[Asterisk-Users] Q: Can I over-ride the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} ?

[Howard Lowndes]

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 17:12, asterisk at draughon.org wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> 	I'd like to change the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} for incoming PSTN
> calls from certain numbers, but haven't found a way that works. The goal is
> to provide more informative names on my phones' caller ID displays--e.g., I
> would prefer to display "ROB CELL" instead of "CELLULAR CALL" when I call
> home from my cell phone.
> 
> 	This is what I tried in the context which handles inbound PSTN
> calls:
> 
> ...
> exten => s/3125882300,1,SetVar(CALLERIDNAME="ROB CELL")

SetCIDName("ROB CELL")

> exten => s/3125882300,2,Goto(100,1)
> 
> exten => 100,1,Macro(exten_vm,Zap/1)
> ...
> 
> The "exten_vm" macro context handles calls to extensions equipped with voice
> mail.
> 
> 	When I make a call from my cell phone, the telephone caller ID unit
> shows "CELLULAR CALL" instead of "ROB CELL".
> 
> 	Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> 					Cheers,
> 
> 					Rob
> 
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