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[reisve]

Hi all
I need to write a custom kind of PMS system:
Basicaly it will read the start of call message, the end of the call message, calculate the duration/cost of that call, deduct it from allowed budget for that extention, and if it exceeded the budget change the CCS to prevent that extention from making more calls (external).

My problem is the BCC the switch sends attached to the message. Does anyone have a reliable application to calculate it? I wrote a smmal app. to do it but have no way to check if it is calculating it right or not.

Any help?
Thank You

 

[GHTROUT]

I'm not certain what "BCC" is. Can you rephrase?

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[reisve]

Block Check Character

 

[GHTROUT]

Ahh, so this is the PMS link, and not the CDR TTY output. Sorry. But maybe keeping the thread alive will result in another poster with an answer...

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[janaya]

Why wouldn't you just write this against a CDR port? You can track all the calls with the CDR port and base your decision on whether to cut the phone one or off based on the time limits of the call.

The PMS system I have worked with have all used multiple TTY ports to track guest activity. With custom apps I have seen TTY ports used to track CDR, Auth Code creations and Room Status.

You could create the app to create an Auth Code for a user. Then your CDR app would determine how many calls and for what duration the calls were placed. After the threshold has been reached, your Auth Code app would remove the authcode from the system, or changed the Class of Service of the Auth Code to not allow for outside calls.

This would probably be the easiest path for you. There are free apps that can check CDR for you and allow you to test yor results.

Hope this helps.

 

[reisve]

I gess I will have to take the CDR path. Background terminal does not realy give me the call duration: they send Call Initiation (ST-CI <calling DN> <called DN>) and Call Termination (ST-CT <calling DN> Called DN>) but aparently this is only for internall calls (why do we need it???). Did not test it in a switch, just from the NTP.