[asterisk-users] CID Issues

[Tom Vile]

The "o" option is mentioned over at FreePBX and how to restore this setting.

On 10/23/06, Eric ManxPower Wieling <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
>
> mail-lists wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've posted this at the trixbox and freepbx forums and haven't been able
> > to get an answer. I thought perhaps the guru's here might be able to
> > help me out :)
> >
> > I'm having some issues with setting caller IDs. There are 2 problems
> > that I would like to solve.
> >
> > 1. I have a DID pointing to a ring group. The only 'extension' in that
> > ring group is an external number (cell phone). So essentially the DID
> > fwds to a cell phone. The problem is that the CID that shows up on the
> > Cell phone is the number that's set on the outgoing trunk the the
> > CALLERS #. Is there a simple way to override this? Or better yet, is
> > there a prefered method for forwarding calls out with freePBX?
>
> I cannot help you with Trixbox, only Asterisk.
>
> Are you using PRI, Analog, or VoIP for your outgoing call?
>
> If PRI or VoIP AND the carrier permits it, you can manually set the
> Caller*ID before the Dial() line using SetCIDNum.
>
> You can also do a "show application dial" in the Asterisk CLI, pay
> special attention to the "o" option to Dial()
>
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