asterisk users - Aug 2014 - Billing software: Other than A2Billing because of the problem with the analogue channels

Hello;

I am facing a trouble with A2Billing when using analogue lines because the
channels are not closing properly when dialing happen through A2Billing (it
seems the dialing scenario including the hangup is not handled properly through
A2Billing but I do not have control on this). But when I do dialing from
asterisk and using analogue lines, I do not face a trouble because I can write
the script in the extensions.conf in professional way to confirm that the
channel is closed successfully.

Is there alternative Billing solution than A2Billing which has another working
mechanism? How I can resolve such problem which is related to the analogue
channels??

Regards
Bilal
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On Thursday 21 Aug 2014, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> I am facing a trouble with A2Billing when using analogue lines because the
> channels are not closing properly when dialing happen through A2Billing
> (it seems the dialing scenario including the hangup is not handled
> properly through A2Billing but I do not have control on this). But when I
> do dialing from asterisk and using analogue lines, I do not face a trouble
> because I can write the script in the extensions.conf in professional way
> to confirm that the channel is closed successfully.
If you think you have managed to detect the end of a call more successfully 
than A2Billing can, I would have thought the logical solution would be to 
patch A2Billing to work with your improved teardown detection.
> Is there alternative Billing solution than A2Billing which has another
> working mechanism?
Not really.  The problem is inherent to analogue lines; which by definition 
cannot carry full supervisory information, as there is no separate D-channel.
> How I can resolve such problem which is related to the
> analogue channels? 
Get some form of digital phone line  (such as a SIP trunk, or ISDN)  installed 
instead.  You should be able to switch from analogue to ISDN without 
terminating your existing telco contract; and the quarterly will be cheaper, 
as you are using less of the telco's equipment.


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AJS

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