AccountingType

Description

Determines the number of start, stop, and update accounting messages the Tenor delivers to the RADIUS Accounting Server per call.  

Guidelines

Valid options are as follows:

0   A value of "0" means that no messages will be sent (default). In other words, it means Start-Accounting, Stop-Accounting, and Update-Accounting messages are disabled. However, authentication messages will still be sent, depending on the IVRType configured in the Telephony or IP routing group.

1   Tenor sends 1 stop accounting message per call.  

2   Tenor sends 1 stop accounting message per leg of a call. A complete call consists of an incoming leg and an outgoing leg. The outgoing leg may not complete the call on the first attempt. One outgoing leg Stop-Accounting will be generated for each attempt, irrespective of failure or success. 

3   Tenor sends 1 start and 1 stop accounting message.

4   Tenor sends 1 start and 1 stop accounting message for the answer (incoming) leg, and 1 start and 1 stop accounting message for every outbound (originate leg) attempt.

5   Tenor sends 1 stop accounting message for the answer (incoming) leg, and only 1 stop accounting message for the originate (outgoing) leg. When this option is used, Start-Accounting and Update-Accounting messages are disabled and will not be generated. This setting is recommended if using RADIUS.

The table below shows how the setting of AccountingType changes the configurability of RADIUS start, stop, and update accounting messages (as well as the update interval).

AcctType    Start      Stop       Update        UpdateInterval

0           disabled   disabled   disabled      disabled

1           disabled   1          configurable  configurable

2           disabled   2+         configurable  configurable

3           1          1          configurable  configurable

4           2+         2+         configurable  configurable

5           disabled   2          disabled      disabled

Example

In other words, if 3 outbound routes are attempted, and the third is successful, there will be:

• Type 0: No messages

• Type 1: 1 stop accounting message only

• Type 2: 1 stop accounting message for the answer leg, and 3 stop accounting messages for the originate (outbound) leg

• Type 3: 1 start and 1 stop accounting message only

• Type 4: 1 start and 1 stop accounting message for the answer leg, and 3 start and 3 stop accounting messages for the originate (outbound) leg

• Type 5: 2 stop accounting messages only

Related Topics

UpdateAccountingType

UpdateAccountingInterval

RadiusInfo Level - UserServer

Location

Systemwide Configuration > Radius Servers > Radius-UserServer > Accounting Type

Options

Select from the drop-down box. Options are as follows:

• Disable Accounting Messages

• 1 Stop Accounting Message

• 1 Stop Accounting Message per leg of call

• 1 Start + 1 Stop Accounting Messages

• 1 Start + 1 Stop Accounting Message per leg of call

• 1 Stop Accounting Message per incoming/outgoing leg

Cmd Type

Command

Prompt Level

config-RadiusInfo-UserServer#  

Syntax

set accountingtype or at { 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 } 

Arguments

0   No messages sent

1   1 stop accounting message sent per call

2   1 stop accounting message sent per leg of a call (including retries)

3   1 start and 1 stop accounting message

4   1 start and 1 stop accounting message per leg of call (including retries)

5   1 stop accounting message per incoming/outgoing leg

Default

0   Disabled  

Examples

config-RadiusInfo-UserServer# set at 2

Sets the number of RADIUS stop accounting messages to 1 per leg of call.