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diff --git a/doc/billing.txt b/doc/billing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bca6b8fba..000000000 --- a/doc/billing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -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. |