[Asterisk-Users] Setting Caller ID after Dial

[Chee Foong Chiew]

Hey Mark,

Have you tested on doing transfer (blind and
attended)? Are the extensions in the CDR still
correct?

CCF

--- Mark Johnson <asterisk at astroshapes.com> wrote:

> Chee Foong Chiew wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have the following situation:
> >
> >I have a PRI with 200 DID numbers and I have set up
> >200 sip extensions that matches the last 4 digit of
> >the corresponding DID numbers so that when any of
> the
> >200 DID number is called, asterisk can pass the
> call
> >to the respective sip extension. Incomming has been
> >fine.
> >
> >But when making out going calls I want the called
> >party to always see the same number (which is one
> of
> >the number selected from the 200 DID numbers). This
> I
> >can be achieved in asterisk by calling SetCallerID
> >before Dial command. 
> >However in the CDR, the caller id number of the
> number
> >that i set using SetCallerID is always logged and
> >there is no trace of which sip extension is making
> the
> >call since the caller is always the same. This has
> >become a serious trouble for billing.
> >
> >I have been searching around and could not seems to
> >get a solution. I have tried DIAL_STATUS variable
> >(only work if call is not answered), using 'g'
> option
> >in Dial command (does not work if calling party
> hangup
> >first), etc.
> >
> >Is there a solution or work around for this?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >CCF
> >
> >  
> >
> I forgot in my last post to mention that I use
> Postgres for my CDR, and 
> the SIP extension can be pulled from the channel
> column.  That way, the 
> callerid is still the way it appeared when the calls
> were placed.  I 
> just strip everything from the '-' to the right and
> it's worked great 
> for me!
> 
> Mark
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