[asterisk-users] Billing pulses

[David Boyd]

Hi Stefano,

I have a question, how would you go about using the billing pulses to
generate an invoice/bill.  Also can you provide an ascii drawing of the
layout of the equipment as you intend to use it, they say a picture is
worth a thousand words:)


db




On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 15:13 +0100, Stefano Corsi wrote:
> I must clarify my original message. Maybe 
> confusion is due to my poor english. So I'll make a list of statements:
> 
> - Each ISDN line in Italy can be splitted in two analog lines
> - You can use those analog lines as normal analog lines
> - I have already invested in analog hardware (my 
> fault of course) for both FSX and FXO
> - ISDN hardware installed by the telco can, in 
> Italy, be programmed to send a "billing pulse".
> - I guess this billing pulse is sent on each of 
> the two analog lines in which a single ISDN line 
> can be splitted (so there's no risk, I guess, for double billing).
> - I'm considering if there's a small chance for 
> me to avoid buying additional hardware (ISDN 
> cards or gateways) and have an accurate billing 
> using those analog lines resulting from splitting an ISDN line.
> - To get an accurate billing, I'm wandering if 
> it's possibile to use "billing pulse" provided by those analog lines.
> - I have full specifications of the "billing pulse" provided:
> 
> frequency 
> .................................................................... 
> 12 kHz ± 1%
> level 
> .......................................................................... 
> 200 mVrms on 200
> distortion................................................................... 
> < 5%
> pulse duration 
> .............................................................125 ± 25 ms
> pause duration 
> ................................................................> 180 ms
> period 
> .......................................................................> 300 ms
> 
> Do you think it's worth considering it?
> 
> Rgds
> Stefano
> 
> > > Bill them both.  We are talking about mere BRI's, right:-)  Good catch,
> > > David.  As others noted, billing pulse really applies to analogue lines
> > > only, and ISDN providers should always send status.
> > >
> > > Yuan Liu
> >
> >Thanks, Yuan
> >
> >
> >But my confusion came from the original post stating the use of ISDN
> >circuits for this  implementation.  Id ISDN is in fact the circuit of
> >choice for this app, I agree why wouldn't he simply use the cause codes
> >for billing purposes.  We have a lot of experience in telecommunications
> >billing, and have always found cause codes to be more than sufficient
> >even for weird tiers, and bizarre rounding functions.
> 
>