[asterisk-users] CallerID from POTS to SIP

[Trevor Peirce]

astuser at braingia.org wrote:
> The other context, the one with distinctive ring that's not passing 
> caller id, actually does a little more:
>
> [main-open]
> exten => s,1,Answer
> exten => s,n,Wait(3)
> exten => s,n,Background(opengreeting)
> exten => s,n,Dial(SIP/ht1&SIP/gxp3,20)
>
> But even if I remove those extra bits from that context and make it look 
> like the other one, it still doesn't work.
>
> Any more suggestions?
Yes - you're answering before you have a chance to receive the Caller ID 
-- on an analog line you cannot receive Caller ID once you have 
answered. Try this:

[main-open]
exten => s,1,Wait(1)
exten => s,n,Answer
exten => s,n,Background(opengreeting)
exten => s,n,Dial(SIP/ht1&SIP/gxp3,20)

Regards,
Trevor Peirce

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