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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you guys for your input. I will look into nibble bill module and try it. It seems the module is designed for real-time billing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken Rice<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> FreeSWITCH Users Help<br><b>Cc:</b> FreeSWITCH Users Help<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Freeswitch-users] Wait for ANSWER/HANGUP events in Mod lua<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>realtime billing can be accomplished with nibble whichs deducts as the call is in progress... folowed up with bill validation via the cdr. if your lua script crashes no billing...<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ken<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 18, 2013, at 11:15, "Sami Montour" <<a href="mailto:smontour@verizon.net">smontour@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The billing I would like to use with lua is for real-time billing where subscribers are debited real-time or at the end of the call.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org">freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org</a> [<a href="mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org">mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken Rice<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> FreeSWITCH Users Help<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Freeswitch-users] Wait for ANSWER/HANGUP events in Mod lua</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>billing in lua is asking for issues... why not do something like triggiering the billing from the xml cdr or such this avoids loss od cdrs as it uses the filesystem as a backup to incase your websvices or billing processor is down<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ken<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 18, 2013, at 10:19, Karsten Horsmann <<a href="mailto:khorsmann@gmail.com">khorsmann@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Sam,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>you should be more verbose what you currently doing. There a many ways to call an lua script in FS (in the dialplan, as startup-script, as dialplan-binding etc).<br><br>Sounds like you want to fetch some kind of billing informations.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2013/8/17 Sami Montour <<a href="mailto:smontour@verizon.net" target="_blank">smontour@verizon.net</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I am using Mod lua for call processing on the FreeSwitch. I would like to wait for some events such as CHANNEL_ANSWER and CHANNEL_HANGUP in order to get the answer time and hangup time. Basically, something like<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Wait for event CHANNEL_ANSWER or CHANNEL_HANGUP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If (event_name = “CHANNEL_ANSWER”) then answer_timestamp = getHeader(“Caller-Channel-Answered-Time”) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If (event_name = “CHANNEL_HANGUP”) then hangup_timestamp = getHeader(“Event-Date-Timestamp”)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The session:getState() described in module lua gets the call state but not the channel state. For instance, ‘CS_EXECUTE’ is the channel state when it is executing a dialplan not when the call is answered. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Is there a way to wait for channel events such as CHANNEL_ANSWER and CHANNEL_HANGUP in order to retrieve answer and hangup timestamps for a call?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Any input is very much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br>*Karsten Horsmann*<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_________________________________________________________________________<br>Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br><a href="mailto:consulting@freeswitch.org">consulting@freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com">http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br><a href="http://www.cudatel.com">http://www.cudatel.com</a><br><br>Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org">http://wiki.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.cluecon.com">http://www.cluecon.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org">FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users</a><br>UNSUBSCRIBE:http://<a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users">lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_________________________________________________________________________<br>Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br><a href="mailto:consulting@freeswitch.org">consulting@freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com">http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br><a href="http://www.cudatel.com">http://www.cudatel.com</a><br><br>Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org">http://wiki.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.cluecon.com">http://www.cluecon.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org">FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users</a><br>UNSUBSCRIBE:http://<a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users">lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>