[asterisk-users] DID and how the caller id will appear

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM, bilal ghayyad <bilmar_gh at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear;
>
> By the way, the asterisk version that I have is 1.8.4.2 and DAHDI version is 2.4.1.2
>
> Here I would like to mention the following:
>
> 1) As per the telecom provider, they said they openned for us all the digits to send (two digits, 4 digits, all the digits ...) as they said.

With no screening? Make sure they allow you to set to at least the
DIDs that are allowed in.

>
> 2) The caller id appear for me at the CLI as: 5631030 (and actually this is the primary key).
>
> 3) I am settings in the systems.conf file the loadzone to be uk us and the defaultzone to be uk, does this effect? Maybe I have to set us.
>
> 4) I am sending the numbers within my range it is from 5631030 to 5631059, and actually I tried to set the caller id to be 40, 1040, 5621040, and 065621040
>
> 5) It is E1 ISDN.
>
> 6) About the:
>
> Set(CALLERID(pres)=allowed)
>
> How can I know the updated changes?
> By the way: is it important to be set?
>
> 7) How about the Set(CALLERID(num)=1040), is it in the right syntax or also need to be updated? Also, should I use Set(CALLERID(num)=1040) or Set(CALLERID(num)=<1040>)?
>
> What other factors I am missing? What I have to check?
>
> Regards
> Bilal
>
> ---------------
>
>> On Tuesday 18 October 2011, bilal ghayyad wrote:
>> > We contacted the Telecom provider and they confirmed
>> multiple times that
>> > the DID service is enabled, but again still the caller
>> id does not appear
>> > as we need (it is always appearing as the primary
>> number). I tried to set
>> > the CALLERDID(num) to be 40, 1040, 5631040 and
>> 065631040 without any
>> > result.
>> >
>> > Where could be the problem?
>> >
>> > Maybe I have to use CALLERID(ANI)? Well, how it should
>> be written exactly?
>> >
>> > What other things I have to do or I can try to resolve
>> the problem?
>>
>> What format do your incoming caller IDs come
>> in?   (use a NoOp() or Verbose()
>> statement to write to the log.)  One would expect
>> outgoing caller IDs to be
>> set in the same format  (but speak to someone at the
>> telco for confirmation of
>> this).  Our provider  (in the UK)  expects
>> our outgoing caller IDs to include
>> the STD code, but without the initial 0.  So 065631040
>> would be sent as
>> 65631040 .
>>
>>
>> Are you definitely allowed to set your own caller ID?
>> It may well be
>> restricted to one of a range of "presentation numbers"
>> assigned to you.
>>
>>
>> One other thing:  CALLERPRES() has been deprecated for
>> awhile now, so in newer
>> Asterisk versions you may need to write
>> Set(CALLERID(pres)=allowed) instead of
>> Set(CALLERPRES()=allowed .
>>
>> --
>> AJS
>>
>> Answers come *after* questions.
>>
>>
>
>
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