[Asterisk-Users] RE: Q: Can I over-ride the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} ?

[Eric Wieling aka ManxPower]

asterisk at draughon.org wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> 	Many thanks to Howard Lowndes who helped solve this problem; I ended
> up using SetCallerID() instead of SetCIDName() as Howard suggested. Although
> SetCIDName() changed the value correctly, desk set CID displays displayed
> either "unavailable" or "out of area" on incoming calls from my cell phone.
> Here's what I ended up with:
> 
> ...
> exten => s/3125882300,1,SetCallerID("ROB CELL" <${CALLERIDNUM}>)
> exten => s/3125882300,2,Goto(100,1)
> 
> exten => 100,1,Macro(exten_vm,Zap/1)

Some phones don't accept Caller*ID with quotes.  Try removing the quotes.