BusinessPhone Communication Platform 5.1

## Euro Introduction via BusinessPhone Management Suite

## General

This feature is used to convert the system currency settings to Euro. The conversion process includes the currency settings for trunks, carriers, tenants, and the call metering feature.

The BMS Euro conversion is available for release 11 (programming model 12) and release 12 (programming model 13). If you are using an older system version, you must either upgrade to the supported release/programming model first or use RASC.

The available parameters and commands depend on the call metering feature, the system version, and the configuration.

### ASB 150 02 System Backup

Always create a backup copy of your system configuration before you start the conversion process. This way, you can revert to a working system configuration in case the conversion has been cancelled. Please note that BMS does not provide a recovery tool for this case.

Note

If you cancel an ongoing conversion process, the call metering settings of your system may be damaged.

How to create a backup copy, see dialog description sections System Selection and Export configuration data.

### Extension Counter Reset

You must reset the counter of all extensions within the BusinessPhone Communication Platform manually. How to reset the call metering counter, please refer to the user guide of the respective system telephone.

### Security

You need to have system administrator access rights to perform the Euro conversion.

### Duration of the Conversion Process

How long it takes to convert a system, depends on the number of trunks and carriers.

## Preparing the Conversion

To keep the Euro conversion as convenient and secure as possible, there is only one dialog for performing the process: the “Euro Introduction” dialog. In this dialog, you can view the old and proposed conversion values.

To access the dialog, click left on a system in the Configuration directory tree to open the context menu. Select the “Euro” menu option to access the Euro Introduction dialog.

Note

The Euro Introduction dialog is not available in offline mode. You must establish an online connection to a system first.

### Conversion Settings

If you open the dialog for the first time, the current systems values are retrieved automatically.

Note

Backup your system data before you perform the Euro conversion.

#### System Name

The first line shows your system name, for example “BusinessPhone_51”. This is a read-only information that cannot be changed.

#### Country Selection

- Select your country with the drop-down selection box.

Please note that the elements of the dialog depend on the selected country.

#### Old and Proposed Currency Values

The first part of the dialog shows the old and proposed currency values, the round-up settings (0-4), and the multiplication factor. For example:

The following commands are available:

6710 |  | Currency identifier

6711 |  | Decimals in cost

8424 |  | Multiplication factors

If not filled out automatically or if you are not pleased with the proposed settings:

- Enter the new currency abbreviation in the respective currency fields. The new currency abbreviation is always EUR for Euro.
- Determine the number of decimal places for rounding up or down (0-4; default is 2).
- Enter the multiplication factor. This setting option is only available if a carrier 0 and a tenant 0 have been created and if the system comprises a trunk for one or more carriers with a default tariff group (0xFF).

#### Excluding a Carrier

You can exclude a carrier from the conversion process (e.g. if you would like to convert the respective carrier later on). A later conversion means that you have to convert the carrier manually without the aid of this tool.

- To exclude a carrier, place a tick in the respective carrier check box. In this example, carrier 0 will be converted, while carrier 1, 5, 6, and 7 are excluded.

If not filled out automatically or if you are not pleased with the proposed settings:

- Enter the billing cost modus for each carrier.

Note

If you select “Austria” (without FECU), no carrier selection will be available. In case of Austria, the settings of command 8424 from carrier 0 and tenant 0 will be used as a scalable factor and the command will be converted accordingly.
In Austria, the call metering feature depends on the FECU. If no FECU is available, the call metering feature is disabled and only command 8424 will be used. This means that you cannot exclude or include any carriers for conversion.
If the system is equipped with a FECU, the middle part of the dialog shows all carriers that are defined for the system.

#### Test Button

The Test Button checks if all trunks in the system are assigned to a defined tarif model (commands 8430 - 8435)

#### Convert Button

If you are pleased with your settings, click on the Convert button at the bottom of the dialog. Now the modified values for the call metering feature are used for conversion, according to the selected country.

## Data Converting

After clicking the Convert button, all values in the “new” column are converted according to the country settings.

Note

The values are saved in a temporary file (one file for each system). If required, you can restore the original values by clicking on the Reset button.

All values of the new system configuration are retrieved from the temporary file mentioned above. This means that any configuration changes at this point will not affect the values in the Euro Introduction dialog.

### Final Modifications

In this dialog, you can manually change the values.

At this point, all data is saved in BMS server only, and has not been transferred to the ASB 150 02 system yet.

### Starting the Conversion Process

If you are pleased with your settings and the new values, click on the Submit button. This will start the conversion process.

Please be sure to press the Submit button and to reset the counters at the same time (see Print-out of Billing Costs and Counter Reset) !

After the conversion has been executed check the outgoing traffic, that has been logged to check these billing informations manually.

### Print-out of Billing Costs and Counter Reset

You cannot perform all parts of the Euro conversion using BMS. For a successful conversion, a manual reset of all internal counters from the telephone is recommended.

This means that you just leave this dialog on the screen till all other conversion activities have been finished.

Note

Please check if the printer is working before you reset the counters.

## Restoring Previous Settings

After the conversion has been performed, a Restore button is available at the bottom of the dialog. You can restore the previous system settings by clicking on this button. BMS will retrieve the call metering values that have been saved in a log file and display them in the dialog.

## Troubleshooting

Although the Euro conversion is kept as simple as possible, there are some situations that may cause an error during the conversion process.

### Wrong Country

You can change the country in the first dialog, before you click on the Convert button. However, it may happen that you completed the Euro conversion, although the wrong country had been selected. In this case, you must restore the previous settings, using the Euro Introduction dialog.

### Wrong Values

If you have entered incorrect values and coefficients for the Euro conversion, you must restore the previous settings, using the Euro Introduction dialog.

### Conversion process has been cancelled

If the conversion process has been cancelled, we recommend to use the system backup to restore the original configuration.

Revision: A © Ericsson Enterprise 2003