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| CommTraffic Help Documentation |
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If you would like CommTraffic to report your Internet connection expenses in real time, you will need to define the tariff that is used by your ISP to charge you for the Internet connection. CommTraffic offers a variety of flexible settings that will cover most tariff schemes. 
Please go to the Tariffs page in Settings, and then click on the Add button to start configuring the options for the new tariff. The Tariff Editor window may also be launched from the Expenses and Alarms configuration wizards. Type in the tariff's name in the Tariff name field, select the provider from the drop-down list and fill out an optional description in the Tariff description field. The next screen will allow you to select the tariff type: Traffic volume / No prepaid volume included, Traffic volume / Prepaid volume included, Connection time / No prepaid time included, or Connection time / Prepaid time included. If your ISP charges you a specific rate per megabyte or per hour without including any traffic/connection time into the monthly fee, select the "No prepaid volume included" or "No prepaid time included" tariff type. If your monthly fee includes free megabytes or hours, select the "Prepaid volume included" or "Prepaid time included" tariff type. 
If you selected the tariff type that includes prepaid traffic or connection time, you can enter the fixed monthly fee in the next screen. After you have selected the tariff type, you need to specify the tariff's period of activity, and whether the rates are the same on all days or whether the rates differ on weekends and holidays. Click the Add button to bring up the Add Period wizard window and choose Always active if the rate is the same on all days, or Custom if holidays and weekends differ from the weekdays in terms of traffic or connection time cost. If you selected Custom, the next screen will allow you to specify the days of the week when the current rate is applicable. Check the Holiday checkbox if the rate is applicable on holidays. Click on the Holiday Editor button to specify the holidays. Connection time or traffic cost is often different at different times of the day. The next screen will allow you to specify the time of the day when the current price is applicable. Click on the Next button to go to the screen where you need to specify the cost of traffic/connection time. If you selected the Prepaid volume included tariff type, the next screen will allow you to specify further details of your tariff plan regarding the traffic included in your monthly fee. Please select one of four options: 
Incoming and outgoing traffic is calculated separately, incoming is paid if the limit is exceeded, outgoing is always free – select this option if your ISP charges you for incoming traffic only, without limiting the use of outgoing traffic. Then you will be able to specify the volume of incoming traffic included in the monthly fee and the cost of the extra incoming traffic. Incoming and outgoing traffic is calculated separately, both are paid if the limit is exceeded – select this option if your ISP charges you for incoming and outgoing traffic at a different rate and both types of traffic are included in the monthly fee. Then you will be able to specify the volume of incoming and outgoing traffic included in the monthly fee, as well as the price for each type of traffic after the prepaid volume is exceeded. Summary (incoming + outgoing) traffic is calculated and is paid if the limit is exceeded – select this option if your ISP charges you for the total traffic (regardless of the traffic direction). Then you will be able to specify the traffic volume included in the monthly fee and the cost of the extra traffic. Advanced – select this option to specify the details of your tariff plan manually. This option is used for defining mixed tariffs where both connection time and traffic incur costs. You will be able to specify the parameters of the monthly fee. It will be possible to specify whether time, traffic, volume, duration, traffic type, and extra traffic are included in the monthly fee. If you selected Prepaid time included, the next screen will allow you to specify the time included in your monthly fee and the cost of the extra time. If your monthly fee includes free connection time, select the Connection time option and enter the time included in the monthly fee in the field below. If the monthly fee includes free traffic, select the appropriate traffic type (Incoming, Outgoing, or Summary) and specify its volume in the field below. Enter the price of extra connection time in the Extra connection time cost field. If establishing the connection incurs a fixed cost, the next screen allows you to specify the fee. When you have finished defining the time periods for the new tariff, click the Done button and the new tariff will be added to the tariff list. Dragging the column header to the desired place will change the sequence of columns in the Tariffs page. You can hide certain columns by right-clicking on the header of a column and unchecking the entries that you need to hide. You can also sort the entries by clicking on the header of the corresponding column. Right-clicking on the Tariffs page (Tariff Editor window) brings up the following menu: Add - launches Create Tariff wizard window. Modify - allows you to modify the selected entry. Duplicate - duplicates the selected entry. Rename - allows you to rename the selected entry. Delete - deletes the selected entry. Undelete - restores the previously deleted entry. Copy - copies the selected line, its part, or all entries to the clipboard. Open - allows you to open a tariffs file from the disk. You can also drop a CommTraffic tariff file (.cttar) into the Tariffs page to open it. Save - saves the listed tariffs to the disk in CommTraffic format, as well as in HTML, XML, RTF, XLS and text file formats. Print – opens the printing dialog window. Options – opens a dialog window where you can change the appearance of the Tariffs page. This list of items is duplicated in the Action => Tariffs menu. The Tariff Editor window may also be launched from the Expenses and Alarms configuration wizards. |
