VSG-1200 User’s Guide

Table 21 System Setting: Billing: PMS Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Charge Mode (only

When you set up Port-Location Mapping, your VSG offers two billing modes:

for Port-Location

Based on Room and Based on Subscriber.

Mapping enabled)

Select Based on Room when location is important. If a subscriber disconnects

 

from one location and reconnects in another location, the VSG prompts for the

 

user name and password again.

 

Select Based on Subscriber to allow a subscriber to freely move between

 

different locations without prompting for user name and password.

 

Note: You must activate the port-location mapping feature. Refer

 

to Chapter 10, “Port-Location Mapping,” on page 103.

Regenerate

This feature is applicable when you select Scenario B with Built-in

password of static

Authentication in the Authentication screen (see Figure 29 on page 74).

account with PMS

Select Enable to automatically generate a new password for the static account

checkout.

when a subscriber checks out.

 

 

Select Disable to keep the password for the static account unchanged after a

 

subscriber checks out.

PMS Type

Select a PMS system and specify the fields below (if available). Currently the

 

VSG supports Micros Fidelio, Spectrum MK II, Marriott and Proprietary.

Revenue Code

Enter a revenue code (between 01 and 99).

 

 

Description

Enter the description for the revenue. Refer to the user’s guide that comes with

 

your PMS device.

Speed of PMS

Set the fields below to configure the PMS port settings on the VSG.

Interface

Note: Make sure the port settings are the same on the VSG and

 

the connected PMS device.

Bits per second

Select the speed of the PMS port connection. The default is 9600.

 

 

Data bits

Specify the data bits.

 

 

Parity

Specify the parity.

 

 

Stop bits

Specify the data stop bits.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.

 

 

7.3 Types of Subscriber Accounts

After you have set up the subscriber authentication methods and billing profile(s), you need to create subscriber accounts. There are two types of subscriber accounts: static and dynamic.

•For static accounts, refer to Chapter 8, “Static Subscriber Accounts,” on page 85.

•For dynamic accounts, refer to Chapter 9, “Dynamic Subscriber Accounts,” on page 95.

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Chapter 7 Billing Profiles and PMS Configuration