That's odd because in my world I *NEVER* have a CDR show "ANSWERD" and anything besides >1 billing seconds. Also -- Dave shows up with the stuff and isn't confused about his name.
CSB -- I'd say the reason you are having this problem is you are dialing a local channel. Have you tried otherwise? Which version of Asterisk? On 11/7/07, Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:47 11/7/2007, CSB wrote: > >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C82187.BC96F350" > >Content-Language: en-nz > > > >How is the billsec field calculated in CDRs? > > > >I have a situation where billsec is being reported as 0 despite the > >call being answered and a conversation occurring. An example record follows: > > > >'2007-11-06 21:36:50', '6495566778', '6495566778', '0116495566778', > >'1100012_1', 'Local/[EMAIL PROTECTED],2', > >'SIP/64.192.001.001-08893238', 'Dial', > >'SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED]||hH', 10, 0, 'ANSWERED', 3, '', > >'1194338210.61', '' > > > > Where did you get this CDR? CDRs should look more > like: > > http://www.asterisk.org/doxygen/1.2/AstCDR.html > > clid Caller ID > src Source > dst Destination > dcontext Destination context > channel Channel name > dstchannel Destination channel > lastapp Last app executed > lastdata Last app's arguments > start Time the call started. > answer Time the call was answered. > end Time the call ended. > duration Duration of the call. > billsec Duration of the call once it was answered. > disposition ANSWERED, NO ANSWER, BUSY > amaflags DOCUMENTATION, BILL, IGNORE etc > accountcode The channel's account code. > uniqueid The channel's unique id. > userfield The channels uses specified field. > > A call can ring for 10 seconds, then be answered and > hung up on (or dropped for some reason), and end up > having billable seconds of zero. > > Where in this CDR is there evidence of a conversation > having taken place? A "conversation" would at least > be 15-30 seconds: > > "Hello?" > > "Yeah, It's me--Dave. I got the stuff, man." > > "Dave?" > > "Yeah. 'Dave'. It's me." > > "Dave's not here." Click. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users