Working with SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 gateways in Tariscope
The ability to collect and process CDR information from the SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 gateways from the Ribbon Communications company has been added to the Tariscope billing system.
These gateways transmit CDR data only to the Radius accounting server. Therefore, a new data source, the Radius accounting server, was added to the Tariscope Observer service. Data packets transmitted to the Radius accounting server are of two types: Start and Stop. Generalized information about the completed call is contained only in Stop packets, therefore only their processing is performed in Tariscope. Both Start and Stop packets are generated in the SBC for each call participant. Only one Stop packet is processed to avoid data duplication in the Tariscope system.
Next, we will present the Tariscope configuration features that are specifically related to the SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 gateways.
First of all, you need to create a suitable telephone system in Tariscope. To do this, select from the menu: Communication nodes → your node → Equipment → Equipment management. The Equipment page appears, an example of which is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
Click the Add icon on the toolbar. In the New equipment window that appears, enter any name. We recommend that you enter a name that matches the phone system, for example, SBC 1000. Click Save. The Edit page shown in Figure 2 will appear.
Figure 2
In the Equipment list, select the Ribbon SBC 1000, 2000 item. For these gateways, no further settings for CDR processing are required.
Just add the necessary parameters in the Codes and location section and click Save.
For the correct tariffication of calls, you must perform settings on the pages: Numbering plan and Routes and gateways, as well as add subscribers of this telephone system.
And finally, you need to create a Tariscope Observer service that will receive CDR data from SBC gateways and process this data.
Select Data collection/Observer → Observers management from the menu. The corresponding page will appear, where on the toolbar click Add → New Observer. A corresponding window will appear where you can enter the name of the Observer profile. For example, it could be: SBC 1000. Click Save. A window will appear confirming the creation of a new Observer profile, click on the Settings button. The Tariscope Observer configuration page will be displayed, an example of which is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3
The Equipment item is "not selected", which means that you must specify the telephone system from the previously created ones for which this Observer is intended. Click on the "here" link and select the desired network and phone system.
In the Data source list, select Radius accounting server. Click on the Data source configuration button to the right of the Data Source list. The Data source configuration window will appear, an example of which is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4
In the Port textbox, enter the IP port on which the Radius accounting server will work. By default, the port for this server is 1813. If you have multiple phone systems that need to transmit CDR data to Tariscope through the Radius accounting server, use port 1813 for the first Radius accounting server, and other IP ports for the other Radius servers, which free on your system.
In the Shared secret textbox, enter the value of the shared secret. The same value should be in the settings of the telephone system that will transmit CDR data.
Click Done.
This concludes the settings that are specific to the SBC 1000 and 2000 gateways. Perform all other settings in Tariscope according to the recommendations given in the Tariscope 4.6 document. Administrator's Guide.
