I am using the user manager and created a coupon for 15 minutes. When the user logs off (before using the whole 15 minutes) why is it that the counter continues to run resulting in his coupon expiring before he has used the full 15 minutes?
Is there a setting that I can use that will stop the counter when the user is not logged in?
You have mixed the values, read this link carefully,
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/User_Manager/Limiting#Uptime_limit
So the uptime-limit is the time frame the user has to use his/her credit-limit? For example have all credits last 1 week (credit time = 1w) and have a different uptime-limit depending on the subscribers requirements?
Could someone not please create a sticky thread that explains this as I see i am not the only person confused.
You can look at the link for now, but we consider to change these names, that will make them more intuitive understable.
If you have any ideas, you may post them at ‘Suggestions’ thread.
Please could you post the script to add the following:
Or how it would be done in user-manager
a user that needs to access the internet for 1 week, in that 1 week he has 1 hour of internet usage.
Pretty please 
Here is one for you.
/ tool user-manager user
add subscriber=admin name=“abcde” password=“fghij” rate-limit=" 48k/64k 0/0
0/0 0/0 7" uptime-limit=1h comment=“” disabled=no
Great, but how do I limit the activity to 1 week?
The posted code will create a user that has access to the internet for 1 week, in that 1 week he has only 1 hour of internet usage. That is, he has one week to utilize his one hour uptime.
I see what you mean now.
You have to create a credit with 1 week time.
/ tool user-manager credit
add subscriber=admin name=“1 Week” time=1w full-price=0 extend-price=0 comment=“”
You will then select this credit under “prepaid” when creating users with one week validity. You have to set “uptime limit”=1h at this time also.
Is it just me or are there others that think these values should be used the other way around? The uptime-limit should define the time frame to utilize ones credit-limit.
no, you re not the only one,
take alook
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/the-time-is-still-counting-even-the-customers-log-off/8765/11
I have posted a request in the user manager sugestion thread, please if you feel the values should be swopped, voice your support.
(Hope Normis reads this post)
Not to sure why but my post in the sugestions thread was deleted.