[Asterisk-Users] Getting Call-ID w/o CDR platform

[Steven Critchfield]

On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 10:18 -0400, Darren Sessions wrote:
> Steve - it'd be really cool if you knew what you were talking about.
> 
> There is a distinct difference between a Call ID and Caller ID.
> 
> Guessing by your need to immediately label everyone a 'newbie' and the 
> fact you don't know what a SIP Call-ID is, I can only speculate as to 
> your technical expertise level.

Then maybe you should have mentioned SIP somewhere in your message. I
see I wasn't the only one to assume you where newbiesh enough to have
miss typed. 

Now if your panties aren't in too much of a wad to still listen...

Have you tried the AGI command "Get Variable"? According to the wiki,
"Get Variable" will get a channel variable. If the information is in the
CDR, it has to be in a channel variable.

> On Oct 18, 2004, at 10:04 AM, Steven Critchfield wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 09:58 -0400, Darren Sessions wrote:
> >> Is there a way to get the Call ID off of a call that runs through *
> >> without loading any kind of billing CDR platform?
> >>
> >> If not, I think it would be a great addition to * if the Call ID was
> >> passed as variable (in AGI).
> >
> > It would be really cool if you could read the documentation.
> >
> > Guessing by your impatience and the fact that you asked what should be
> > obvious questions. You probably haven't waited for the CallerID to be
> > processed before going into either AGI or whatever. Even on PRI lines
> > you need to let a ring happen before going into your AGI. The CallerID
> > will be there if it is available. If you see it in your Master.cdr, it
> > is read and availble, just put a wait in before your AGI app.
> >
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>