Installation

Binary packages are available for Debian on i386 and amd64 architectures. To install add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb	http://ag-projects.com/debian unstable main
deb-src http://ag-projects.com/debian unstable main

Install AG Projects debian repository signing key:

wget http://download.ag-projects.com/agp-debian-gpg.key
sudo apt-key add agp-debian-gpg.key

To install the software:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install callcontrol

For non Debian installations you must perform the following steps: For non Debian installations, you must install the following dependencies:

• python-application (>= 1.0.9)
• python-twisted-core
• python-sqlobject

You may run the software from its own directory or install it in a directory anywhere in the system.

The software can be downloaded as a tar archive from:

 http://download.ag-projects.com/CallControl/

Extract it using tar xzvf callcontrol-version.tar.gz and change directory to the newly created callcontrol directory.

The source code is managed using darcs version control tool. The darcs repository can be fetched with:

darcs get http://devel.ag-projects.com/repositories/callcontrol

To obtain the incremental changes after the initial get:

cd callcontrol
darcs pull -a

Install the software:

cd callcontrol
sudo python setup.py install

Configure the software

You need to setup the following components:

• OpenSIPS callcontrol module, version >=1.5
• Call Control application (this software)
• CDRTool rating engine, version >=6.7.0

OpenSIPS configuration

loadmodule "mi_fifo.so"
loadmodule "mi_datagram.so"
loadmodule "sl.so"
loadmodule "tm.so"
loadmodule "dialog.so"
loadmodule "call_control.so"

modparam("call_control", "disable", 0)

route {
...
    if ((method=="INVITE" && !has_totag())) {
        # you need to call this function at the first INVITE
        call_control();
        switch ($retcode) {
        case 2:
            # Call with no limit
        case 1:
            # Call with a limit under callcontrol management (either prepaid or postpaid)
            break;
        case -1:
            # Not enough credit (prepaid call)
            xlog("L_INFO", "Call control: not enough credit for prepaid call\n");
            acc_rad_request("402");
            sl_send_reply("402", "Not enough credit");
            exit;
            break;
        case -2:
            # Locked by call in progress (prepaid call)
            xlog("L_INFO", "Call control: prepaid call locked by another call in progress\n");
            acc_rad_request("403");
            sl_send_reply("403", "Call locked by another call in progress");
            exit;
            break;
        default:
            # Internal error (message parsing, communication, ...)
            xlog("L_INFO", "Call control: internal server error\n");
            acc_rad_request("500");
            sl_send_reply("500", "Internal server error");
            exit;
        }
    }
...
}

Call Control configuration

For all configuration options and their description see config.ini.sample

The application is searching for its configuration file config.ini in its current directory and in /etc/callcontrol/config.ini

Copy config.ini.sample to /etc/callcontrol/config.ini and edit the file to suit your environment:

[CallControl]
; how to detect sessions that have media timeout without BYE
timeout_detection=dialog

[CDRTool]
; connection to cdrtool rating engine for MaxSessionTime() and DebitBalance()
address = cdrtool.hostname

[OpenSIPS]
; connection to OpenSIPS call_control module
; socket_path = /var/run/opensips/socket
max_connections = 10

CDRTool rating engine configuration

$RatingEngine=array( "socketIP"    => "0",
                     "socketPort"  => "9024",
                     "cdr_source"  => "opensips_radius"
                    );

See the documentation of CDRTool project for how to setup the rating tables.

Start the server

/etc/init.d/callcontrol start

The server logs its messages to syslog.

Monitoring active sessions

/etc/init.d/callcontrol sessions

Overview of the ongoing sessions, generation of prepaid cards and prepaid accounts can be managed from CDRTool rating tables web interface.

Display details about an active session

/etc/init.d/callcontrol session id

Terminating a session

/etc/init.d/callcontrol terminate id