ArrowBilling 1.3.0 Release Notes
Friday, 27 January 2006

New Features

New Protocol and Equipment Support:

  • Full support for Mera MVTS SIP-HIT: SIP Digest authentication fully supported (using Cisco VSAs). Supported also endpoint to endpoint calling and DID calling between endpoints registered to MVTS
  • Optional external script which can import and process Siemens EWSD TDM switch CDR files

Billing and Invoicing:

  • Added support for automatic monthly invoice generation
  • Invoices are generated in batches and stored for later downloading and printing in PDF format
  • Configurable PDF invoice format
  • Possibility to preview PDF layout after download, and to see template source file
  • Separate invoice template can be assigned to individual Account Group
  • Added extra fields for Billing Address hadling in Company screen
  • Possibility to add up to 10 extra customizable fields to Company properties
  • Advanced search function allows to search by Account Groups and four of the new Custom fields
  • Possible to handle taxes on invoices, including PDF, and exclude application of tax based on particular country
  • Possibility to have per-cent based discount in Invoice based on each company

Remote API:

  • New function added to recharge accounts remotely.
  • Added additional attributes to existing functions which allow use advanced rating features (Minute Flex) and more authentication methods (ANI or PIN based)

Performance Improvements:

  • Add New Line function in Callshop Administration interface will not display accounts with serials as available lines for callshop - thus preventing from long list being created and page getting stuck
  • Rewritten report: Company Call Summary by Destination – works faster now
  • Simultaneous call logging and monitoring improved significantly – reduced possibility to accumulate “dead” calls. Feature configurable by webinterface in Tools > Options screen

Radius:

  • Modified Radius start script to include Radius Wrapper
  • Rate table validity start and end times is checked against server local times to prevent problems in multi-server mult-timezone installations (both in auth and acct stages)
  • Failed accounting requests can be logged to separate logfile

Bugfixes

Bugfixes:

  • Daily recurring service processed not all accounts for day. It stopped procesing once “stopping” service was found and skipped rest of accounts
  • Fixed secure SMTP function for sending Bcc of Invoices.
  • When logged as reseller or agent, view account recharge PIN batch caused SQL error – fixed
  • Fixed problem when daily summary generation script crashed due to too large SQL queries needed to keep in memory - caused by recent changes
  • Disabled possibility to enter duplicate web login on account screen
  • Various bugfixes contained also in version 1.2.10.3

Other changes

Other features:

  • Made more clear display of Account expiration date if it was set to number of days after first use
  • Company call details now shows calls also for Agent companies
  • Added extra fields to handle Person Titles




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