[asterisk-users] set(CALLERID(name) not working

[sean darcy]

Daniel Lynes wrote:
> You'll need to lose the double quotation marks in the assignment:
> 
> Set(CALLERID(name)="Fred") becomes:
> Set(CALLERID(name)=Fred)
> 
> If it still doesn't work, then it means that your particular provider 
> does not support the ability to be able to set the caller ID name, or 
> it's receiving a corrupted copy of it.  One such provider that I'm aware 
> of for that issue is Group Telecom.  They receive corrupted caller ID 
> name information from asterisk.  So, caller ID num information will 
> work, but not caller ID name information.
> 
>

Tried it with and with quotes. Same result - exactly. Works with dummy 
variable, doesn't if set in subroutine.

This is "incoming". I'm setting the CID(name) based on the incoming 
CID(num). Nothing to do with the provider.

sean