3.9 SIM Menu

The menu is used for SIM card administration. You can add, remove and edit the SIM cards and view the SIM card assignments.

Overview Table

This subsection provides a table overview of the SIM cards.

• Columns
  • IMSI – displays the SIM card IMSI. IMSI is a unique SIM card identifier not only within 2N^® SIM Star Server but also within the GSM provider's network.
  • Channel – determines a channel in the SIM Board and corresponds to the position in which the SIM card is mounted.
  • Group – determines the SIM group to which the SIM card is assigned.
  • Status – displays the current SIM card status.
  • Assigned to – displays the Id of the GSM gateway and GSM channel to which the SIM card is assigned.
  • Hard linked – displays information on the fixed assignment to a GSM channel.
  • IMEI – specifies whether or not the SIM card is linked with an IMEI.
  • Type – defines the SIM card type (tariff or prepaid).
  • Remark – adds a note to the SIM card.
  • Disabled – specifies whether or not the SIM card is removed from use.
  • Blocked – informs whether or not the SIM card has been blocked automatically against further use. 
• Functions
  
  • View – displays complete information on the SIM card.
  • Edit – helps modify all the SIM card parameters.
  • Remove – removes the selected SIM card from system.
  • Action menu – select one of the following actions:
    
    • Reset – launches initialisation of a SIM card on the SIM Board;
    • Reset with PIN deactivation – cancel the PIN code request.
    • Recharge – recharges the selected SIM card;
    • Link SIM to GSM – manual connection (hard link) of the selected SIM card with any GSM/UMTS module;
    • Link SIM to testing GSM – manual connection (hard link) of the selected SIM card with any GSM/UMTS module in the SIM card testing mode – refer to Subs 3.9;
    • Unlink SIM from GSM – disable the hard link with the defined GSM/UMTS module;
    • Set ignore time now – bypass the idle time of the selected SIM card;
    • Unset ignore time now – deactivate the preceding selection.

• Buttons
  • Select all – push the button to mark all the SIM cards at once.
  • Unselect all – push the button to cancel the Select all function.
  • Select SIM with given status – an extended option for mass marking of SIM cards in a specific status. The status is selected in the field next to this item.
  • Unselect SIM with given status – an extended option for cancellation of mass marking of SIM cards in a specific status. The status is selected in the field next to this item.
  • Edit selected – push the button to edit the selected SIM cards.
  • Remove selected – push the button to cancel assignments of the selected SIM cards.
  • Unlink selected SIMs from GSMs – push the button to cancel the SIM hard assignment.
  • Reset selected – push the button to launch initialisation of all the selected SIM cards.
  • Reset selected with PIN deactivation – push the button to cancel the PIN code request for the selected SIM cards.
  • Recharge selected – push the button to recharge the selected SIM cards manually.
  • Add selected with default settings – push the button to add all the selected SIM cards with the default settings.
  • Add selected ignoring default settings – push the button to set the basic parameters before adding the selected SIM cards.
    
    

 Table Menu

• Basic table – standard view of the SIM card table (see above).
• Tariff details of listed SIMs – table including details on the last SIM card login/logout into/from the GSM network and the current count of free minutes/SMS.
• Prepaid detail of listed SIMs – table including details on the last SIM card login/logout into/from the GSM network and the current SIM credit value.
• ASR, ACD of SIMs – table including ASR and ACD values for each SIM card.
  
• Recharging status of listed SIMs – table including details on the last recharging for each SIM card.
• 1st  and 8th activation status of listed SIMs – table including activation details for each SIM card.
• All activation statuses of listed SIMs –   table including a global overview of all activation statuses.
• Lookup info of listed SIMs – table including current SIM card status details.
• SCID and phone numbers of listed SIMs

 Action Menu

Used for import/export of additional data related to SIM cards. Each imported file must have the .csv format and the maximum of 320 items. The records whose IMSI/SCID codes fail to match any SIM card in 2N^® SIM Star Server will not be received and stored in the database.

• Import IMSI/Phone assignments from file
• Export IMSI/Phone assignments to file
• Import SCID/Phone assignments from file
• Export SCID/Phone assignments to file
• Load SCID/PIN list from file

Other Controls

Filter View

• Show SIM Board – filter the SIM cards according to their assignments to a SIM Board.
• Show SIM group – filter the SIM cards according to their assignments to a SIM group.
• Show position – filter the SIM cards according to the used/unused positions in the SIM Board.
  
  

View Details of Listed SIM

The section provides a table overview of the SIM card details.

• Columns – The meanings of the first five table columns correspond to those included in the Overview Table. The other six columns are as follows:
  • Last login – displays the last SIM card login time.
  • Last logout – displays the last SIM card logout time.
  • Type – specifies the SIM card type (tariff or prepaid).
  • Free mins – displays the count of free minutes for the given period.
  • Current free mins – displays the count of remaining free minutes. Clearing obeys the Refresh day parameter.
  • Current credit – displays the remaining credit for the prepaid SIM cards. Set the USSD or Simulated credit finding method to make this parameter work properly.
    
    

View Lookup Info and Phone Numbers of Listed SIM

The section provides a table overview of the SIM card details.

• Columns – The meanings of the first five table columns correspond to those included in the Overview Table. The other six columns are as follows:
  
  • Phone number – is the SIM card phone number.
  • Lookup info – provides current information on the SIM card status: whether the SIM card is ready to use, used by a module or unavailable for some reason.
    
    

View ASR and Block Listed SIM

The section helps you monitor the call traffic via each SIM card. The information is updated upon every SIM card login.

The menu provides an overview table for SIM cards with the filtering option according to the SIM Board and SIM group assignments and positions. The meanings of the first five table columns correspond to those included in the Overview Table. The other columns are as follows:

• Total SIM usage ASR – displays the total Answer Seizure Ratio for the given SIM card.
• Last SIM usage ASR – displays the Answer Seizure Ratio for the given SIM card during its last login.

The ASR viewing columns are divided into two parts. The first part displays the ASR percentage plus the counts of all and successful calls. The other column expresses the ASR graphically. Successful calls are green and unsuccessful ones are red. For a view of these statistical data see the figure below.

• Blocked – defines whether or not the SIM card is blocked against use. The blocking function depends on the Blocked SIM card detection settings in the SIM Groups menu. The SIM card gets blocked the moment you fill in all the required conditions (a certain count of unsuccessful calls, e.g.).