[asterisk-dev] 'IAX2 call variable passing between servers '

[Douglas Garstang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin P. Fleming [mailto:kpfleming at digium.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:03 PM
> To: Asterisk Developers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] 'IAX2 call variable passing 
> between servers
> '
> 
> 
> ----- Douglas Garstang <dgarstang at oneeighty.com> wrote:
> > When the IAX2 soft phone makes a call, I can grab the dial plan
> > variable ${ACCOUNTCODE} before the call is terminated, and before
> > Asterisk writes the CDR. Obviously, Asterisk is associating the IAX2
> > user from iax.conf with their account code variable, and making it
> > available in the dial plan for this call.
> 
> Exactly correct, as I posted in my last message. The CDR 
> structure is created in memory when the channel is created, 
> and the accountcode field in the CDR is populated.
> 
> > I'm trying to understand why the accountcode is accessible for this
> > call from an IAX2 client to Asterisk, but apparently not accessible
> > when the call is between one Asterisk system and another via IAX2.
> 
> Because it not passed over IAX2, ever, even in this softphone 
> situation. They are completely different situations.
> 
> If the Asterisk server receiving the call from the other 
> server has 'accountcode' set in the type=user entry for the 
> server sending the call, then that value will be in 
> CDR(ACCOUNTCODE) on the receiving server. The value that was 
> in CDR(ACCOUNTCODE) on the sending server is never 
> transferred and will not be visible on the receiving server.

So... are you saying that CDR's are passed through IAX2?
I inspected the value of ${CDR(accountcode)} at the remote Asterisk system, but still got 'default'

Doug.