[asterisk-users] Problem with Polycom forwarding

[Patrick]

On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 10:55 -0400, Mike wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am having trouble with Polycom forwards and Asterisk.  Basically, I
> have no clue on how to force callerid or even custom variables (set
> using SetVar in the sip.conf file) on the transfered call.
> 
>  
> 
> For example, I set a variable called var_a to "foo".  When the call
> comes in, the variable is set.  The Polycom is set to forward the call
> to 555-555-1234.  When that second "leg" of the same is done, var_a is
> unset.

Did you try _var_a? Iirc you need to prepend it with an underscore to
make the variable persistent.

Regards,
Patrick