[Asterisk-Users] CALLERIDNAME/CALLERIDNUM Deprecation

[isamar at isamarmaia.org]

I think the rule number 1 in the programming world should be:

"Why complicate if you can make it simpler?"

Isamar


On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Brent Torrenga wrote:

> I think he is getting at something like a Zap channel that passes on it's
> own CID info from zapata.conf, as opposed to the calling channel? Perhaps it
> is a zap issue, and is as simple as placing callerid=asreceived in
> zapata.conf.
>
> OR
>
> Maybe it is the way Dial() works in 1.2 versus 1.0 - with the "o" flag, I
> mean?
>
> Mark Hulber wrote:
>
>> exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=${CALLERIDNAME})
>
> This could never have accomplished anything, since those two references
> affect the exact same variable internally.
>
>> because I want the outgoing callerid that I forward to not be the normal
>> callerid of the local extension but I want to forward the incoming
>> callerid.  Now that CALLERIDNAME is deprecated, how do I differentiate
>> between the CALLERID on the incoming channel and the callerid set on the
>> outgoing channel?  The deprecation advice seems to suggest that I change
>> my set statement to:
>>
>> exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=CALLERID(name))
>
> You'll have to more clearly define what you want to accomplish;
> normally, the Dial() application sets the CLID/CNAM info on the outgoing
> channel based on what is present on the channel placing the call.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brent A. Torrenga
> brent.torrenga at torrenga.com
>
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