[Asterisk-Users] CDRs and billing

[Joao Pereira]

Ok, no problem, Ill do it with the AGI.
Do I need to re-compile asterisk to support the AGI writing? or it goes 
by default?

Thank you
Joao Pereira


Chris Mason (Lists) wrote:

> Joao Pereira wrote:
>
>> Hello
>> I configured Asterisk to put CDRs in the database like it was 
>> explained in:
>>  www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cdr+pgsql
>>
>> What I want to know is how do the billing solutions (like 
>> Asterisk2Billing) work with Asterisk.
>>
>> The billing system just use the information that Asterisk puts in the 
>> CDR table?
>> Or they connect directly to Asterisk?
>> Or is Asterisk that has, before the Dial command, to put the 
>> information on the Asterisk2Billing tables?
>>
> Asterisk2Billing requires you route the calls to its AGI, and it keeps 
> its own database, so what you did is of no use for billing. I haven't 
> found an application that bills from the CDRs, everything I found 
> wanted to create the database entries. I think ASTPP can read your 
> CDR, though.
>