Service prompt appears and then enter the number (1-640) of the LCOS.

4. Press Enter until the Enter Internal Outdial Index prompt appears and then enter the index number (0-15) representing the access code for internal calls.

5. At the Billed Outcall Index prompt, enter the index number (0-15) representing the access code for outdials to be charged to a billing account.

6. At the Non-Billed Outcall Index prompt, enter the index number (0-15) representing the access code for outdials not charged to a billing account.

7. At the Billing Number prompt, enter the number of the account, up to 24 digits, that outdials are billed to.

8. At the Billing Dialing Order prompt, enter one of the following:

   - BN to require the billing number to be processed before the destination telephone number, OR

   - NB to require the destination telephone number to be processed before the billing number

9. At the Message Waiting Type or # 1 Message Waiting Type #2 prompt, enter 5 (pagers).

10. At the Pager access type prompt, enter B for billed.

11. Set the other paging parameters as desired. (See Configure a Mailbox for Paging.)

12. Press Enter until the Call Placement Pager Access Type parameter displays and then enter B for billed.

13. Press Enter to skip through each of the remaining mailbox configuration prompts. After the last prompt, the server displays the mailbox configuration, then prompts for the next mailbox number. At this point, the parameter settings are saved and you can exit.

Parent topic: Procedures (Text Console)