[Asterisk-Users] Losing CallerName info if no CID sent

[steve at daviesfam.org]

> > I have a question regarding setting the CallerID, more specifically the 
> > Caller Name. In all of my menus I set the current Caller Name so it 
> > displays what menu they are in when the phone rings for my users. We run 
> > seperate companies so it's easy for us to distinguish how to answer the 
> > phones.
> >
> > The problem is, when a call comes in and the CALLERID is not known (ie: 
> > nothing is sent and it's a blank string) the call shows up on the phone as 
> > 'Unknown' 'Unknown'. I have verified by the use of the NoOP command that 
> > the callername is indeed still set right before it dials my users.
> > My Callerid Logs also show up blank for that particular call.
> >
> > If a call comes in and the callerid is sent via the telco, the setting of 
> > the callername works as expected.
> >
> > I am using CVS-HEAD current as of April 03, before that I was using Cvs 
> > from Feb 16th and it still occured with that as well. We are getting more 
> > calls now, so it's beginning to be more of an issue.


Hi,

I think you need to use SetCallerPres to allowed.

show application setcallerpres will give you the info you need.

Steve