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Signal Billing Types

Signal Billing Types


Signal Billing Types

Program #:   1817

Module:    System Administration

Overview

Signal Billing Types (program #1817) enables you to create profiles of signal billing types. Within these profiles, you can define when to send customers letters or bills based on an excessive number of false alarms. A menu of Signal Billing Types appears in the Excess Signal field in the Basics tab of Service/Data Entry (program #559).

To access this program, select Signal Billing Types (program #1817) from the main menu of SBN.

The Signal Billing Types Window

The following graphic shows Signal Billing Types as the program opens. The upper pane displays previously defined Signal Billing Types.

Field/Column Descriptions

The following table describes the fields and columns used in Signal Billing Types.

Field/Column

Description

Abbr

Abbreviation that identifies the selected signal billing type.

Description

Text description of the selected signal billing type.

Override Charge

Enter a check mark in this box to allow a monitoring operator to override charges for false alarms that exceed the maximum allowable.

O    If this box displays a check mark and a monitoring operator disposes of an excess false alarm, a message appears at the bottom of monitoring that asks if the operator wants to charge the customer for the excess false alarm.

Letter

Enter a check mark in this box to allow a monitoring operator to determine if a letter about excess false alarms should be sent to the customer.

O    If this box displays a check mark and a monitoring operator disposes of an excess false alarm, a message appears at the bottom of monitoring that asks if the operator wants a letter about the excess false alarm to be sent.

Work Order Type

Select a work order type to use for the selected signal billing type. (This menu originates from program #1796.)

Price List

Select a price list to use for the selected signal billing type. (This menu originates from program #1533.)

Item Cd

Select an item code to use for the selected signal billing type. (This menu originates from program #1535.)

Using Common Functions

See the reference document Common Functions in SBN for more information.

Button Functions

The following table displays the buttons, describes the shortcut keys, actions, and functionality.

Button

Name

Shortcut Key

Action

Description

Get

ALT+F1

1817/ 1

Get record.

Change

F2

1817/ 2

Change selected record.

New

F3

1817/ 3

Create new record.

Delete

SHIFT+F10

1817/ 4

Delete selected record.

Print

CTRL+F8

1817/ 6

Print selected records.

Previous

F4

1817/ 999

Select last record.

Next

F5

1817/ 999

Select next record.

Modifications and Updates to Signal Billing Types

The following table lists modifications and updates to the Signal Billing Types document.

Mod Number

Date

Description

n/a

8/25/14

Images updated.



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