BusinessPhone Communication Platform 5.1
Facilities

## Call Cabin Function

## Definition

“Call Cabin function” - means that a company offers the service to make telephone calls, which are charged immediately afterwards. For this function there are normally dedicated telephones, which are mostly situated in a cabin (e.g. in the foyer of a hotel or in the “telephone shop” itself).

## Use

The main target group for this function are especially Hotels, Conference Centres and companies (as PTTs, Telcos, etc.) which offer that service to their guests or customers.

The call cabin function requires a DBC 212 and is treated as a special guest extension.

The call cabin function covers the following functionality:

1. Accumulation of cost during calls before check out

When a customer makes several calls in a “Call Cabin“ the cost will always be accumulated until check-out. The current amount is shown on the display. Thus the customer is always informed about the total amount he will be charged upon check out.

1. Final cost counter

After the last call is finalised the total amount of the last and previous calls since check-in will be presented on the display.

1. Update of the cost counter

Currently, the cost counter is updated is every 15 seconds. For the Call Cabin Function this period has been decreased to 5 seconds.

## Operations

The procedure of check-in / check-out, bar and unbar can either be performed by an Executive telephone or by an Operator (see Check-in via EXECUTIVE telephone) or via an external Front - Office or Call accounting system.

Once checked in, the cost counter of the call cabins display will be updated during the call every
5 seconds. The extension will always show the cost counter on the upper row of the display and inform the guest/customer about the current costs and the costs at the end of that call.

This example shows the display in idle state:

*... cost counter
**... name of the first call cabin extension
***... number of the call cabin extension

The cost counter on the extension is updated with the summary costs for the current or the following calls.

After ending the last call the user will be checked out by the external Front Office or Call accounting software or by the Executive telephone (see Check-out via EXECUTIVE telephone).

This example shows the display after a call:

## Capacity/Limitations

The call cabin function supports a maximum of
25 extensions.

## Programming

0191 |  | Call Cabin Extension

0118 |  | Guest extension

## Equipment

The Call Cabin function requires a DBC 212 for the cabin extension which is checked by ELU-D (R5A - or a higher version) or ELU-D3 (R1G or higher).

Revision: G © Ericsson Enterprise 2003