[Asterisk-Users] CallerID

[Greg Oliver]

On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 06:27 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
> Greg Oliver wrote:
> > I am trying to set CIDNum to nothing, but my outgoing PRI controlled by
> > another PBX seems to fill in something when asterisk does not..  If I
> > set a number either in the sip channel for the phone, or from
> > extensions.con, it is realized..  If I try to leave them blank, or even
> > Not Defined, the main number of the pri gets sent out..
> >
> > I am trying to debug a glitvh in or software and I need to be able to
> > make a test call with unknown (blank callerid)..  I can successfully set
> > it to private, but that is not the same..
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA 
> >
> > -Greg
> >
> >   
> 
> On one of my T1 circuits, ten digits always appear on the other side.  I 
> can set all ten digits to zero.  If I set less than ten digits then the 
> last digits of the default ten digit string (which is our billing phone 
> number) are overwritten with what is set.  On our T3 (different 
> provider), we can set any length of digits but I have never tried to 
> send blank or null values. 
> 
> Does your other PBX send blank callerID?  Is the PRI from the same 
> provider?  When you have CIDNum= do you see errors in the log that the 
> value must not be null?

Unfortunately not - if I fill in anywhere up to the 40 digit max in *,
then the other PBX allows it, but anything that is not valid, it rejects
and puts the main hunt number in..  

I think I am kind of screwed thanks to the 800lb gorilla Cisco....
Gotta love 'em.

-Greg