[Asterisk-Users] ASTCC

[Dave Kettmann]

For everyone's information and so it is on the list somewhere, there is a copy of this at http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=ASTCCGuide

This also includes the explanation of the CDR problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Kettmann 
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:03 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] ASTCC
> 
> 
> Chris,
> 
> There is no "official" documentation, but here is what I have 
> found in the control panel.
> 
> *BRANDS*
> This is where you can setup different cards with different 
> Service fees. I'm not sure what the INC column is for, I 
> usually leave it set at 6. I think it sets 6 seconds to the 
> minimum bill time. Service fees and Servie Fee Days is for 
> like a monthly charge. I havent figured out where the Markup 
> field comes into play yet.
> 
> *CARDS*
> This is where you make the cards. You can get a list of cards 
> or you can make/add money to any card. You are able to use 
> GET style URLs to make your own interface to this. Just add a 
> card and notice the URL. This could be very helpful if you 
> want to build another interface (I just made direct DB calls)
> 
> *TRUNKS*
> This is where you setup your Trunks(duh?). You can name the 
> trunk, set it technology, and then relate it to a real 
> trunk/peer name on your asterisk box. If I understand 
> correctly, only SIP and IAX work, but I could be wrong. I 
> know SIP works, I have used it.
> 
> *ROUTES*
> This is a decent attempt at a LCR script. Here you will setup 
> your costs for different providers. For example, if you want 
> calls to Mexico to me $.10 a minute, then in the Pattern 
> field, put '^01152.*' (without the '') And in the Cost per 
> additional minute, put 1000. (The costs are in 1/100th of a penny. 
> 
> There is so much that can be done with the Routes. You can 
> specify more than one trunk so if it is possible to go out a 
> cheap provider for one area, then put that first, if not, 
> then it will try the next one. You are also able to charge a 
> Connect Fee and Include X amount of seconds with that fee.
> 
> *CONFIGURE*
> This is where you setup your DB connection and some other 
> information. Host, Username, and Password are all related to 
> your DB. Card length is how many digits the card number will 
> be. I think the voiceover always says 12 digits (Not sure).
> 
> The "Email New Card Info" did not work for me and I left 
> everything else set to no because I didnt neet it.
> 
> *IAX and SIP FRIENDS*
> I'm sorry, but I dont know what those are for, I havent found 
> a need for them, but maybe my setup doesnt need them.
> 
> *CDRs*
> Out-of-the-box CDRs do not work. They are broken. Unless 
> another version was released since I d/led it. I just updated 
> the ASTCC entry on the voip-info.org wiki and the quick-fix 
> is there. http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=ASTCC
> 
> *PROBLEMS*
> Besides the CDRs, the only problems I have found with ASTCC 
> is that at the 'one minute warning' ASTCC cuts into the call, 
> announces that you have one minute left, then the call is 
> supposed resume for your last minute. If I had to guess, the 
> RTP stream is broken when this happens because after the 
> warning, neither side can hear the other. Unfortunately, I 
> havent had a chance to find out why the voice traffic stops. 
> If anyone could let me know what they find I would appreciate 
> it. I asked Digium about it, and they wanted to charge me 
> their hourly rate to work on it. 
> 
> *OTHER NOTES*
> If you look on the voip-info.org, there are a couple neat 
> ideas to use with AstCC. I have a box setup that when you 
> dial out, it asks for the pin number then if the pin is 
> right, it will go thru, if not, it denies you. There is also 
> a way to make it go off of the caller ID so no pin is needed. 
> 
> These are just some things that I have found working with 
> AstCC. I am not an expert by any means, but if you understand 
> Perl, then the AGI script should be fairly easy to modify to 
> suit your needs. I hope this 'guide' is helpful to someone. I 
> would like to hear of other people's experience with ASTCC.
> 
> 
> Dave Kettmann
> NetLogic
> 314-266-4000
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris [mailto:listmail at odisok.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:48 PM
> > To: junk at irqx.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
> > Discussion
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] ASTCC
> > 
> > 
> > Is there any documentation on how to setup the ASTCC?    I've 
> > got it working, but I don't quite understand what the web 
> > interface is referring to.
> > 
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
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