Local Channel in Asterisk

Local channel in asterisk is usually use to connect two or more call legs. It is usually done via Manager API, AGI or thru a call file dumped on /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/

If you're going to call Local channel and want to monitor its call durations use the '/n' flag.

Here it is

Local/extension@context[/n]

Here is an example, a snippet of a script

fputs($socket, "Channel: Local/1$number@wakeout/n\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Context: wakeout\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Exten: waketest\r\n");
fputs($socket, "Priority: 1\r\n");

This is important most especially for billing purposes.

Hope you find this helpful. Thanks, CHeers and God Bless!!!