Software for Cyber Cafés, Hotspot and Internet Cafés

The main screen is divided into four sections and provides access to all the programs principal functions:

• Users: this section displays the list of customers in the archive and several buttons for creating or modifying a user or recharging his credit.
• Calls : it displays all the calls made during the day. Various information is shown for each call : the customer who made the call, the telephone number called, the workstation and the cost of the call.
• Workstations: the right side of the window lists the workstations and their status.
• Orders: monitors the status of customer orders. The title bar of this section displays the number of unfilled orders (in parentheses).
• Printing : this area lists the printouts made during the day.

Softvision Explorer is able to transform your location into a Hotspot which conforms completely to the anti-terrorism laws. Your customers can connect directly to the internet using their laptops (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc.), PDA, mobile phones and any kind of device which has a wireless network card and a browser.
Wireless connections take place through an open Access Point (wireless router). There is therefore no protection (WEP etc.) to make the wireless networks secure. The server on which Explorer Manager is installed has the task of only allowing connections made by users who have a username and password.

Softvision Explorer supports two different types of Hotspots :

• Hotspot on LAN 2 : this type of Hotspot is based on one or more wireless Access Point connected, possibly through a switch, to a second network card (LAN 2) on the server.

• RADIUS Hotspot : uses wireless systems that communicate with Softvision Explorer using the RADIUS protocol. It is possible to use any wireless router that supports DD-WRT and CoovaAP firmware (Linksys 54GL, Netgear Wrg614 etc.) or any other system that supports the RADIUS certification (Mikrotik etc.) .

Now let us see which operations a user needs to carry out to connect to a Hotspot. When customers are within range of an Access Point at your location, their computers are automatically able to find the wireless network and connect to it. For this to be successful, the customer’s wireless network card must be set up to obtain the IP address and DNS server automatically.
Now the customer should open a page on the browser and will be automatically re-directed to the page http://192.168.1.2/login.htm which looks like this :

After entering the access credentials, the customer will be connected to the internet and can freely use any application that uses the network (browser, e-mail, chat etc..)

• Saving on the cost of telephone lines : there's no need to install particular telephone lines to open a VoIP Call Shop. All the calls are routed via internet, therefore you only need a good quality ADSL line.
  
• Saving on the cost of calls : the cost of a VoIP call is generally much lower than those made using a traditional telephone line. Furthermore, there is an additional saving as the program can route the calls using carriers with the lowest rate for the particular prefix called by the user (least cost routing).
  
• System expansion: to add new telephone settings you only have to connect other telephones to your network.
  

Creating a Call Shop using Softvision Explorer is really easy : you only have to connect the SIP telephones to your local network, configure Explorer Manager with one or more provider VoIP accounts (carrier) and you can start accepting calls immediately in your premises.