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Glossary

Word Meaning in Routyx
Customer / originator Whoever sends calls to your switch. Matched by the IP address the calls come from.
Terminator Where calls leave your switch: one SIM port on a GSM gateway, or one SIP carrier.
Port One SIM slot on a GSM gateway. In Routyx each port is its own terminator, with its own login, limits and statistics.
Routing group The list of terminators a customer’s calls may use, and the order or way they are used.
Sub-group A part of a routing group for numbers that start with a given prefix, for example 234 for Nigeria.
Rate sheet Prices, one row per destination prefix: what the customer pays, and what the call costs you.
Prefix The first digits of a dialled number. The longest matching prefix decides the price and the sub-group.
CLI The caller’s number (who is calling).
CLD The dialled number (who is being called).
CC Concurrent calls: how many calls can be up at the same moment.
CPS Calls per second: how many new calls can start each second.
ASR Answer-seizure ratio: the share of calls that were answered.
ACD Average call duration of the answered calls.
PDD Post-dial delay: the time from sending a call to hearing it ring.
CDR Call detail record: one row per call on the Calls page.
Margin What the customer paid minus what the call cost you.
Rule An automation rule: when something happens on a port, do something and tell you.
Cooldown How long a rule waits before it may fire again for the same port.
CallXML Small scripts that run on a customer’s or a port’s calls: checks, reject, HTTP requests.
Registration A port or carrier logging in to your switch with a user and password, so the switch knows where to send calls.