[Asterisk-Users] Caller ID How does it get setup?

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Jason Brashear wrote:
> OK I am exhausted.
> I can't seem to figure out how to send a caller ID along with a 
> Outbound call.
> 
> 
> 
> Can you believe that I got Vonage to reset my Cisco ATA for $15.00
> I then canceled my account!
> Well I was with them for over two years, now I am running Asterisk like the
> big boys! LOL...
> 
> 
> Anyway, Outbound Caller ID Hos is this done?
> I now use VoicePulse as my provider.

exten => _91NXXXXXX,1,SetCIDNum(2284671234,a)
exten => _91NXXXXXX,2,Dial(${PSTN}/${EXTEN:1})

You can't set the CallerID Name for calls that go to the PSTN.  Your 
provider has to allow you to set the CallerID Number.