[Asterisk-Users] Preserving CallerID when forwarding to cellphone

[Robert Goodyear]

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> Goodyear
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 17:02
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Preserving CallerID when forwarding to 
> cellphone
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> Submission to the list:
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> I noticed that some VoIP call origination prepends a + symbol ( plus
> sign ) on the callerID presentation.
>
> When I forward a call outward, this breaks the callerID, so I'm using
> this to clean up the string as soon as the call comes in:
>
> exten => s,3,SetCallerID(${CALLERIDNUM:1})
>

On Apr 1, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Paul wrote:

> You might want to try Googling this if you haven't already. I'm pretty 
> sure
> I've run across this in my search to find out for to forward a call 
> outward.
> I still have yet to figure out how to forward a call outward. It 
> sounds like
> you've already accomplished that....can you please post the section 
> for this
> from your extensions.conf???
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul


No need to Google, I solved this and was posting to the list for 
others' benefit, as the prepending of the plus sign seems to vary by 
provider.

I answer it, sort it through a menu, and then if they select an 
extension that's forwarded the call is DIALed out to the destination. 
If the destination doesn't pick up in 20 seconds minus call setup time, 
it rolls back to voicemail.

<snip>
exten => 501,2,Dial(${IAXTRUNK1}/1949xxxxxxx,20,r)
exten => 501,3,Voicemail(u501)