[asterisk-users] Operation of ATAs in a call shop type set-up

[Matt Riddell]

On 11/09/09 7:25 AM, AC wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can someone explain to me how ATAs operate in a call shop type
> environment to provide realtime billing to the callshop software. The
> ATAs seem to be configured to connect directly to the asterisk server,
> so how does the call shop software report in realtime your destination
> and duration of the answered call?

Either from CDR or the Asterisk Manager.

We wrote an application about 3 years ago to do this via the Manager, 
listing current channels, updating a Windows C# application for the 
manager, and disconnecting calls if someone didn't ask the manager for 
more time.

We actually used the SendText function to print a message on the screen 
of the phone showing the remaining credit (and wrote a patch for 
Asterisk so you could do this from the manager - included in 1.2 if I 
remember correctly).

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
Director
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