Am 31.05.2015 um 12:30 schrieb Michael Knill <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au>:
> Yes thanks Lonnie for those options. I have begun modifying cdrlog.php and it > will probably be easier than I thought. Really all they need is to add the > room number (extension) and the date of stay and out pops charges based on > rated call prefixes. The billsecs is already there and I can just add a > couple more columns (and remove some) and have a total at the end. They just > add the total to the incidentals on their hotel management system! > International will be a bit of a pain as so many rates but I could block them > I suppose. > > Yes I do like 2) as well if their reservation system has an API. Im afraid 3) > & 4) are out of the question as interestingly our mobile calls are more > expensive that most international calls. > > Regards > Michael Knill BTW: You can add something useful via the dialplan (e.g. in hangup-extension) to the CDR userfield. I use that sometimes for Hangup-Cause or Q-Stati or other special cases, but mostly for debugging. > On 31 May 2015, at 12:15 am, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote: > > > Am 30.05.2015 um 16:02 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> I don't have any experience with scripting CDR billing, but a few thoughts... >> >> 1) You can enable CDR Call Logging with SQL using the file >> /mnt/kd/cdr-sqlite3/cdr-odbc.sqlite3 >> >> CDR Call Logging with SQL >> http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:tt_asterisk-odbc#cdr_call_logging_with_sql >> >> Nuf said for the benefits of this. :-) >> >> 2) Possibly when a call completes a shell script is called in the >> background to generate a transaction via 'curl' to another system. Possibly >> there is some way to generate a comment or such in their hotel management >> system, such that at checkout the phone charges could be added from the >> comment data. >> >> 3) Simplify the Phone billing, charge only per call at a fixed price ($1 or >> so) and block expensive international calls. Here in the US phone calls >> were once a revenue source for hotels before the advent of cell phones. I >> suspect they are mostly for in-house calls now. Here $1 per US call and >> block all international calls would probably work out. A cron job could >> email the number of outbound calls / room once a day. >> >> 4) Don't charge for inexpensive phone calls and block expensive calls, >> provide that as a service, and forget CDR's :-) >> >> To get a very accurate tally you need the cdr-odbc.sqlite3 plus the >> checkin-checkout times which are on a different system. >> >> Lonnie >> >> >> On May 30, 2015, at 12:06 AM, Michael Knill >> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Gosh so much searching with very little progress. Im very tempted to add >>> more functionality to the existing cdrlog.php. >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael Knill >>> >>> On 30 May 2015, at 12:36 pm, Michael Knill >>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Hi group >>> >>> On a different subject, it looks like I am going to pick up a small hotel >>> which I will be installing Astlinux. >>> Although their requirements are pretty basic, I am concerned about the CDR >>> Billing system for charging out calls to their customers. >>> >>> Does anyone have any recommendations here? >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael Knill > > Hi Michael, > > if you figure out something useful from the above, I would also be interested > :-), but not for a hotel. > I need to get the length of incoming calls to a support hotline for various > accounts/projects and send it to an ERP system. > > Lonnie's No. 2 sounds interesting for that purpose. > > Michael > > http://www.mksolutions.info > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. Michael http://www.mksolutions.info
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