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diff --git a/1.4.23-rc4/doc/billing.txt b/1.4.23-rc4/doc/billing.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bca6b8fba --- /dev/null +++ b/1.4.23-rc4/doc/billing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +Asterisk billing support - Call Detail Records +---------------------------------------------- +Asterisk generates Call Detail Records in a database or in a comma +separated text file. + + * cdr_csv supports comma separated text file storage, this is the + default driver + * cdr_manager supports CDR information via the AMI, The Asterisk Manager + interface + * cdr_odbc supports UnixODBC databases, see http://www.unixodbc.org + for an updated list of supported databases, from MySQL to MsSQL + and text files. + * cdr_tds supports FreeTDS databases (Among them MS SQL) + NOTE: Please read doc/freetds.txt for information on possible + problems with the FreeTDS driver + * cdr_sqlite supports SQlite + * cdr_pgsql supports PostgreSQL + +In the asterisk-addons subversion repository, there's a cdr_mysql driver for +MySQL. + +Applications +------------ + + * SetAccount Set account code for billing + * SetAMAFlags Sets AMA flags + * NoCDR Make sure no CDR is saved for a specific call + * ResetCDR Reset CDR + * ForkCDR Save current CDR and start a new CDR for this call + * Authenticate Authenticates and sets the account code + * SetCDRUserField Set CDR user field + * AppendCDRUserField Append data to CDR User field + +For more information, use the "show application" command. +You can set default account codes and AMA flags for devices in +channel configuration files, like sip.conf, iax.conf etc. + + +Fields of the CDR in Asterisk +----------------------------- + + 1. accountcode: What account number to use, (string, 20 characters) + 2. src: Caller*ID number (string, 80 characters) + 3. dst: Destination extension (string, 80 characters) + 4. dcontext: Destination context (string, 80 characters) + 5. clid: Caller*ID with text (80 characters) + 6. channel: Channel used (80 characters) + 7. dstchannel: Destination channel if appropriate (80 characters) + 8. lastapp: Last application if appropriate (80 characters) + 9. lastdata: Last application data (arguments) (80 characters) + 10. start: Start of call (date/time) + 11. answer: Answer of call (date/time) + 12. end: End of call (date/time) + 13. duration: Total time in system, in seconds (integer), from dial to hangup + 14. billsec: Total time call is up, in seconds (integer), from answer to hangup + 15. disposition: What happened to the call: ANSWERED, NO ANSWER, BUSY + 16. amaflags: What flags to use: DOCUMENTATION, BILL, IGNORE etc, + specified on a per channel basis like accountcode. + 17. user field: A user-defined field, maximum 255 characters + +In some cases, uniqueid is appended: + + * uniqueid: Unique Channel Identifier (32 characters) + This needs to be enabled in the source code at compile time + + +NOTE: If you use IAX2 channels for your calls, and allow 'full' transfers +(not media-only transfers), then when the calls is transferred the server +in the middle will no longer be involved in the signaling path, and thus +will not generate accurate CDRs for that call. If you can, use media-only +transfers with IAX2 to avoid this problem, or turn off transfers completely +(although this can result in a media latency increase since the media packets +have to traverse the middle server(s) in the call). + +____________________________________ +CDR Variables +------------------------------------ + +If the channel has a cdr, that cdr record has its own set of variables which +can be accessed just like channel variables. The following builtin variables +are available. + +${CDR(clid)} Caller ID +${CDR(src)} Source +${CDR(dst)} Destination +${CDR(dcontext)} Destination context +${CDR(channel)} Channel name +${CDR(dstchannel)} Destination channel +${CDR(lastapp)} Last app executed +${CDR(lastdata)} Last app's arguments +${CDR(start)} Time the call started. +${CDR(answer)} Time the call was answered. +${CDR(end)} Time the call ended. +${CDR(duration)} Duration of the call. +${CDR(billsec)} Duration of the call once it was answered. +${CDR(disposition)} ANSWERED, NO ANSWER, BUSY +${CDR(amaflags)} DOCUMENTATION, BILL, IGNORE etc +${CDR(accountcode)} The channel's account code. +${CDR(uniqueid)} The channel's unique id. +${CDR(userfield)} The channels uses specified field. + +In addition, you can set your own extra variables by using Set(CDR(name)=value). +These variables can be output into a text-format CDR by using the cdr_custom +CDR driver; see the cdr_custom.conf.sample file in the configs directory for +an example of how to do this. |