Re: [asterisk-users] External call control for Asterisk
Not sure if that's what you are looking for, but I would think about having the dialplan call a web service (maybe using CURL) and passing account and current number. The system would reply with the number to actually dial, or none if blocked, and the maximum possible call length. Then it's all Asterisk (or turtles all the way down). 2013/4/10 Simon Green simon.c.gr...@gmail.com Hi there, I’m new to Asterisk and there’s a ton of documentation. I’m not really sure where to start. What I want to do is this: a PBX service ala FreePBX, but where call control is passed via SIP to an external service which will tell Asterisk: a) * Whether the call is allowed b) * Where to connect the call, if necessary (i.e. forced redirection to a C-party) c) * To disconnect the call at some time in future based on charging considerations (i.e. online charging) There is also the option of not using Asterisk at all, and simply using the other service directly, but Asterisk is much better suited to handling end-user devices. The external service does control logic only. Loway - home of QueueMetrics - http://queuemetrics.com Test-drive WombatDialer beta @ http://wombatdialer.com -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] External call control for Asterisk
AGI is your friend. check A2billing. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Lenz Emilitri lenz.lo...@gmail.comwrote: Not sure if that's what you are looking for, but I would think about having the dialplan call a web service (maybe using CURL) and passing account and current number. The system would reply with the number to actually dial, or none if blocked, and the maximum possible call length. Then it's all Asterisk (or turtles all the way down). 2013/4/10 Simon Green simon.c.gr...@gmail.com Hi there, I’m new to Asterisk and there’s a ton of documentation. I’m not really sure where to start. What I want to do is this: a PBX service ala FreePBX, but where call control is passed via SIP to an external service which will tell Asterisk: a) * Whether the call is allowed b) * Where to connect the call, if necessary (i.e. forced redirection to a C-party) c) * To disconnect the call at some time in future based on charging considerations (i.e. online charging) There is also the option of not using Asterisk at all, and simply using the other service directly, but Asterisk is much better suited to handling end-user devices. The external service does control logic only. Loway - home of QueueMetrics - http://queuemetrics.com Test-drive WombatDialer beta @ http://wombatdialer.com -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello 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 -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] External call control for Asterisk
Hi there, I’m new to Asterisk and there’s a ton of documentation. I’m not really sure where to start. What I want to do is this: a PBX service ala FreePBX, but where call control is passed via SIP to an external service which will tell Asterisk: a) * Whether the call is allowed b) * Where to connect the call, if necessary (i.e. forced redirection to a C-party) c) * To disconnect the call at some time in future based on charging considerations (i.e. online charging) There is also the option of not using Asterisk at all, and simply using the other service directly, but Asterisk is much better suited to handling end-user devices. The external service does control logic only. Can someone point me at the right place in the documentation to get a handle on where I should be hooking things like this? -- Cheers Simon -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] External call control for Asterisk
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013, Simon Green wrote: Hi there, I’m new to Asterisk and there’s a ton of documentation. I’m not really sure where to start. What I want to do is this: a PBX service ala FreePBX, but where call control is passed via SIP to an external service which will tell Asterisk: a) * Whether the call is allowed b) * Where to connect the call, if necessary (i.e. forced redirection to a C-party) c) * To disconnect the call at some time in future based on charging considerations (i.e. online charging) It depends... You could probably do all of this just using dialplan logic and Asterisk's internal database. If you are looking to build a system that will scale, you'll want to store your call processing parameters in a database like MySQL and access the parameters using an AGI (an external program written in any language you are comfortable with) and then write a dialplan to follow your business logic. While the dialplan language does include methods to access databases, I find it cumbersome, limited, and ugly. I like to keep all the nasty details in a little black box and keep my dialplan clean and maintainable. -- Thanks in advance, - Steve Edwards sedwa...@sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000-- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] External call control for Asterisk
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013, Simon Green wrote: Hi there, I’m new to Asterisk and there’s a ton of documentation. I’m not really sure where to start. What I want to do is this: a PBX service ala FreePBX, but where call control is passed via SIP to an external service which will tell Asterisk: a) * Whether the call is allowed b) * Where to connect the call, if necessary (i.e. forced redirection to a C-party) c) * To disconnect the call at some time in future based on charging considerations (i.e. online charging) It depends... You could probably do all of this just using dialplan logic and Asterisk's internal database. If you are looking to build a system that will scale, you'll want to store your call processing parameters in a database like MySQL and access the parameters using an AGI (an external program written in any language you are comfortable with) and then write a dialplan to follow your business logic. While the dialplan language does include methods to access databases, I find it cumbersome, limited, and ugly. I like to keep all the nasty details in a little black box and keep my dialplan clean and maintainable. It actually looks a little like I might be better off front-ending with OpenSIPS, which can do AAA via Diameter, and then passing the call, once allowed, to Asterisk. I'm certainly keen to put extension provisioning information into MySQL, but I need the realtime accounting aspect as much as the authorisation aspect. Ideally I'm after Asterisk to be, effectively, a smart media gateway. I want it to handle basic registration of user clients, but for realtime call authorisation and sometimes routing to be handled off-board. Effectively, a prepaid calling service with Asterisk handling the calling and the other system handling the prepaid. Am I barking up the wrong tree? -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
