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. > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users