[asterisk-users] Sending caller name out PRI?

[Jared Smith]

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 23:49 -0500, Peter A Eisch wrote:
> I have a PRI connected to a traditional PBX using NI-2 and a typical
> config (further below).  When I call from a SIP/IAX phone to an extension
> on the PBX, only the number makes it through.  If I plug that same port on
> the PBX to a carrier the PBX presents both name and number.
> 
> Hints or pokes to relevant chapters in documentation?  My config is
> essentially like one found here:
>   http://www.voip-info.org/files/nortel-asterisk-0.2.pdf
> The author makes no reference to CNID, so I'm assuming that he wasn't
> bothered by it not working.

You could set "pri debug span 1" in the Asterisk CLI (assuming that this
is the first PRI span) and see if the name is actually being transmitted
to the PBX.

-- 
Jared Smith
Training Manager
Digium, Inc.