asterisk users - Jan 2009 - CDR problems -- two call legs create only one CDR. Using ForkCDR() not even working.

Hello,

When I bridge an incoming and outgoing call (attempting to simulate
call-forwarding) I'm only getting one CDR -- that of the outgoing call.

A (PSTN) calls B (residing on Asterisk) and the Asterisk calls C (cell phone
on PSTN) and bridges the call.
The only CDR created is from B to C. I have even tried using Answer() and
ForkCDR() to get two CDRs, but to no avail.
I am starting to wonder if there's a bug in the CDR generation in general,
because I set up an extension to do only that:

exten => 5822558,1,Answer()
exten => 5822558,n,ForkCDR()
exten => 5822558,n,Playback(tt-monkeys)
exten => 5822558,n,Hangup()

This is even given as an example on how to generate two CDRs from one call
on this website:
http://asterisk.name/asterisk/0596009623/asterisk-app-b-79.html

I have been able to create two CDRs with the use of the Local/n channel, but
the CDR is messy if I do so because I am required by law to change the
caller-id for the outgoing call to that of the PBX, so both call legs seem
to be originating from the Asterisk.

Am I missing something? Any ideas appreciated.

Best regards,
?rn
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:12 PM, ?rn Arnarson <orn at arnarson.net>
wrote:
> Am I missing something? Any ideas appreciated.
No you are not missing anything. The Asterisk CDR implementation has a
number of issues and one CDR per bridge is one of them. There is
currently a re-design discussion going on on the list at the moment.
If you're really interested you can read the new design document at
http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/team/murf/RFCs/CDRfix2.rfc.txt.

Regards,

Greyman.

hello
> When I bridge an incoming and outgoing call (attempting to simulate 
> call-forwarding) I'm only getting one CDR -- that of the outgoing call.
> A (PSTN) calls B (residing on Asterisk) and the Asterisk calls C (cell 
> phone on PSTN) and bridges the call.
> The only CDR created is from B to C. I have even tried using Answer() 
> and ForkCDR() to get two CDRs, but to no avail.
> I am starting to wonder if there's a bug in the CDR generation in 
> general, because I set up an extension to do only that:
> exten => 5822558,1,Answer()
> exten => 5822558,n,ForkCDR()
> exten => 5822558,n,Playback(tt-monkeys)
> exten => 5822558,n,Hangup()
I have the same problem, try older version like 1.4.21 for example..
And look at: http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13797, there is some 
patch that might help.
For me the only possible option to play with forkcdr as I expected is 
using older versions of Asterisk

best regards