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Mastering FreeSWITCH

By : Russell Treleaven, Seven Du, Darren Schreiber, Ken Rice, Mike Jerris, Kalyani Kulkarni, Florent Krieg, Charles Bujold
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Mastering FreeSWITCH

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By: Russell Treleaven, Seven Du, Darren Schreiber, Ken Rice, Mike Jerris, Kalyani Kulkarni, Florent Krieg, Charles Bujold

Overview of this book

FreeSWITCH is one of the best tools around if you’re looking for a modern method of managing communication protocols through a range of different media. From real-time browser communication with the WebRTC API to implementing VoIP (voice over internet protocol), with FreeSWITCH you’re in full control of your projects. This book shows you how to unlock its full potential – more than just a tutorial, it’s packed with plenty of tips and tricks to make it work for you. Written by members of the team who actually helped build FreeSWITCH, it will guide you through some of the newest features of version 1.6 including video transcoding and conferencing. Find out how FreeSWITCH interacts with other tools and APIs, learn how to tackle common (and not so common) challenges ranging from high availability to IVR development and programming advanced PBXs. Great communication functionality begins with FreeSWITCH – find out how and get your project up and running today.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mastering FreeSWITCH
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
Contributors
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
7
WebRTC and Mod_Verto
Index

Feeding logs and events to Homer


Now that a basic flows and B2BUA correlation is done, maybe you want to add something else to complement your session investigations and take them to the next level. How about sending the Capture Server all sorts of info you deem related to a call, so it'll be instantly available, in the same Call-Flow popup? OK, I know you want it. As an example, let's set FreeSWITCH to provide two different sets of call-related data, one from dialplan, and one from CDRs (Call Detail Records, the accounting info written at the end of a call).

Logs to Homer

On the FreeSWITCH machine, edit the file autoload_configs/cdr_csv.conf.xml, and modify the example template (or the template you are using, if different from example), adding the SIP CallID as first field:

<template name="example">"${sip_call_id}","${caller_id_name}","${caller_id_number}","${destination_number}","${context}","${start_stamp}","${answer_stamp}","${end_stamp}","${duration}","${billsec}","${hangup_cause...