[Asterisk-Users] Caller ID on E&M Wink

[Michael Welter]

Scott Nelson wrote:
> I am an Asterisk newby, and I cannot seem to get Caller ID information 
> from our T1 line.   When calls appear at the phones, they say the call 
> came from "asterisk" and unknown number.
> 
> I know how Caller ID information is passed on an analog phone line 
> (between the rings) but with a T1 line, I don't know technically how it 
> is done.
> 
With an E&M T-1, I think CallerID number comes across as DTMF digits. 
That's the difference with a PRI circuit--you get the caller name as 
well as caller number.